Friday

We got up, packed up, cleaned up, and moved out before breakfast. Then it was time for our trip to the beach. We had about a 4 hour bus ride to Cahita. It was a beautiful drive through the rainforest and mountains to get to the beach. I was so tired but wouldn't go to sleep because I was afraid I would miss something. We went through Limon, which is a big port. Finally we got to the beach. The town was tiny, with dirt roads, 2 grocery stores, a few souvenier shops, 5 restaurants, our "hotel", lots of coconut trees, a beutiful view.
We pulled up to a wooded building and the look on the kids' faces were priceless. It was a neat place that was about 40 ft. off the water with lots of hammocks and rocking chairs on the porch and balconies. There was no air conditioning, just screened windows, and two fans in the room. We could not drink the water here, we could not even brush our teeth with the water. We got our stuff carried into our rooms and then we went to lunch/dinner. Then we went to the beach; to get to the beach you have to walk through the rain forest path where we saw monkeys, sloths, iguanas, and lots of bugs to get to the beach. It was beautiful. It got dark at 6:00 there so we stayed close to the hotel after dark laying in the hammocks and hanging out together.