Day 2 Samara

Day 2 began with sunshine! We had a quick breakfast (the same as yesterday) and hit the beach and pool. Hoang Linh was much more into it so it was fun. I talked to the California family some more and decided not to surf. I probably should have done it on day one to get my moneys worth but I was too chicken. Instead we took a horse ride down the beach. I rode with Ha Lien and Hao had Hoang Linh. We were on the slow horses. John had to ride one of the fiestier horses. We had a great ride down the beach but had to stop because the tide was so high and we felt bad for the horses. They did not like the water much. Let me remind you that Costa Rican animals are skinny! We were feeling bad for these horses. We stopped for a picture. Just wait to you see the ones our guide took. He was like a cowboy from a century ago. He acted like he had never seen a camera before and you can tell by the photos he took. Finally we got him to take a semi decent one. After the photo shoot we turned around and went back the other way. We all were getting better at making the horse do what we wanted. Just as we were approaching the hotel John´s horse decided he was done listening to orders. He took off towards a hotel fence. John was convinced he would jump it but the ancient Costa Rican cowboy rescued him.
The day ended with us in the pool and ocean up to the very last 15 minutes before the taxi arrived at 2 to take us back.
The ride home was better. The car seats were fixed to give more space for us. We made three stops on the way home. One to get homemade wine and coco friel. The wine tasted like fermented cider to me and the coconut milk was iced and slurped right from the husk through a straw. Of course after the beverages we had to make a bathroom stop. Our last stop was at the bridge that connects the Nicoya pennisula to the main land. Apparently Taiwan helped build the bridge because there was a monument saying so. We were told we could see red macaws here but we did not see any which was a bummer.
The last hour was bumper to bumper traffic in the pouring rain. We survived the ride and were back in San Ramon four hours later.