Next morning we took a map that hotel guy had drawn for us and took our way to Tortuguero. It is a place between a river lagune and a sea and the only way to get there is by boat. We had to find a pier where to leave a car and take a boat through the channels to the village.
This is a magnificant map, which actually says that you take road (pista) until it is finished and then you take a ground road (camino de cabras) which will lead you to Pavona. We didn't realize then, that all he said was true haha
So first we drove until the way was finished.
We drove and we drove and we drove through the forest and banana plantations, until the way became like this and in this moment we thought may be we are lost again and we have to go back...since the most touristic place in Costa Rica wouldn't have such a road..but soon we finally arrived to Pavona...which was, as you can see, a pefectly civilized, modern parking place for the tourists hahaha - Welcome to Costa Rica!
Anyway, we left our car, took a boat and went through the channels to the village....Pretty relaxed and enjoying the view, we suddenly have heard a "crackkkk""". The water level was so low, so the boat has scratched its bottom by the rock or tree...and the water started to get into the boat...Hmmmm...this was another unexpected adventure, too many for today haha
The guy who was driving the boat said we have to stop and wait for another boat to come and resque us, while we are waiting on a small piece of land surrounded by water. We took our bags out and waited for another boat.
By luck, there were some locals on that boat, very friendly ones, and they had a little fridge full of whiskey and beers...so as you can imagine, Juli immediately made new friends haha
In the end a boat has come to pick us up, crocodiles didnt eat us (don't laugh, in Costa Rica all rivers have crocodiles...not joking) and we arrived to Tortuguero.
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