Catarata En Uvita

Got up this morning for a surf, but didn't get out quite early enough for the good stuff. Hugh was up a bit before me and said he had the ride of his life. Sleep fails me again. Afterwards we snagged some breakfast at a local soda, which was gigantic, delicious, and only $4. Our hostel has a basketball court so we played h-o-r-s-e for a bit. We met up with a guy from Manuel Antonio, and later 3 other guys we knew and all split a cab to Uvita, the next town, to go hike to a waterfall.  I had read somewhere that it was free, so I was sorta disappointed to see signs there that said you must pay 500 colones admission, blah blah blah. There was no one at the ticket booth, so we booked it inside anyways. The hike down was really short, but the waterfall had good size and the water was cool. It was raining, which made hopping in no problem. We swam in and tested the depth to see if it was worth a jump from the top. Hugh was satisfied and went first, no problem. Everyone else followed him up for his second jump while I stayed to take pictures. Hugh jumped again, but the other guys all chickened out. I wasn't going to miss out on my opportunity though:

It was pretty slippery on top, but I found a solid place to jump. Not as big as the cliffs at Havasupai, but still fun and really refreshing nonetheless. We headed back into town afterwards and hired another cab back to Dominical. Dinner was spent back at the soda again; how could we not? The sandwiches were delicious, huge, and cheap. Not to mention their banana milkshakes sent from heaven. I think if I could bring one souvenir back to the States, it'd be this soda.

Back at the hostel I started urgently planning out my trip to Corcovado National Park, the place that National Geographic calls "the most biologically intense place on the planet." I'll be taking a bus at 4:30 AM to Golfito, a ferry to Puerto Jimenez and maybe a bus to Carate, where I'll likely drop off my computer and shed some other belongings before heading in to the mangled jungles of Corcovado. I'll be incommunicado while I'm there, likely from June 25-30. You'll get your updates soon after, unless a jaguar or river croc has other ideas. Talk to you all soon.