Cabuya Day 6 - Snorkeling at Isla Tortuga

Today we drove back into Montezuma and loaded into a boat to go snorkeling on Isla Tortuga.  We travelled up the coast almost to Paquera where the ferry landed.  Along the way we saw a waterfall and some beautiful properties perched on the cliffs as well as in Playa Tambor.  I think most of them were private properties but at least one of them was a hotel.  It looked very secluded and quiet.  We were not lucky enough to spot any marine wildlife.  We stopped at rainbow island and dropped off the people that were going diving and then continued to Tortuga.  It was about 40 min by boat.  We snorkeled just off the island around two smaller rocks formations.  No coral here but we did see some pretty cool fish.  The water was a little cloudy, but it was low tide so we were only in about 10-15 ft. of water.  Our guide drove down and brought up a puffer fish for us to see.  It was very cool.  The water wasn't overly warm so Serena and I didn't last too long even with our rash guards on.  She was freezing and shivering after about 45 min.  So we jumped back on the boat to warm up.  Once every one was on board he moved the boat over the other area and Bill and I went back in.  Again the water was cloudy so it made it hard to see and take pictures.  Once back in the boat we saw flying fish all around the boat.

When everyone was finished we were taken back to the island and fed a very delicious meal of marlin, potatoes, bread with pineapple and watermelon.  We had the rest of the afternoon to spend on the beach relaxing.  The heat was getting to Alex so she found a nice shady spot on the beach to read and the rest of us went exploring.  The beach was not very big, but the water and sand were very nice.  We watched a couple of games of beach volleyball and Alex drooled over one of our boat boys.  He was very nice to look at.


 At about 3pm we jumped back on the boat and headed back to Montezuma.  We met people from New York, Baltimore and Victoria.  I have to say this is not the best place to snorkel, I think surfing is their claim to fame.

This was our last day in Cabuya we have to make our way to San Jose tomorrow.  We went for dinner at Jenny's and then came home to pack.  We are ready to leave Cabuya and the girls are ready to come home, but too bad we didn't have a few more days to see the Caribbean side of Costa Rica.  Oh well next time.  We are now going to study some maps to make sure our trip to San Jose goes smoothly tomorrow.