Day 15 - Manuel Antonio

We ate the free breakfast or gallo pinto and eggs at the hotel and then drove into the village so we could hike in the national park. We drove past the scammers trying to get people to pay to park of the street and found an empty space much closer to the entrance. We learned that the park entrance had changed - no longer do people have to wade or take a boat across the estuary. We paid the entrance fee of $10 each and started own one of the main paths. Along the main trail we found ourselves behind a loud group of Americans loudly talking about their kids baseball teams or the SUV's they were going to buy their kids for x-mas - I thought it was incredibly rude to have a loud conversation in a national park and how did they expect to see any wildlife while carrying on that way? At the first chance we took a side trail where we found ourselves alone with peace and quiet. Once off the main trail we saw lots of monkeys and other wildlife





The trail eventually led us to a beach were we did some swimming but there were a lot of people around so we headed out after a while and drove back to the hotel for a dip in the pool.

Since our dinner the previous evening at the hotel restaurant was a bit disappointing we drove into Quepos to find somewhere to eat. We parked the car and walked around a bit finally deciding on El Gran Escape where we had some cocktails followed by some pretty good burgers.