if you can be one thing in life, be interesting.: Costa Rica, Day 10: Tidal Shift

We woke up early this morning and headed out. Low tide was early and we wanted to catch it low so we could walk out to Cubaya Island. SUCCESS! Found some more sea glass (score!), and walked around the outer edge of the island to check out what the tide had left behind.

Cubaya Island was pretty neat because on the south side the waves of the Pacific beat against the island and on the north side the waves of the Gulf of Nicoya beat against the island. On the far east side of the small island, the two currents converged. Pretty special thing to see/feel/hear. Truly humbling.

In the interior of the island was a cemetery. Aar and dad had been here with their kayaking guide earlier this week, and Aar told mom and I how some of the people had died. 'This one partied to death, this one rode motorcycles' using his little accent, and, if you know Aaron, you know this is the hardest I would ever consider laughing in a cemetery. Pray that the ghosts of party guy and motorcycle man don't haunt me.

On our way back to the mainland, mom made a new "friend" with a presumably drunk Costa Rican man. It was hilarious...we took pictures of them together, laughed with the man, laughed even harder when dad tried to guess what he was saying ("guapo means grandpa, right?"). It was a lot of fun--and a lot of creepy.

Later we headed to Playa Manchas to snorkel and spear fish. Unfortunately, the ocean was a fury, so it was a little bit of a rough time. We only brought one spear out, and Aar nailed a yellowfin. Which, must I say, was pretty awesome, considering we've been hounding the local fishermen for an "ah-tun" since we arrived, and they haven't had one yet. There were quite a few fish, but, as I said, it was pretty rough (nothing like waves crashing into your snorkel while you're taking a breath). It was a lot of fun though.

More Snorkeling tomorrow, can't wait!! I'm sorry this was rushed, but Aunt Sue was completely hounding me on getting the pictures up (love ya, Sue!). Hasta Manana!