My bud lives on the eastern side of the island, so we started out at a spot about 2 blocks from his house called "La Selva" (the jungle). It's an interesting place to surf. You have to walk through a cow pasture about 2 miles or so to get to the break. There's a huge heard of cows and bulls that graze in the pasture. Did you know that cows have big ass horns? Me either. Anyway, a guy got trampled by these cows a year ago, totally broke his back and all, so I was sketched everytime we did the walk.
One day during the walk, this huge iguana came running out into the path. I swear this thing was 2 or 3 feet long at least!
On the fourth day, we got up at dawn and headed over to Rincon on the northwest side. We got a bungalow at a place called Rincon Surf and Board for about $70 for two nights. Sweet deal. It was awesome, a veranda, two huge beds, a/c, fridge, and the guy who runs it was knowledgable and friendly.
Got a quick lunch and headed to a spot called "Maria's". Little did we know, but this was to be our staple spot for the next 3 days. It's a reef setup that a-frames. A bit down the beach is a spot called "pistons" for some boat engines embedded in the sand and reef in the impact zone. The spot is big enough that you can spread out, and later we found out that we had caught it better than it usually breaks.