Mono Azul

 View of Mono Azul from the bus stop to go to the beach/park!

I arrived at the Mono Azul hotel in Manuel Antonio/Quepos last night with my friend, and we proceeded to learn just how powerful the rain can get during the rainy season.  Right about when we were deciding to go exploring, it started pouring rain.  We decided to go swimming since it was still very warm outside, and neither one of us had ever gone swimming in the pouring rain.  It was actually pretty cool and made the rain seem like much less of a big deal.  However I think the rain took offense to that, as the power proceeded to go out within the hour after we went back to the room.  After that it was mostly off, but would come on for a few minutes every now and then.

Today, we headed over to Manuel Antonio National Park and went on a hike to a waterfall.  On the way, we met a guy named Dave from DC.  He told us about a beach to see monkeys at since we hadn't run into any yet, but we had decided this morning that today would just be for hiking so we didn't have any beachwear.  The waterfall was pretty cool, and I learned that my hiking shoes and socks are still pretty comfortable when wet.  We didn't see any monkeys or sloths today, but I think we'll try again tomorrow or Sunday.

The waterfall

A small cave by the waterfall