We started the day with an early breakfast and headed out for our scheduled tour. Only we thought it would be an actual tour, but instead it was just us and our guide - Jose Maria - who didn't speak a word of English. We thought it was going to be a very long day as we were going to spend most of the day with him... but to our surprise we got by just fine. I guess our conversation wouldn't have been as pretty to an actual Spanish speaking person... but hey... we understood each other (barely). Jose Maria showed us and told us about the island, the plants, the animals... 
and so much more about everything around us - we even heard about the "walking tree", which can actually move a few meters a year by eliminating roots on one side and moving toward the sunnier areas by growing new roots in that direction.The main object of our tour were the San Ramon waterfalls. The drive to the hike was only about 10 miles but it took us over an hour of a very bumpy road. And if that was not bad enough from the bumpy road we got on even bumpier road. On the way up we picked up a New Zealand family and gave them a ride in the pick up, no idea how they all managed to stay in during this bumpy ride. The hike up was beautiful and Jose Maria continued stopping and pointing out many of the interesting 
things around us.
We got back to our hotel took a nap and headed out for a short hike to Ojo de Agua (spot recommended by JM). We didn't really know what to expect, we thought it would be a whole in the ground like cenotes in Mexico were, but we were pleasantly surprised once after hiking through the plantations of plantains we stumbled in a cleari
ng with beautiful crystal blue water pools. It was so beautiful and people hanging around there were very nice. We talked to a group of guys from Canada that were (motor)biking all the way from Canada down to Chile. We swam around, had a beer and once the sun started going down - we headed out.
And then... you guessed it we finished the day with Media serbida and a wonderful lobster dinner.....ahhh...
things around us.We got back to our hotel took a nap and headed out for a short hike to Ojo de Agua (spot recommended by JM). We didn't really know what to expect, we thought it would be a whole in the ground like cenotes in Mexico were, but we were pleasantly surprised once after hiking through the plantations of plantains we stumbled in a cleari
ng with beautiful crystal blue water pools. It was so beautiful and people hanging around there were very nice. We talked to a group of guys from Canada that were (motor)biking all the way from Canada down to Chile. We swam around, had a beer and once the sun started going down - we headed out.And then... you guessed it we finished the day with Media serbida and a wonderful lobster dinner.....ahhh...
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