Day 3 : Merry Kathymas Y’all

Up at 8 and off to the gym.  The crew rallied for breakfast a bit after 9 and avoided the monkey barrage on the way here.  I brought a coffee cake (which was smuggled past Costa Rican customs) which was a nice addition to the buffet.  Stacie had “carne nachos” which I’m pretty sure were made out of monkey.  FaceTimed with Kathy and the family to see them get their present from us and to wish everyone merry kathymas.  Saw a lizard and fed a monkey on the way back to the room.

Next stop is the horseback riding tour, and we are paired with another family.  It’s a 20 minute van ride ride and then we all got acquainted with our horses.  Stacie was on breakfast, Addie was on cheese, and I was on mojito.  Stacie’s horse kept stopping for snacks, Addie’s horse was pretty slow, and my horse hated everyone, tried to bite several other horses, and tried once to buck me off but was unsuccessful.  It started to rain a bit, which was actually nice and cooled us all off.  Everyone survived and seemed to have a good time.  Seeing all the monkeys was pretty cool, a bunch of spider monkeys jumping through the trees as we rode past.

Back at the hotel we crashed in the room, changed into swim suits, and hit the pool.  Had a small lunch at the poolside bar, then found some chairs and swam some laps.  I raced Addie and won even though she got a huge head start, her confidence may never recover.

Sun went down and it started to cool off, so it’s back to the room for a shower and hanging out until dinner.  FaceTimed with the family to give them context on the blog events.

Headed to dinner at the secret restraint but there’s a wait so we stopped at rondevouz to have a drink.  There is some kind of strange Christmas show going on and there are Santa themed waitresses, people on stilts, and other weirdness with loud dj music like it’s a club.  Dinner service left much to be desired, and at the end it took just over 3 hours.  Food was ok, the escargot and the conversation was the best part and the deserts were laughably horrid.  Worst crepe Suzette of my life.  Bridget and Andy need to head to their room to pack up for an early departure, and we all said our goodbyes.






















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