Lazy Sunday

Today was a relaxing day.  We saw the group off after breakfast and as we were sitting around wondering how we would occupy our day, Cheryl suggested we all go down to Cabo Matapalo to the beach.  What a good idea!  

We had to wait about twenty minutes for Guido to collect some things that he was taking into Puerto Jimenez so we were in the cabina doing the normal things you do before you go to the beach, grabbing sunscreen, towels and sandals.  I had just put my contacts in when I heard something flop onto a banana leaf outside of the bathroom.  It turns out it was this vine snake.  What a wonderful subject as it just lazed about on this Sunday morning.  I was even able to catch it yawning:

The beach was spectacular.  There were only about 10 of us in total, some surfing, some swimming and some on the shore.  The water was blue and warm.  The most spectacular thing about the day was swimming in the midst of pelicans.  They didn't seem to be bothered at all by our presence, continuing with their diving as normal.  I got a nice video clip that I'll have to post later when I get the right connecting cable.

After lunch and some cold drinks at Martina's bar (Buena Esperanza Bar, which means bar of good hope, but everybody refers to it simply as Martina's) we hopped the colectivo truck back to the OBC in time to catch the sky changing colors.