From Montezuma, with love

Ola friends and family!

Robert and I are contentedly established in a lovely room on the beach with AC and a long veranda in the tiny surf town of Montezuma. We had a somewhat harrowing bus ride from San Jose yesterday (for just $2 it took the ´old highway`), arriving Jaco in the heat of the afternoon. I was pretty much wilted, but we had just enough energy (after ´dos cervesas, por favor´) to book tickets on this morning´s boat to Montezuma, across the bay.

Dinner in Jaco was a seafood affair, though we were both a bit on edge -- Jaco has a decidedly seedy atmosphere that pervades the town. Our hotel, Clarita´s Beach Bar, was not quite nice as it appeared on the internet.... plus, it kind of smelled. But the beach itself was exquisite, and I frolicked in the waves while Robert supervised from shore.

But this morning, we were happy enough to quit Jaco´s shores, and begin our trek to Montezuma. Luggage in tow, we waded out to the jet boat and climbed aboard. Its open deck seated around 15 tourists or so. Then with fanfare and splashing waves, and a Rastifarian at the helm, we were fast, fast screaming across the water. Spray splashed us constantly, and the wind roared in our ears, and the two of us were grinning like idiots. The commute slowed several times as we paused to admire schools of dolphins playing in the waves. We snapped plenty of pics :-)

Montezuma is just what the doctor ordered after the chaos of San Jose and the grimy Jaco. The whole town consists of a beach, and a T intersection with a few cute restaurants, surf shops, and places to rent mopeds and ATVs. And that´s it. In other words, it´s absolute heaven. We´re in Montezuma for the next few days, and there´s a hammock with my name on it, so I bid you adieu for tonight!

Love T