Road trip...

At 9:00 this morning we set off in our 4x4 for Santa Teresa. The road was fine for the most part of the journey and it was really good fun to have our own transport and to go at our own pace (which as most of you know is slow). We stopped off in a Burger King for breakfast and Sam was amazed as it was a big RV which had been converted into a fast food restaurant with tables etc... After a couple of hours of driving we came to a dirt track and had to follow this for about 40K, it wound up through the mountains and was filled with potholes and deep rivulets where the heavy rains had washed away the path, fortunately it has been dry here for about a week so there was no flooding or muddy rivers but we were pleased to be in a 4x4 because otherwise we wouldn't have got through. Now I hate bumpy tracks, it feels like your bones are falling apart and your teeth are being shaken out but it's Sam's favourite thing in the world and he was whooping and hollering all the way. At one point as we went over the mountain, surrounded by lush rainforest and a big golden eagle flew overhead... that was Sam's favourite thing. Eventually after about 6 hours of being jolted and bumped along we arrived in Santa Teresa, we expected a sleepy surf community but it's actually pretty busy (anything's busy compared to Nicaragua). We then drove around for about an hour trying to find somewhere to stay, the first places were really really nice but cost $90 per night, way over budget, then we saw a room that had a kitchen and a TV but was quite small, eventually we found a really nice room with three beds and a kitchen, it also has air con, hot water, wifi and best of all a massive private balcony with tables and chairs and a hammock which overlooks the sea. The sea is about 1 minute away!

There are lots of things to do here, canopy tours, horseriding etc, it's also by a nature reserve so that should keep Sam happy. We are now sat in the room, Sam is overtired and being super annoying, Will has a headache and is being annoyed with Sam and I am ignoring them both and writing this!

Oh and a big happy birthday to the OAP Bill whose birthday it is today, sorry we didn't get chance to call... Picture above is the view from the mountain that we drove over earlier.