Driving from Santa Elena to Quepos started not great. We took the direct route, which was under construction, and by construction I mean “totally torn up and replaced with dust”. There were moments we couldn’t see anything in front of us because of a truck kicking up dirt ahead of us.

We drove across a bridge with a ton of people looking over the edge. We pulled over on the other side and walked towards them to see…

I can’t tell the difference between crocodiles, alligators and other forms of this style of animal, but they’re big. A man was hanging a string with meat on the end of it over the edge and they’d occasionally snap at it. Fun times.

While walking back Miranda spotted this sweet lizard sitting on a branch. I have a long lens, this guy was at the bottom of the bridge. 🙂

We got to Quepos and got our stuff into our new place, which was really nice. The beach was our next stop, and we found a pair of beach chairs for rent and we went for a swim.

After a little lounging, we walked into the closest restaurant for some food. Thankfully, they completely ignored us right off the bat, so we didn’t have to sit around for a long time waiting for them to ignore us later. Found a new place, with a friendly waiter. Back at the place, we hung out for a bit and then had an early night, as we were getting up at 6am the next morning to go to the Manual Antonio National Park. We had a guide booked, so had a schedule to keep.