Today we took the public bus to Cahuita. It was 500 colones each way, purchase tickets at building with the bars across from bus stop in town. The bus ride was interesting - there is a driver who also collects fares and another guy who checks people's tickets. It seems somewhat redundant but I guess having another guy there keeps the driver from pocketing any $$ and creates another job. Cahuita was pretty dead, most restaurants were closed (as was on our visit there last year). We ended up eating some lunch at Restaurante National Park.
Entering the park visitors are asked to sign a guest book and make a contribution. Looking at the guest book it seemed that the average contribution was 1000 colones ($2) per person. We gave them a $5 bill and were given a receipt. We walked about 300 meters up the beach and found a nice spot under a tree on Playa Blanca which is a picture perfect stretch of beach. The water was gentle and warm - the best swimming we've had so far! Unfortunately, after about 1.5 hours we heard thunder in the distance and some dark clouds moving in.
We walked back to the bus station to get tickets back to PV. I got stuck in line behind a few school girls who ended up purchasing tickets for all 20 of their schoolmates. The bus arrived a bit later and we were back in PV and got home just as it began to rain. It continued to rain pretty hard the rest of the night so we fixed ourselves some sandwiches at home. At one point the power went out but fortunately we had some candles
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