Breaking Plans and a Beautiful Waterfall

We did have a house stay lined up on the Caribbean side but it wasn't for us. We decided to move on to Nicaragua but yes we had to go through Costa Rica. We thought we might stay in Costa Rica for a week or two but when we arrived the very first bus driver was a complete dick. He charged us way too much for the boards then when we got off at our stop he started driving off while we were taking our stuff out from under the bus. It didn't feel like "pura vida".

We stayed at a very nice eco-hostel for the night but it was $20 a piece for us to have a private room with shared bath. It was a lot more than we were used to spending. Nicolas went grocery shopping and it came to almost $30 which was more than some of our shopping trips at home. Everything just seemed so expensive, the people not the most friendly so at this point we decided to change our week stay to a 2 night stay.

So here was the thing that made Costa Rica worth every penny. While waiting for our bus to the next spot we realized that our times had been off and the next bus wasn't for another 2 hours. This couple sitting with us with matching backpacks and brand new lonelyplanet book told us about this waterfall they just came from that had a natural waterslide. Nicolas heard fresh water and slide and was already saying lets do it. We stored our bags across the street at a liquor store then started the "short" hike to the waterfall. If you are ever in the area the name of the town was Uvitas, little grapes.

After a hot hike, we paid the $2 entrance fee and walked down to the waterfall. It was picture perfect, clear water, and beautiful surroundings. Somehow we scored and we had the whole place to ourselves which was beyond amazing. So the fun began.

Nicolas enjoying the cool fresh water

So when you sit at the top looking down it seems that you are going to fall right into rocks but somehow it projects you forward away from danger but it was definitely scary for me. Nicolas went down the slide twice but I only was able to go down once because we ran out of time and we didn't want to leave our stuff alone.

Going down the natural water slide for the first time

For not having experienced a whole lot in Costa Rica this was the best thing we could of done. It was so incredible and worked out soo perfect you couldn't help feel like it was meant to be.

A skip and hop later we found ourselves with another stamp on our passports, Nicaragua.