Kayaking on Drake Bay - Hannah

On the southern Pacific side of Costa Rica, by the Osa Peninsula, is a heavenly bay called Drake Bay. The water is calm and warm--probably around 80 degrees. This weekend we were able to make a quick visit and it was awesome.

On Friday we woke up early to drive the six hours down, checked into our hotel, and spent the later afternoon kayaking on the bay. The bay is lined in mangrove trees, which are cool looking trees and unique in the sense that they are able to grow in salt water. They're also very picturesque.

One of the coolest things we saw on the bay were some flying fish. These fish get chased by bigger fish, so they shoot out of the water and "fly," or more precisely, glide, near the surface for over 100 feet. One of them even hit Julia mid-flight.

We also saw quite a few birds. We learned that there are more bird species in Costa Rica than in the United States and Canada combined! Wow! That evening we saw lots of parrots and scarlet macaws.

There was hardly anyone else on the bay and we all loved it.