Bike ride to Punta Uva

We heard that Punta Uva, 6km south of Puerto Viejo, is one of the best beaches in the world, and THE best in Costa Rica.  Of course we had to check it out.

On Thursday, January 21st we rented bikes for the day for 2,000 colones each, and headed south. On the way to Punta Uva we stopped at the end of Playa Cocles to take a break from the hot sun.

Playa Cocles, Costa Rica

Playa Cocles, Costa Rica

We rode on to Playa Chiquita for some swimming. Ryan made friends with a super cute yellow lab that was fishing for something and jumping around in the waves with us.

Dog - Playa Chiquita, Costa Rica

After our swim break we stopped at a store for a guava juice (615 colones) break. Next we grabbed some food from a place just before Punta Uva. I had rice and beans with salad for 1,800, and Ryan had the same with chicken for 2,500. We didn’t know it then but this turned out to be a terrible idea.

Post-lunch we finally got to Punta Uva. We were already pretty sunburned but we ignored it (oops) and frolicked in the sun and water anyway. Punta Uva is an incredibly gorgeous white sand beach lined with palm trees stretching to the water. I even tried my hand at climbing one, but I kind of sucked at it.

Punta Uva, Costa Rica

Climbing a Palm Tree - Punta Uva, Costa Rica

Before it got dark we rode home and turned in our bikes. We went to Bread and Chocolate for dinner where I got a fantastic Mattwich (sandwich with cream cheese and avocado on wheat bread made at the restaurant) with salad for 2,500 colones. Ryan had a turkey bacon sandwich with fruit for 3,200 colones and a pineapple yogurt smoothie for 1,400 colones. We also split another one of those tasty mint chocolate brownies; we earned it!

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  1. Jon says:

    WOW, just, WOW.

    I miss you 🙂

  2. Aunt Linda says:

    It sounds like you are having a lot of fun! Great pictures! Love you lots!

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