Final Nica Update: Las Penitas

The boys getting ready at sunrise for their big fishing trip...ate well for the next couple of nights!!
Playing in the sea all day...
Seriously?
Kayaking up the mangrove estuary at sunrise...
Bird in flight...they were always one step ahead of my camera!

Fantastic sunsets every night...

Orange tree at C&P's...

Another sunset at the rocks...

Our Nica 'family'...Cathy with baby Sarita and older sister Jexira...
Sweet Jexira...
Sunset on the deck...
Action packed tree falling session. Brought down a giant 100year old rubber tree with only a machette, an axe and a rope...yeehaw!
View of estuary from the deck...

26 babies to be released at sunset! Cutest thing I have ever seen...
Reserve area where turtle eggs are relocated and watched around the clock...


A sand tortuga...

Oh Las Penitas...the final leg of our Nica journey...we finally arrive at the Pacific for some beach time! We had a fantastic time hanging out with friends Cathy & Peter and Leno. A quiet fishing village that only get's going on weekends when the locals come to the coast for a day at the beach, Las Penitas is a gem...Highlights:

• Staying at Qtr Sarita's (Cathy and Peters big green house)...daily orchestra of chickens, piggies, bats, and songbirds...limes right from the tree...sunrise and sunset views from the deck.
  





• Kayaking up the mangrove estuary within the protected reserve...hundreds of birds including white and blue herons...2 aligator sightings!! 18kms of undeveloped sandy beach...





• Surfing and body surfing in the warm pacific ocean for hours each day...I still have sand in my hair:)





• Delicious meals at Casa Patricias...giant bowls of fresh fruit and fluffy pancakes...fresh fish from the sea...fresh squeezed pinapple and grapefruit juices every day...we were seriously spoiled and took a break from rice and beans while we could...




• Long beach walks...endless beach means endless beachcombing every day.




• Bike ride with Cathy on the road to Leon...great ride to the farm lookout!




• Visit to see the baby tortugas at the reserve across the river...26 babies were ready to go the day we went for a look...they hold them until sunset and then release them into the sea.




• Just hanging out in the hammock reading and visiting with our friends...a great way to end a fantastic adventure.