Limon

Beach near Moin, north of Limon

The next morning we woke up to sun in a heat filled sky; apparently the rain was taking a day off. The road was pretty flat and shaded so it turned out ok. We had our leftovers for lunch at a bus stop then kept at it. All arround us were banana plantations and we got to finally see how it all works. They use a hook tolly system to transport the banana bushels to the trucks for shipment. But the system is not motorized, the worker pulls the line of bananas with a rope.

With this highway being the main link to the port it was filled with semis. And the closer we got to Limon the more trucks there were clogging up our air. Once we made it to Limon we found the central park where we thought we would catch up with Bryan and Maggie. The park was quite beautiful with its tall trees, shaded paths and nice architecture. We rode around, found some internet and found out Bryan and Maggie were just a few blocks away. We were going to be staying on a couch that night and surprisingly he found us while eating at a resturant. We followed him back to his house (unfortunately up a super steep hill) and got settled in. We each got our own room but in the morning could not quite figure out where the rest of the family slept...

The next day Erick's mother made us all breakfast then headed out to the beach. It was gorgeous but had some big waves. The water was so clear and the sand so white!
Later we went for food and got to try the Caribbean specialty of rice and beans with coconut! Mmm so good! Then we hit up a second beach in the town, Moin just beside Limon. Even though the beaches were close to eachother the sand here was black.

Eating out for a change! Meals were delicious and huge for under $6 , so we shared a plate since it was a very late lunch.