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Saturday 27 January: Pedaling from La Mula to Marea del Portillo 60 km: Today it was 90 degrees Farenheit. We started pedaling at 10 AM towards Marea del Portillo where we stayed in the Farallon del Caribe Hotel. It is very luxurious with a pool and I took my own room. There is also a nicebeach. They have free snack sandwiches and yes my favorite 'Manzanilla' (Chamomile) tea. This placed catered to the Germans and that is why they had my favorite tea! It was 25 dollars a day including all the food you can eat, and sandwiches, and even alcoholic drinks, but I only did the Manzanilla tea and the fruit juices. The ride up was along the coast with rolling hills. You go up for a km or two and then down. This repeats itself for about a dozen times till you are there. At the beginning of the trip today, we walked by the ocean on a trail filled with rock slides. It was incredibly beautiful, but very hot! The coast was very rocky and reminded me a lot of 'La Push' on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State. After a swim at the hotel and a walk on the hotel's beach I wrote postcards, ate dinner and went to bed.
