la playa, Manuel Antonio

Oftentimes pictures don't do justice to capture the beauty of a place and they can't really communicate what an experience was actually like, but they're still fun.

Here are some photos from Manuel Antonio beach in Costa Rica



Monkeys!



The guy that sold us coconut juice on the beach also sliced the coconuts open for us to eat the "meat" out of the inside. Cutting a coconut open looks much easier with a machete.



As we left Manuel Antonio park we got stranded. Little did we know that the beach we walked barefoot across at lunchtime would be covered with several feet of water during high tide. Luckily for some boat owners, this is a great way to make a quick buck as many tourists don't want to wade across the unknown waters. Luckily for us, this gentleman gave us a price break because we took so long to decide if we wanted to wade or go in boat.



The sunset was so stunning that none of us noticed the gynormous wave that overtook us as we were sitting on the beach. It turns out that digital cameras don't do too well after having been submerged in salt water. I have bad luck with cameras. I can't claim most of my trip pictures as my own, but thankfully I have friends that take good pictures (and apparently take better care of their cameras).