We had a slower start to the day and didn't leave the hotel until 09.00. We drove just up the road to a waterfall which flows over a cliff directly into the sea.
We bumped down the track and found a small car park and took the track that led from it. The track led through some trees and was a bit uneven but we managed to get down to the falls. As it is dry season, it was not flowing very much but still rather pretty. I scrambled down the edge of the falls so I could take some pictures from below. From here, I could see an inaccessible, completely deserted beach below and beyond that another deserted beach - it all looked really beautiful.
We went back to the car and decided to turn right when we got back to the main road! We drove slowly back to Paquera and then carried on towards the ferry terminal as we could see a sign to Playa Organos. A track left the main road not far from the ferry terminal and we bumped down it for about 2km and found an almost deserted beach. It was very beautiful and the sea very calm, but as usual, shade was in short supply. We took a couple of photographs and turned back to Paquera.
In town, we returned to Gelateria and had a couple of milkshakes as we were thirsty. Having slaked our thirst, our attention turned to the Jimny, and we went to the petrol station to fill up the car.
We looked at the map and could see another beach marked on our map just north of Paquera on the Gulf coast. We headed north up the 'main' road which of course was just a gravel road.At one stage a bridge was being repaired and we had to drive down through the dry river bed!
Once again, we left the gravel main road and headed down a side road which was pretty bumpy and found another beach - the sea was very calm, but there seemed to be a lot of 'rubbish' floating in the water which was a great shame.
Back on the road again, we returned to Paquera and bought some pastries from the bakery and drove back to Tambor beach where we ate the pastries and watched the Brown Pelicans and Royal Terns carrying out formation dive-bombing in the bay. Apparently, there are shoals of sardines in the shallow water at the moment.
Finally, we returned to the hotel for a swim and cool down.
We had dinner at the hotel and I enjoyed a sea-food casserole! We were visited by a party of French who came in for dinner. There was much amusement at the mixture of languages, English, French and Spanish!
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