On the way south

As there was a long drive today, I got up at dawn and went for a 4 mile walk to Ostional beach. It was deserted and utterly stunning.

I was hoping to see a nesting turtle but they are few and far between at this time of year and all I saw were the tracks of a turtle that had been and gone.

It was sad to leave Hotel Luna Azul as it is such a peaceful and idyllic place, (apart from the tarantula that visited our outdoor bathroom and Rusty shooed away with the shower!), but it was time to start heading south.

We had 30km of bone rattling rough road again before the paved road meant I could pass the time reading whilst Rusty put up with my music choice.

It was a 5 hour drive to the Carara National Park where we are staying at Macaw Lodge for 2 nights. Unfortunately much of the journey was on a truck filled main road with some scary overtaking, but once we got to Carara, it was back to the bump fest for 15 slow km.

The lodge is well and truly in the middle of nowhere and our bungalow is even further out there.

I think it could be a very dark and noisy night!