so here i am.

took off. took the ferry. took the bus to montezuma. montezuma is by far my favorite town in costa rica from what i have seen. i made some friends on the street the first night i was there. they were college students from the east coast, and i am glad that i found them, otherwise i would be that loner like i feel that i am now. they invited me to go snorkling with them the next day. $45 for all the gear, two one hour snorkling sessions, the boat ride there, and a great lunch on the beach (fish, rice, beans, fruits and yes... beer). that trip lasted almost all day and it was so much fun, i wish i could be the operators and do that every day. i saw under sea snakes, puffer fish, coral, and tons of colorful tropical fish. montezuma is a tiny town. it has two main streets where all the shops and restaurants are at, then scattered around those are some funky hotels. i stayed the first night at the Mochila Inn which was an open-to-the-elements hostel, they had pictures of all the monkeys that chill out on their site. i didn't see any there. the next day, snorkling and i was invited to stay with the college students i went snorkling with, in their room at the Los Mangos hotel south. this place had a pool and an excellent view of the pacific. we spent a lot of our nights by bonfires on the beach drinking Imperial (costa ricas trade mark beer, and it's delicious!) one of the days we went to these waterfalls. you had to hike up this trail about 1 kilometer. the first waterfall, the biggest, had a great pool to swim in and a giant rock off to the side to jump off from. at the very top of the waterfall you could see tiny people at another waterfall right above. me and one of the college students found the steep trail that leads up to the top. this was the big waterfall that people were jumping off of. the first one was the biggest but the pool was way too shallow. this waterfall had the deep pool. this one was way too high for me so i sat on the slippery rocks and took pictures. right behind that was another pool with two small waterfalls. the place was beautiful, this was the type of thing i was looking for. after three nights in montezuma, the students were heading back to their house in Gracia (near sarchi) and i headed to Santa Theresa. i am here now. i am now at the Tranquilo Backpacker Hostel. very nice place, but after talking to the people that work here i learned that walking around the peninsula (like i had planned) would be very hard because of the roads and how screwed up they are. so i am going to explore all over now. by bus. camp out. after that i think i am going to Tony's then see if i can land a spot on this bamboo construction farm in San Isidro de General where they also teach spanish, i am really excited about that one.