Lazy Day

After a full on day yesterday we decide to do very little today. This is a holiday after all! It’s a glorious morning. We have breakfast of pancakes & fruit then hit the road. We are heading down to Canas just south of the continental divide where the weather should become more stable. The road from Canó Negro was much better than expected although not without a few impressive potholes. The scenery is pleasant and the trip fairly uneventful apart from the encounter with drovers and their herd of cattle.

The weather changes dramatically as we pass between the mountain ranges. Here it is much drier, hotter and a brisk breeze is blowing. We stop at a supermarket to buy essential provisions of wine, beer and snacks and are hit by the heat and wind as we exit the car.

Waze took us to our entered location of Hacienda el Pacifico. It did not feel right and clearly was a working farm and nothing like the booking.com pictures. We re-entered our destination – this time with Hotel in front of it and were pleased to see we were only a couple of miles away from the correct destination.

Our room isn’t ready so we relax by the pool and drink the recently purchased beer. The grounds are tropical and it is easy to relax.

We have lunch which is bigger than required then just chill. We swim and hear howler monkeys close by. We also spot an agouti in the nearby undergrowth. We have sundowners on our terrace, where we play music, drink wine and watch deer grazing on the lawn outside our room. It’s particularly enjoyable as the terrace has leather rocking chairs. So comfortable!

A pretty perfect day….