Costa Rica Pacific coast and highland tour was non-stop action, so as a last stop we headed over to the Caribbean to soak up some of it's chilled out vibe. Our journey towards Manzanillo and Puerto Viejo took us past miles and miles of banana plantations, over the most pot-holed roads and through the bustling Caribbean port town of Limon.
We decided to stay in Manzanillo, a tiny and peaceful community 15kms down from the party and surf town of Puerto Viejo. We found a lovely family run hostel in Manzanillo that overlooked the jungle and gave a great view on the monkeys in the morning. With only a couple of typico eateries, corner shop, church and wooden houses doted along the coast and back into the jungle Manzanillo is a perfect little spot.
The stretch of road from Viejo to Manzanillo hugs the white sand coast and is lined with palm trees and tropical flowers. Along the way there's cute little places to stay, eat or drink. To get around we hired a couple of bikes for our time there to tour the coast and get into town, Viejo. Bumping along the pot-holey road was really good fun and the 30km round trip was pretty good exercise!
It was the most scenic route, we saw a cute sloth crossing the road to a new tree, troops of monkeys and lots of birds along the way. It was a really cool way to spend a couple of days.
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