Saturday, 29 December
Got on the 7:30am bus again and it was not too crowded today – yeah! Maria got on the same bus and we went and got her breakfast. We then went to the Manuel Antonio National Park (my 3rd time) and it was freaking full with the damn tourists. Notice how I do not consider myself one. Anyways, there were a lot of tour guides leading groups down the trails and stopping every few feet to show them something. I was a little annoyed for I just wanted to go to the beach, but Maria was tagging onto the end of the groups so she could see the animals or whatever they were looking at. We eventually made it to the second beach, found a spot in the shade and then went in the water. Maria took of swimming again and I was about to when I noticed a crowd of people approaching our stuff. This could only mean one thing – monkeys. Damn them. So I got out to make sure our stuff was not taken and the monkeys ended up hanging out for awhile for the guy next to us was feeding them. Damn him. Eventually one of the tour guides came over and told him to stop and eventually the monkeys went away.
For most of the day, the sky was cloudy and the weather was pretty nice. Maria and I sat on the beach next to the water for a while and she told me that taking the cruise job would be a bad idea. Maybe. Around noon we packed up and did the hike to the vista lookout. It seemed much shorter this time than the first time. On the way back we went to the third beach so she could see it and then we went back to the second beach to do more swimming. When we got back there, I noticed a lot of people standing at the edge of the water looking out. It kind of reminded me of a scene from jaws. We eventually saw what they were looking at – a large tail fin that was sticking out of the water. The rest of the body never came out of the water so I have no idea what it was. A stupid guy felt compelled to throw stuff at the fish and I was hoping that he would get attacked, but it did not happen. The fish eventually disappeared and people went back in the water.
I went and sat in the shade while Maria went off to swim again. When she came back she told me that she was stung by a jellyfish on her calf. This is the second time that she has been stung – the first was a while ago and she freaked out when she got stung so she kept getting hit – arm, leg and maybe stomach. This time she just backed out of the water so she would not get hit anymore. We left and went to the pharmacy to get something for the sting. We then went to a restaurant to eat for we were starving and she wanted to drink the pain away.
It started to poor while we were eating and so people went scrambling. The sunset was the best I have seen in a long time so I went out onto the beach in the rain to take pictures. Shortly after, we took the bus home were I took a shower and hung out with the fam. I then went to the internet cafe to try and call the fam back home. It was about nine and it was empty – yeah! Katie was also online so we chatted for a bit and she told me more about the cruise job and sent me the article. The next thing I new the lights are being turned out in the cafe. I looked around and I was the only person left aside from the staff member. I asked if they were closing and he said in about 5 minutes. So I made a quick call to Judy and of course she was not there, so I left a message. I then went home to watch more of eternal sunshine and again fell asleep before it was over.
Below are pictures of the sunset: