Zip Lining and finding the long lost Banana Pancakes

Beach in Puerto Viejo (by Playa Negra)

Yesterday we took the 5-hr bus ride from San Jose to Puerto Viejo. The road was very curvy so I became nauseous with the driving, but the drive there went through the rain forest so I got to see many beautiful views of the mountain valleys covered with greenery. Unfortunately there was traffic so we waited "patiently" without moving for an hour. A couple of people were risky enough to run to the nearest restaurant to use their restroom even though the bus driver said he wouldn't wait for anyone. Glad I went because I don't think I would've made it any further. Due to the delay we arrived in Puerto Viejo around 9pm.

This morning I woke up refreshed and ready to explore. Sarah had been talking about these banana pancakes since we got to Costa Rica and was eager to go back to the same restaurant. So, we started our trek south in search for the lost pancakes. Of course 5 minutes after our walk it began to rain, but we did meet someone on the way that's a student at Texas A&M (WHOOP)! Small world. After a good 20 minutes of walking south, realizing we must have passed it, and turning around, we decided to eat breakfast at a small cafe/paneria. mmm was the food gooood.

As we were walking back to the hotel on the beach, contemplation how we had 'passed by' without Sarah recognizing it, we saw a nice boutique with an interesting cafe above it. We asked a guy if he knew where Cafe Ivan was, and it turns out he was the owner/cook! He had to close the cafe because business was bad, so we asked him to make banana pancakes for us tomorrow for breakfast. It's pretty exciting ...but we have to figure out what kitchen he can use...

To be adventerous for the day we decided to go Zip Lining through the forest. It's my first time so the first time I went I screamed and I kept turning around in circles as I went down.. but I got better. We saw a sloth! ..but it didn't move much, so it wasn't very entertaining. There were 3 Californian guys that were in our group. One of them was from France zzzo.. jje jjad a vvvery frenCH aczzent. :)