Costa Rica: Day 2

Day off at the house to just chill.

Costa Rica is on "central time", but they do not switch the clocks for daylight savings times like we do in the States. Our location, in Hermosa, is about ten degrees north of the equator, so even though it is summer, the days are pretty much equal sun/night. The sun came up at around 530am and went down around 530pm. However, overall I felt there was little concept of time from a clock perspective. Everyone was just chill.

I set out in the morning the first day. From our house, I could see an area down the beach where the land jutted out, and I was determined to check it out. I had my camera and water bottle. I liberally applied sunscreen, put on a hat and sun glasses and set out. It took me about an hour to walk there. I did stop a lot to take pictures and also to watch the surfers, so I figured it was probably about 2 to 2 1/2 miles one way.

The area where the land jutted out was very rocky and I watched the waves crash into the rocks.

The sand in Jaco/Hermosa is black, because of the volcanos. It is very pretty. The sand grains were very fine, but there was a lot of driftwood all over the beach. The water is very warm. The first time I waded out, I immediately was aware at how warm the water was. And this was Pacific. There were no sharks because the water was too warm for their liking. Hermosa was a big surfing spot because the waves are fucking huge!! There are rip tides, too. But that didn't stop any of us.

When I returned from my walk, I had a little lunch, then took an nap. Worked some crosswords, went for another walk, then JK came over to cook dinner. The presentation was excellent! This is a tomato stuffed with corn salsa on a bed of mashed yucca and cauliflower.