Costa Rican Christmas/Channuka Vacation

First off, to anyone following our blog comments, we're innocent! There was no shoebox full of money only a joker from Vermont with a bad sense of humour.

Our last stop in Nicaragua was a short stay in San Juan del Sur, a little town on the Pacific coast. Our plans to take up surfing were put aside in favor of a free ride to Costa Rica where our knees were not crushed into child sized seats of old American school buses and good music at a bearable volume. We then took a ferry across to the Peninsula de Nicoya where we met up with our friends Becky and Harris in Montezuma. Montezuma is a cute little town with endless stretches of beautiful beaches where the shoreline meets lush jungle. We stayed in a hotel right on the beach and took advantage of the hammocks and other luxuries of our friends fancier hotel. Just a 20 minute walk along a river from our hotel were 3 connected waterfalls. The first was a spectacular 30 meter cascade into a beautiful pool perfect for swimming. It was an adventerous climb to the next 2 falls, but well worth it for the rope swing and many ledges to dive from.

One beautiful sunny day we decided to take a 30 minute walk along the beach to playa grande, the most beautiful and secluded of Montezumas beaches. After a wonderful afternoon of frolicking, swimming, and playing in the waves we began to make our way back. However, somehow Talia stepped on a sea urchin!! Nick went searching for help and found 2 very nice guys that carried Talia into town where we were rushed to the hospital. I have now felt the most excrutiating pain that exists in this world, I have to say thank God for Morphene! After the incident we decided to stick to swimming in the waterfall, poor us. We both agree that Montezuma is one of our favorite places so far.

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