Biesanz Beach

The road to Biesanz is long, and hot, and has very little shade. There’s no where to really stop to get a drink or buy anything as it’s mostly private houses or exclusive resorts lining the road, and even those are somewhat few and far between.

I pretty quickly regretted my decision to do the walk, but decided to soldier on anyway. Then my sandal broke. It was completely unusable and I was in a bit of a fix as I wasn’t near anywhere that could help me and the pavement was extremely hot.

I was limping along hoping I would find some place I could buy a new sandal when a construction worker hailed me from across the street. He didn’t speak any English but indicated that I should stand in the shade while his colleague got a golf cart to take me to the beach. He was also kind enough to use his tools and some glue to fix my sandal. I was so grateful for his consideration.

His colleague dropped me off near the entrance to the trail to the beach. After a five minute walk I was there.

The beach, like every Costa Rican beach I’ve been to, is extremely beautiful. It wasn’t overly crowded and it was easy to find a place to sit and read my book (In a Free State by V.S. Naipal).

Vendors were also selling nice, fresh ceviche for about $4 and coconuts for about $2—really cheap for this area and a better deal than you can find on the main tourist beach of Manuel Antonio.

I spent about an hour and a half here swimming, reading, and being chill. It was a nice relaxing afternoon, but next time I would definitely call a cab.