Sunday 10/26/08

Today we decided to pack up and head farther south down the Pacific. We didn’t want to go to a heavily touristy beach like Tamarindo (known by the locals as Tama-gringo) so we went to a much smaller town called Brasilito. The bus would’ve taken hours and wasted half our day, so we decided to splurge and make a deal with a taxi driver (even though it cost a bit more than the $1 bus fare). We found another cabina-like place that had space for all nine of us in one single room and was even cheaper than in Coco ($5 a person). We dropped our stuff off and had a quick lunch at a local Soda. We attempted to go to Conchal (deemed the most beautiful beach in all of Costa Rica), but couldn’t seem to find how to get there. We discovered that in order to get there you must cross this river/ocean intersection. Due to the high tide we had to cross in about waste deep water, but once we arrived in Conchal we knew it was worth the cross. The beach gets its name from the fact that the sand is literally millions of shells that have slowly been smashed up over time. The water is clear as can be and the sand as white and beautiful as ever. It was seriously like being in one of those picture perfect beach posters. We ran into some other girls from our program and enjoyed the beach all afternoon. We watched the sunset and made our way back to Brasilito. We showered off our sandy selves and eventually headed out for dinner. We ate a nice yet cheap restaurant and enjoyed the rest of the evening laughing and flabbergasted at the thought that here we were at the beach and sunshine while our families (both in San Jose and back home in the US were enduring the rain and cold weather of Fall).