Having not gone too crazy on Christmas Eve, I woke up bright and early on Christmas Day, and after breakfast, went for a stroll on the empty beach
While I'd seen the Papagayo beaches from afar, I had decided to reserve walking to them for Christmas Day, so after an early lunch, I set off. After my hotel there was just the 3 Papagayo beaches, and a very large area of wilderness. By going onto the roof of the hotel, I had already noted a series of rough paths, though another guest had told me she found them so confusing she had turned back. I had water, my hat, and a couple of energy bars, and wasn't too concerned.
Unfortunately, as I neared the first beach, the only one which is accessible to vehicles, and then by a circuitous dirt track, I could see that I wasn't the only one who had thought about going to the beach that day!
The other two beaches are much further to get to, but they are accessible to boats of course, and they too were busier than I had expected.
So, I decided not to bother, and returned a similar way to the way I'd come, arriving back at the hotel only an hour or so after leaving
I had a quiet afternoon, finishing off my book, and enjoying the view from my balcony
And when the sun went down, the feasting began