Killer Monkeys

So today started out pretty routine. Nothing too special. We woke up, went down to the restaurant for breakfast, then Siva and I went over to the kids area to play with trucks... cuz that's about all he ever wants to play with. After that I took him up to the room for lunch and his nap, and I just hung out and read a book. After he woke up I got a few hours off to do some exploring... I had no idea where to go, so I went to the front desk to ask them what I could do in a few hours. The guy that I talked to told me that there is a path that I can take from the beach that goes up through the forest and to the other side of the peninsula by the bay. This seemed like a good option as I really wanted to see some nature and I love to walk. He warned me that there are lots of stairs, and I said I'd be fine. Now let me say that a lot of stairs... total understatement. I've never seen so many stairs in my entire life... this experience was like stairmaster Hell. I took the insanely long stair case for about 45 minutes... 45 minutes of stairs... my butt is going to hurt tomorrow. And the sad part is I didn't even make it to the bay. I got to the point that the path meets up with the road then breaks off into another path and decided to turn back because daylight was starting to fade and I didn't want to be exploring the death staircase in the dark. So I decided that I'm going to try and wake up early tomorrow and give the staircase another shot.. mostly because it's an amazing workout and I could use the calorie burn lol. Here are the highlights from my adventure in the forest...

1.It was beautiful, words cannot describe so I won't even try

2. I found a beach called Playa Prieta, fitting as all of the sand on the beach was black

3. I encountered a family of killer monkeys, well I don't know if they were actually killer monkeys but they were making very angry noises and I was too scared to stick around to find out.

4. I didn't encounter a single person on my journey... apparently I am the only person stupid enough to climb thousands of steps in a jungle when it is 90 degrees outside and 95% humidity

5. my shirt was drenched with sweat, I generally don't sweat when I exercise, but it was just that hot and humid... plus I was literally working my ass off climbing those steps.

6. I love to walk, and walking through such amazing peaceful beauty brought me a happiness I haven't felt in a long time

Now for the lessons I learned on my journey...

1. always wear appropriate footware, flip flops do not equal appropriate footware

2. bring water... or die

3. when the hotel guy says there are a lot of stairs... listen to him

4. don't look the killer monkeys in the eye... I don't know if this is actually true, but it sounded good and they didn't attack me

I made it back to the beach just in time to watch the sunset... awesome