Though there has been a string of inconveniences lately, things have not been all that bad. Last Saturday, after finishing up my last article, I hitched a ride from Liberia in the back of truck with Ines and her family back to their house for the weekend. Ines has always been incredibly nice, almost like a surrogate mother, and she invited me to go swimming at a river near their house.
Anyway, we woke up early Sunday morning, packed some food and made our way to the “Happy Monkey Swimming Hole.” It was definitely a family affair including all of Ines’ nuclear family plus a couple cousins.
The river is no more than a big stream but the place we went to was remarkably deep and had gigantic rock walls leading directly down to the water – perfect for diving off. You could scramble your way up to some good jump-off points, but what made it even more excellent was the addition of a rope swing and ladder going up the rocks.
The weather was hot, the water was refreshing and needless to say, I made the most of situation. Actually, I think if I were to rate all the days I’ve been in Costa Rica, I would have to put this up there as number one or two.
Anyway, we woke up early Sunday morning, packed some food and made our way to the “Happy Monkey Swimming Hole.” It was definitely a family affair including all of Ines’ nuclear family plus a couple cousins.
The river is no more than a big stream but the place we went to was remarkably deep and had gigantic rock walls leading directly down to the water – perfect for diving off. You could scramble your way up to some good jump-off points, but what made it even more excellent was the addition of a rope swing and ladder going up the rocks.
The weather was hot, the water was refreshing and needless to say, I made the most of situation. Actually, I think if I were to rate all the days I’ve been in Costa Rica, I would have to put this up there as number one or two.
We headed back to the house in the afternoon and in the evening I went back into Liberia to play some soccer and basketball with Ines’ husband, son and nephews. We rode our bikes into town, which took us on the Pan American Highway, played for a couple hours, and then worked our way back. It took us a lot longer to return because we had to stop a couple times to drink some beer, finally arriving back home about 9:00.
I was exhausted and sore just about everywhere in my body, but it was definitely a good kind of a pain after a fun weekend.
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