Peurto Viejo de Talamanca

Sunday, after the internet cafe and eats, while wandering the strip, we bumped into Kathryn Noiles from good ol´ Nelson! She has been working here for three weeks, as well as scuba diving, and tomorrow she takes off to Guatemala.
Monday, mom and I rented some bikes for the day and biked to Manzanillo, where the snorkelling is supposed to be better. It definately was! The coral wasn´t too spectacular, but so many tropical fish in your face, it was a day well spent. Between snorkelling, we would laze on the beautiful, white-sand beach. Met up with an Argentinian and a German on the beach, and then before the sun went down, biked back to Peurto Viejo. A nice 50 minute bike ride that was far superior than a 20 minute bus ride. The smells and the scenery were wonderfual, and even got to see some Howler monkeys feasting in the trees along the road.
That night, we went out to eat some pizza, and being a small surf town and all, ran into Kathryn again. We had some beers, and then headed to Sunset bar (where Kathryn works), and enjoyed some more cold ones along with live music.
This morning, we slept in til about 9am, and were in no big hurry to do much since the sun wasn´t out. We had brunch with Kathryn and a sweedish girl, before bidding her happy voyage to Guatemala. Also exciting, is we got a load of laundry done today! Woopee, fresh clothes! Apart from that, basically did a lot of nothing, reading, lazing in hammocks and it was everything we could´ve wanted it to be! Here´s to hoping the sun comes out tomorrow for more beach time!
Later

Photo: Beach in Manzanillo (12km south of Peurto Viejo)