We started our day by driving to Playa Conchal beach. It's about a 20 minute drive from our condo and we had been told it is made out of sea shells rather than volcanic sand. As we arrived we had multiple locals waiving signs at us pointing at where we needed to park. This seemed like trouble. The guy closest to us was very insistent but the guy farther away had a spot under a tree. We went with the tree and 2000 colons later we had our parking spot. Not really sure how official this parking zone was but our car was still there when we got back.
The beach was about a km away from where we parked but as far as we could tell we were as close as we could get. We knew we were in the right place because we could see the white beach from afar. We walked over a dark sand beach and over a small ridge and came upon a little piece of paradise. You could see coral reefs in the water, shells and white sand and there was even a couple large lizards. I had to go back to the car to get Kerry's phone so was a bit slower than the rest of the family. Carter is not happy that I saw the lizards and he didn't.
The beach signs warned of rip tides and if it was wavier I can definitely see that as a problem. Kerry and Carter spent their time in the water and every few waves one would drag them down off the beach deeper into the ocean. The tide was also coming in and it was a good thing I moved our stuff higher up into the trees. There were several big waves that sent groups near us scrambling to get their bags before they were swept out to sea. It was rather comical watching one sun bather as they slowly inched farther up the beach only to be swamped by a large wave.
After getting showered back at the condo we booked a table at "The Beach House" restaurant nearby. It was actually available on Open Table for booking. It was walking distance but we still hadn't figured out how to walk down to the beach near our condo so we walked alongside the road. This area is great however the roads are skinny and there really isn't a lot of space to walk. We didn't come across any cows during our walk but they were were everywhere when we were driving around earlier in the day.
We had booked our table at 4:30p so we could take advantage of happy hour. We did not need to book. We were the first group to arrive and only two other families showed up while we were there. The restaurant is right on the beach and we got our pick of tables. The prices were in American so it wasn't super cheap but the food was good and you couldn't beat the view. There were boats in the bay and pelicans fishing. My favourite pastime right now is watching some little black birds eating on the beach. They walk as close as they can and then scurry away when a wave comes.
We noticed some families were arriving from the direction of the beach so we chose to walk back that way rather than along the road. Our hope was that we could find the entrance from the beach side. The other bonus was that we got to see the sunset. It's always nice being on the west side of any tropical location as you can see the sun set over the water. We found our entrance and discovered some more local shopping. All set for the rest of our trip.
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