Last Stop - The Pacific Ocean

Today's journey was a six hour drive up and over the Costa Rican mountains, then down the Pacific coast to Quepos, a tourist area nea the Manuel Antonio National Park and some of the most beautiful beaches in Central America (or so they say). The road was narrow and very, very winding. Our driver pointed out banana plantations, sugarcane fields and miles and miles of ornamental plants and greenhouses.

Just before lunch we crossed a long bridge over a river full of crockodiles!  At first glance it looked like a log jam but on closer inspection we could make out their long snouts, broad backs with spikes and legs. They were amazing!  

We arrived at Hotel Parador after our driver negotiated the narrow, steep, curving roads of the coast that was packed with more hotels, souvenir shops, restaurants, bars, and cars!  It's a  tourists' destination!