Weekend Trip to Montezuma

Playa Montezuma

I spent this past weekend in a beach town, called Montezuma. It's about a 6 hour bus/ferry ride from San Jose--it's located on the peninsula of Costa Rica. I've heard only good things about Montezuma and wanted to check it out for myself.  It's a small town, with a peace and love feel to it, and reggae music radiates the streets.  The locals were incredibly chill.  Even though, it was a popular tourist destination, it hasn't lost it's local culture like many other towns in Costa Rica.

We arrived in Montezuma around 12:30, after riding three different buses and a ferry--I feel like getting somewhere in Costa Rica, is always a  challenge. All I can remember is that it was so HOT! It must have been 90 degrees with 90 percent humidity. I was literally dripping sweat on our trek up the steep hill to our hostel. All I could think about when I got to my room was that I wanted to put my swimsuit on and run into the ocean and stay there all day long. It was so hot.

The four of us, got our swimsuits on and walked real fast to the beach--we were determined. The water felt so wonderful. It was warm, but so so refreshing. We spent the entire afternoon at the beach, laying out, jumping waves and people watching. It was a great way to spend a Friday afternoon.

So after a long day in the sun, we went back to our hostel. Now let me tell you about the hostel. It supported eco-friendliness. They had low-pressure, cold showers, biodegradable soap, re-usable dishes. Actually the cold shower wasn't too bad, after being in the sun all day long, a cold shower was nice--I couldn't complain.

Now the living situation was similar to a cabin living experience--it brought me back to Girl Scout summer camp. Bunk beds, wooden floors, screens acting as windows. I mean for $15.00 a night I can't expect a 5 star hotel. I got what I paid for--mass amounts of mosquito bites, a cold shower, gallo pinto for breakfast, a squeaky mattress and no air-conditioning.

Even though the actual hostel wasn't too great, being able to meet young people from all over the world was really cool. During the weekend stay I met someone from Germany, Netherlands, Denmark, England, Costa Rica and some fellow Americans. It was fun learning about other cultures and hearing great accents. One night one of my friends and I stayed up playing games with someone from Florida and Denmark--it was a lot of fun. One of the games we played was where each person picked a famous person, wrote the name on the piece of paper then passed the paper to another person playing. So at the beginning of the game, each person had a famous persons name, that they didn't know the name of, and had to ask yes and no questions to figure out who it was. We ended up picking more historical international figures than just famous Americans, in respect to the non-American.

The next morning we set off in the morning to go hiking to the

Montezuma Falls

Montezuma Waterfalls, with some of our new friends from the hostel. It was about a 10-15 minute hike to the waterfall with a swimming area surrounding it. Again it was such a hot day, and the cold water was so refreshing. It was fun to relax, swim, talk and look at the beautiful waterfall. It's funny because in Costa Rica, going to see a waterfall is no big deal, because they are all over the place. Since I've arrived in Costa Rica, I've seen three waterfalls.


Overall I had a great weekend relaxing at the beach and meeting new people.  The hostel living is something I will definitely try again.

¡Pura Vida!

Drake girls at the Montezuma Falls.