To Uvita and Domincal

 Our last hairy drive, back the way we had come, some more nervous moments crossing the waterbeds and then the tarmac drive to Uvita and our hotel, the Villas Alturas, up the steepest road of the trip, would have been impossible without four wheel drive. After some forceful negotiations with hotel manager after we complained about our room we were upgraded and which had stunning views over the coast and more amazing sunsets.We both felt tired so we ate in and watched TV ! We also tried to plan a tour for the next day but nothing that we had wanted to do was available so after breakfast ( a wonderful one) we set off to explore.

After a sushi lunch in laid back, pleasant Domincal we drove into the Uvita National Park,the reason why we had come here.After being entertained by some baby caimans, actually virtually in the car park ( no sign of the parents! ) we walked along the stunning beach to the "Whale Tail " isthmuses, a beach in the shape of a whale's fluke ( although difficult to photo without a drone ).With many others you can wade across to it though it has to carefully judged by reference to the tide as to  when you can get across : and back. A good beach for swimming though we did see black fins in the water, but nobody seemed concerned..