Over the bumps and across the ocean...

To Isle Tortuga we went. Saturday Leana and I took a taxi (minivan) across my favorite dirt rodes to Montezuma where we hopped on a boat. The boat took us to Isle Tortuga where we spent the day snorkeling and hanging out. It was my first time ever snorkeling so I thought it was cool when I saw fish with bright blues, oranges, purples, and yellows and vivid black and white contrast. Leana, on the other hand, has snorkeled at the Great Barrier Reef and thought it was kind of lame. I would love to go snorkeling again at a place where the coral is alive and fish are all over the place.

After snorkeling, we went over to the island and they made us BBQ for lunch. It was not our best meal but fun to eat on the island. We spent the rest of the day swimming and hanging out on the beach until it was time to take the boat and taxi back.

Sunday we left early in the morning (5am) to catch the 9am ferry that was 90 minutes away. Fortunately, the roads were not as bad in daylight. Unfortunately, we got there at 6:40am and were already too late (too many cars ahead of us) for the 9am ferry so we had to wait in sweltering heat for the 11am boat. Not exactly how I wanted to spend Easter Sunday but there were no churches in Santa Teresa and we had to catch a ferry. It was a long day of travel (5am-4pm) but we arrived in La Fortuna with no trouble.

We actually spent today in Monteverde and head back to La Fortuna tomorrow morning. Then we head into San Jose tomorrow night and fly back Wednesday. Today's adventures were absolutely incredible so I will save them for when I have more time. As a teaser, it involved flying like Superman above the rainforest and jumping off a platform...