An attempt at snorkeling

So we spent a couple more days in the surf town, paradise beach spot of Santa Teresa. Within the first few days here we met some pretty cool guys that we befriended over the last week which made it even harder to leave. But in the end we knew we had to go.

Our last day on the Nicoya Peninsula, as planned, we drove over to the Montezuma side where the waves seize to exist and tried our luck at snorkeling. Unfortunately when we arrived the tided was way out leaving the rock reef exposed to the hot sun and no fish in sight. Bound and determined we walked 200 ft. out over the rocks and slipped into the not so clear water. ---For those of you who don’t know I am super uncomfortably afraid of unclear water especially in the ocean. Anytime I am in the ocean I need to have someone at least 10 ft. close to me or I freak out.--
So when we got out there and the water had no visibility and was a brownish color from the sand getting kicked up off the shallow rocks below I told myself to be brave. I made it off the rocks and into open water but within a few minutes small waves starting coming in and pushing us back toward the rocks. That did it. I couldn’t see anything below me or around me and started to panic. Ryan yield at me to calm down, came close to me and directed us to swim toward the clearer open water. Surprising he said I regained calmness right way and we swam and swam but didn’t get very far. The tide was coming in at this point so the waves were pushing us in with it. Instead we turned around and went in to shore. A failed attempt at snorkeling. Bummer.

Oh well the rest of the day turned out good. We went back to the van got out a sheet and our books and spent the rest of the afternoon reading on our beautiful secluded beach. When the sun went down and we couldn’t read any longer we built a fire and sat watching thousands of hermit crabs crawl out of the forest directly behind bound for the ocean. It’s the craziest thing seeing the sand floor pretty much come to life. When you see what you think is a shell just sprouts legs and starts moving. That night we slept in the van on the beach.

The next morning we woke, drove to Montezuma for a cup of coffee (Ryan´s first request of the day) then headed out for a day of travel east bound to San Jose.

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ryan & debbrial on February 2, 2010 from Montezuma, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

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