Hello Everyone,I will start this day out with leaving the Pacific Coast from Quepos Costa Rica. The three of us were energized ready to go. Early morning start, but that turned out to be a good thing as the heat for the day would soo increase to astronomical levels for a guy who less than 3 days previous was in snow. The brochure mentioned a swim in the morning, but that water was kinda nasty for swimming. No thanks, but enjoyed the water at Manuel Antonio
As we rode on, we past all sorts of interesting signs, houses/shacks and then we would find the random electrical
boxes that were not so on the safe looking side. I had to take a picture of these for the electrical safety guys out there.
We transitioned to mainly gravel roads, much softer on the body than the Morocco Bike Hike Adventure. This was much easier MTB, but still good. Every time we stopped the Scaidas (spelling) would make such a racket. They were these little tiny cricket sized animals that made this horribly loud buzz. If you didn't know better, you would thing an electrical fence with 150kV was buzzing all around you. Never did see one of the little guys, but they kinda creep you out at first.
All, the lovely hills. I would soon appreciate the hills of Costa Rica. They don't mess around. None of this nice gentle up and down they just went straight up and straight down. Made for a good challenge. Glad I got a few good rides in before I left.
This was our first transition area. I kinda felt like I was just getting warmed up, when we stopped I learned we were switching over to hiking. Biking was kinda short on this day. Nice covered area and had a very nice egg breakfast. This was the first of many days of Memo's good cooking.
The views were awesome when we switched over to hiking. The sun was boiling us, but the area outside was beautiful. If it wasn't 90 degrees and super humid, this would have been an awesome place to come relax.
As we continued to hike, the greenery was awesome. The palms were great, the ferns were awesome. This began such an amazing adventure of hiking.
Our first break didn't come soon enough. We were sweating buckets and this slowly running water was very welcome.
All the random shadows made for difficult photography, but also makes it neat when you finally get it.
After a nice break, we continued on and the natural beauty of the surrounding area only increased.
This is part one to day 3. The hiking continues with Toucan sightings, and the first night camping in Naranjillo.
I cannot image how hot and difficult the Ruta de los Conquistadors is on day one. This is a 5 day stage XC mountain bike race that is said to be one of the most difficult and the hills are straight up or straight down.
