Sometime overnight, the water went off to the hotel, so this morning, no showers and no loos! We did manage breakfast and then headed out hoping the water would be back later.
First we headed to Cobano and the post-office. We've been looking for one for the last week. We thought we'd found one in Cobano the other day, but it was closed and looked somewhat neglected! Today, we found the new post-office and posted some cards!
From here, we headed out on yet another dirt road to the surfing villages of Santa Theresa and Mal Pais. After another bone-shaking 12km, we dropped down from the hills into the village of Santa Theresa.
The village consists of lots of small hotels and B&Bs and cabins mainly catering for the surfing crowd. Considering how far we were off the beaten track we were surprised how busy it was there. Having driven all through the village, we chose a track to drive down to the beach and chanced on one with a good parking place right on the beach. Better than that, the beach was partially protected by rocks from the big breakers so we could see it was possible to swim.
We found a spot shaded by coconut palms and sat on the beach and watched the world go by. Some people were just strolling on the beach, others were fishing in the surface, and some, like us just relaxing on the beach. We went for a swim and it certainly cooled us down. I am try to think what land we would have reached if we had left the coast and headed straight out - somewhere a very long way away I suspect! At one stage some horses appeared on the beach completely untended!
By 13.00, we were feeling peckish so we packed up and headed back into the village where we found a bakery that served delicious sandwiches. Whilst there, we watched Woodpeckers and Trogons in the trees opposite.
After a slow lunch we headed back up the track to Cobano where we stopped long enough to raid the bank!
Back at the hotel, we had the place to ourselves again and jumped straight into the swimming pool. Not long after that we heard someone in the property next door say, 'The water is back' and sure enough we have water again here!
We will doubtless have dinner here again tonight, it is rather nice sitting on the terrace and not having to drive anywhere.
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