Day 7:
It's been so long since I've been to a beach where you can eat coconuts and burn your skin in roughly 15 minutes. Today we traveled 20 minutes from the Fortes' country home to a small beach-plot owned by Mr. Fortes' sister. It is quite simple with two small bungalows and an outhouse with a hose for showering. The beach was beautiful though and I immediately ran out and dove into the warm Pacific Ocean - what a difference from the majestic, rocky Oregon cost where the Pacific is 40 degrees in the Summer. I spent most of the morning swimming around with Rea's sister and brother looking for fish. I found a black and yellow sea snake right where I had been walking around just a few minutes earlier - kinda made me thing before putting my feet down again. We also caught a small colorful fish and kept it in a quickly constructed aquarium for a few hours. We had BBQ chicken and pork for lunch and coconut milk to drink. Now I'm burnt but it was well worth it.