Sweat shop or Sewing Studio.... all depends on what she's making.
Without fail, 05:30 wake up however we were threatened with a rainy start to the day. Therefore breakfast was inside again in Le Jacques Cousteau restaurant. We set to plan a trip to Quepos and luckily nobody else was looking to ride the 09:00 hotel shuttle and Wilmar agreed to take us into town. We were told that there was a farmer's market and it was just as described. Similar to ours in the states, local farmers selling their fresh produce and some crafts. We got a fresh cold coconut and drank the juice as Desiree finished it off by eating the coconut. Some really great prices and exotic fruits.
After breakfast we relaxed before taking the 09:00 hotel shuttle down to the beach and spent time relaxing. We rented a beach umbrella and 2 chairs and a surf board for only $20 for half the day. Not too bad. I attempted my feets on the boards however the jostelling of the water and board was a little too much for my shoulder as it is still trying to scar and heal. Desiree however was more successful and was able to get some air time. We grabbed some lunch at a re restaurant that was on the second floor overlooking the beach before catching the hotel shuttle back for a siesta.
We sry out for dinner at 17:00 but met a couple staying at the hotel who was also celebrating their honeymoon and was married in California on the 29th. They ended up going to Salsipuedes- the first restaurant we ate out at while we headed to Karolas, a restaurant of Los Altos beach resort. 
Yet again we were VIPs as we were the only ones eating at the restaurant. Very nice and upscale. It was all open and you could even see bats flying thru. We wanted to try something different and ordered drink for happy hour 2-4-1. I got a mango daiquiri and Desiree a piña colada. For dinner I had a carribean sea bass dish with a sweet curry sauce and Desiree had the 'casado' lunch dish with mahi mahi filet. Muy buenos! Yet again we had no room for a dessert. His ended up being the latest night we were out as we asked out server to call a taxi bc of the rain or else we would have walked home. We got in at 19:14 with a 5 minute drive rather than a 15 minute walk. Late night
Our morning routine has been established as we wake up with the sunrise every morning- 05:30. This morning has been the most beautiful with the least amount of clouds as we look out to Manuel Antonia National Park. We relaxed on the back porch before getting our thing together for the days adventures. Breakfast and then off.
We had another guy join us for horseback riding from another hotel. He was from Quebec and is a production manager for Cirque de Soleil. Our tour guide Dyala has been doing tours since she was 13 with her father and is now 28. She says she loves what she does, but the work is hard and she's looking to get into the cruise line industry. She took us around and we ended up taking routes similar to that of Monday's ATV trip. We even stopped at he same waterfalls. However, she showed us what BenGay is in its natural form. The meal after the excursion was a curried chicken with rice and bean, plantains, a cucumber pineapple salad. Drinks included water and natural orange juice that looked like lemonade. Of course on our way back to the hotel, I fell asleep and we cleaned up and siesta before our second excursion of zip lining at 14:15.
We got picked up early for our zip lining experience at 14:00. On the way, we picked up another couple 
from Texas who was celebrating their honeymoon as well getting married on the same day as us. The restaurant that we would be starting and finishing from was about 200m from a local hospital. The canopy tour had 12-13 lines and 24 platforms. Our guides names were porcupine, mosquito, and bumblebee. They were great guys also showing and teaching us about the natures of the jungle. They explained to us about the leaf cutter ants, the poisonous frog, termites, pointed out different sloths, and the trees. We propelled fast and medium speed line, some short, some long. Desiree got stuck on only 1 line while 2 for me. On the last line we could choose to zipline or freefall. Both Desiree and I chose free fall. We ended with a nice snack of fruits chocolate cookies, and yummy mango/pineapple juice that was thick with pulp and was similar to a smoothie. We were lucky to have just the 4 of us in this group as it was like a private tour. We were told 
Of course as our regular schedule has it, we walked home, and again we have lucked out with the weather not raining was their was a refreshing light mist as we ventured home. 
Yet again we slept in...yeah right, woke up at 05:45 and sat on the balcony and enjoyed the sunrise. Moped around until heading down to breakfast. We really got to enjoy of breakfast and delicious coffee and took our time listening to the america's 80s and 90s greatest hits. We had time to be lazy at the transport from the hotel to Manuel Antonio National Park was set to leave at 09:00. We planned to be have about a 4 hour hike as the shuttle to return to the hotel was around 13:15 and 17:15. The park was only about 3 km away however gradients as steep as 27-30%
raccoons and monkeys that will attempt to take your belongings with or without you present. We made it to the furthest point out and you can see from our balcony. The hike ended up being longe than expected and we decided to walk back to the hotel. This was of course before I had some food to eat. Along the way home we saw a long path of ants heading one way, they were carrying leaves, and heading in the opposite direction they were going to fetch the leaves. By the time we got back to the hotel, cleaned up and decided about dinner it was past 17:00 and we opted not to take a can and walk to/from dinner. Luckily both last night and tonight, the rain held out.
