Sea Kayaking to Playa Blanca, Costa Rica
We were led by a Rastafarian-looking man named Walter, who had leather skin, dreadlocks, and a tribal facial structure. They took us to a private beach where the water was crystal clear. We had only paddled a few yards when a school of fish leapt into the air in between Walter and my kayaks! It was a thrilling surprise!
We kayaked around a little peninsula of dry mounds that Walter said would be bright green in the rainy season. (Costa Rica only has two seasons: dry and rainy, always hot.) After so much time in the jungle, it felt good to be on the open ocean. We didn’t paddle super far, but came around to a spot called Blanco beach, where the sand was white and soft. There, we stopped to swim and see some fish hidden among the rocks. I saw a few bright blue ones that reminded me of the blue morpho butterflies, a brilliant shade that seemed impossible.
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