Our last adventure of the holiday jet skiing. It turned to be quite a trip. We hadn’t been going that long when suddenly 2 humpback whales surfaced within about 200m. it was quite a surprise and apparently we were quite lucky to see them. They were a mother with her calf. We stayed well clear as they repeatedly came to the surface over 20mins or so. We also saw dolphins again as well as many types of birds.
Bracing? Who needs bracing?
After lunch it was the start of our journey home. The 1st leg being back to San Jose. After leaving the coast the road wound up into the mountains. We climbed into the clouds before descending back into sunshine. Our leader,Erick, had already been assigned his next tour in Nicaragua so he left us at the airport. We were driven into San Jose during the Friday afternoon rush hour, it was pretty heavy.
As it was our last night we felt we should make the most of it. Before leaving our Erick had recommended a restaurant L’ Monastre. It turned out to be a great place to spend our last evening in Costa Rica. The food was marvelous, a little pricey by Costa Rican standards but quite reasonable with sterling exchange rate. It was perched on top of a hill with the lights of San Jose spread out below us. They had one of those auto-pianos with a mannequin dressed as a monk. OK, a little tacky but the rest could not be faulted. The waiters were very attentive and it had a chapel by the restrooms. Apparently it hadn’t actually been a monastery but it had been a large private house.
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