Chill Beach Day, Power Cut, More Sunburn

Today started normal. Woke up, brushed teeth, put on sun cream, then we left the hostel and everything was shut. No shops open or anything. That when we noticed signs posted outside buildings saying ‘power cut today 8:00-18:00’. A whole day without aircon! No cold drinks or chilled food! We found a place for breakfast açaí bowls presuming that as it was not long after the power was out it would be okay.

We had heard of a sand strip called Long Beach around a 30 minute walk away. The hike was easy through paved jungle and across resorts. We chilled at Long Beach with feline friends until 5pm where we then made the trek back to civilization.

As the power had been out we felt it best to avoid the street markets and restaurants and settled on noodles from 7/11. We got back to the hostel, assessed our sunburn and decided to go out for a banana and Nutella crepe.

It was nice to have a chill day to reflect on the experiences we have had so far.

-M