Dos Mundos Pacifico
Travel Blogs from Monte Rico
Hoping for turtles
So we came down to the coast as we are fed uo of waiting for things in antigua so thought we would come down to Monterrico for one or two days to wait for the things to arrive. The drive down was pretty chilled, good road for most of the way, a newish bridge (opened in 2007) to get us onto the road to Monterrico, then a rather bumpy road into town …
I Did It! (Cue Rocky Theme Song)
... was the beach, baby, and it was time to throw on our birthday suits (just kidding) and relax in the hammocks with our favorite drink of choice (I'll take the Brahva beer for $1.20, por favor y gracias!!). So there you have it...that pretty much sums up our entire weekend. Yes, we were one of those all-inclusive tourists here. We ate, drank, swam, relaxed, studied, and slept all in one spot! For the record, the rest of Monte Rico ...
They made it!
... we loaded back into the dinghies and found our way to the beach and carried on with the festivities, bonfire blazing. It was a good and hilarious night, perfect festivities to welcome Jake and Amy. Exhaustion eventually got the best of us and we loaded everyone back onto Hejira to head back to the other anchorage. With ten people, we just wouldn't be able to have everyone sleeping aboard! We made it back (don't worry, Captain Peter quit drinking earlier in ...
Christmas is almost here!!!
... eco-tour business this, with many vans/pick-ups sporting racks of kayaks for the tourists, all arriving en masse at the sea shore at 5:30pm.
The essentially pitch-black journey into the lagoon through a covered channel through the thick mangrove trees was somewhat disconcerting to begin with, (each kayak had a dim white light at the bow, and a dim red light at the stern) but as one's eyes ...
Day 8
... we ordered a spicy tuna roll. The food was very good my favorite of the night would have to be the peppered tuna it was Delicious. After we ate we walked back to the hotel Tressa went to the casino for one last night of slots and I walked down to the gym to get in a workout. I will say that I have really enjoyed the people and the history and the hospitality and do plan to come back. This is my last night me and Tressa fly out in the morning. ...
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Free parking