On Friday morning, something glorious happened…. We woke up… at 11:30! It was a weekend MIRACLE! (or a possible side effect of our first night out here in Samara). We were bummed to have missed the morning sun, but didn’t quite feel like being beach bums anyway. So we decided we would go and explore by taking a walk down the beach. We ended up walking for about 2 hours until the sand became all giant rocks, where the cove wraps around. We didn’t realize how far the walk was but our legs were tired by the end! We forgot to take our cameras- but here are some things we saw: two HUGE fish heads (totally intact), a treasure chest (which we seriously considered bracing some rocks to open—the Goonies inside of us were pretty sure it was full of jewels), a pirate ship out by the island—seriously, it was definitely a pirate ship, flags and all; finally we saw a huge white horse galloping along the deserted area of the shore, which was so whimsical we both agreed we may be dreaming.
After our walk we went for a swim… we figured the ocean was a bit rougher than it had been because there were so many shells! We were standing about waist deep when Jenny suddenly screamed and exclaimed “OW! A CRAB BIT ME!” Let’s just say you have NEVER seen two little “gringas” (that’s what American girls are called here) book it out of the ocean so fast. We made it back up the beach and made sure Jenny’s foot was fine, which it was. However the emotional toll it took was another story…ha! At this point we decided the day was winding down and it was time to do some work. We are anxious to plan our next destination on this adventure and needed to get going on travel research. We headed to bar Olas (free wi-fi at this chill tiki beach bar), and took advantage of as much internet as we could. Stay tuned for updates on our next travels!
We headed to a restaurant on the beach called La Vella, which had been recommended to us over and over again. And with good reason—it was delicious! They have just about everything, but we opted for a fresh Mexican dinner and had quesadillas and burritos. It is without a doubt our new favorite spot!
We went home with intention of a little down time before getting ready for reggae night, the most talked about party night in the town which took place at Taunuco beach bar ….
2 hours later our neighbor Emma woke us up. We all decided there would be more reggae nights and it was way too much a hike for tonight. We crawled into bed, happy to be at a place in our lives where we didn’t care about staying in on a Friday night.
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