HOT, HOT, HOT...Montezuma

This morning I headed to the beach around 10am. I decided to make this a complete day at the beach, so I went further down the stretch of beach to find a place to lay out. It was high tide and a lot of the sandy areas were covered by the water, but I finally found a place that had a bit of an area to sit, with not too many rocks. Montezuma´s beaches are stretches of coarse white sand and volcanic rocks cutting sections off from others. The rocks are beautiful with the waves crashing into them, but it makes for some difficult swimming....especially with the strong riptide. I found a shaded spot under some trees and set up camp. The sun here is so hot, it is almost too hot to sit at the beach. Shade can be hard to find and even if you do find it, be sure to use sunblock because you will still get very burnt. After about an hour in the sun and being too dangerous to swim by the rocks, I decided to perch myself on a large rock and have the waves roll in over me...very refreshing, but I was covered in sand by the end of the day. Did I mention that the sand here sticks to you like glue...not nice. At about 2pm I decided to have lunch at Lyang Lyang Beach Resort. What a great idea...a beautiful outdoor seating area, with an incredible view of the Pacific ocean and of course, delicious food. Oh and I should not forget my little visitors...a large lizard and the biggest squirrel I have ever seen. It is very strange to see squirrels climbing palm trees!!! It was nice to be spoiled a little while backpacking. I spent about 2 hours at the restaurant and then headed back to the beach. This is really the best time of the day to be on the beach. The sun is less intense...you actually burn your feet just walking on the sand from your towel to the water during the middle of the day...OUCH!!!! Today the breeze picked up in the afternoon, the tide was out and so I just lazed around until about 5pm. It gets dark here by 6pm, so I strolled back along the beach and picked up some groceries before heading to my hostel for the evening. I spent the evening catching up on emails and relaxing on the porch by the ocean. Backpacking is such a great way to met people from all over the world...it is such a different vibe. Not only do you learn about the country you are visiting, but so much more from those you meet. Who knows what tomorrow will bring. Until then....