Blogs from Tamarindo, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 7

Okay, well i have been told that my lamo blogs lack detail...that is because they are by nature lamo...refer to title. but here goes.... We set of from santa teresa on wednesday hoping to catch the 2-30 bus from malpais...3km up the road. after calling all 20 plus cabs and finding out that none of them were in the area, em, sharron (new travel pal from tofino), and i started to hit hike. we caught a ride on a truck´s flat bed and got some pretty nifty double takes from people along the road. we made it to the bus stop with 20 minutes to spare. but after five minutes of waiting a big 4x4 jeep thingy squeals up and a tico guy hops out and starts motioning to us frantically to get into his truck. ... read more

Well, it was our last day today. The power and internet have been out intermittently, so we haven´t been able to update our blog as often as we like, and we cant put pictures on which sucks, but we will show them to you later. Friday morning after a big breakfast of omlettes and smoothies (mmmm smoothies, I will miss them....) we took a SURFING lesson with Banana Surf, which we all enjoyed thoroughly. Vince and I rented boards for the rest of the day and surfed until we had another monsoon. Rain like I have never seen. Jess (smarter than us) had gone in a little earlier, but by the time V and I got out, the rain was in full force. We walked our surfboards back to the surf shop, and ended up just ... read more

So today is March 12 and I am almost two weeks behind on this blog, but I have a good excuse I was stuck in this little beach town called Tamarindo! We were told by fellow travellers that once you arrive there you never want to leave, or you get stuck. Well me and laura definately got stuck, we spent 9 days there! The thing is I dont even know where all the time went. Thus far on this trip Tamarindo is the highlite for me, I think it all comes down to all the people we have met. Our hostel was key to our fun in Tamarindo, as soon as we arrived we met so many people. What happens here is you get caught in this routine of waking up early because our rooms get ... read more

Our Nacho expedition came to a quick end when we mistakenly thought Joe's was closed for a company Holiday Party. Because clearly we had no idea it was Thursday and not Wednesday. From there we wandered to the much publicized Stella's, who demanded a reservation despite 90% of the tables being empty. We made a reservation for Friday night while we there. We ended up at Pizzeria Portofino (see, I wasn't kidding when I said that Ticos love pizza). They also love 80s music. Pretty much all we've heard since we got here is a steady mix of Kenny Loggins, Rod Stewart and Air Supply. I'm not sure what the fascination with 80s music is here, but it is EVERYWHERE. Seriously - it's like being transported to 1986. There are even mullets! Shudder. Post dinner was ... read more

A special thanks to everyone for the kind words posted to our blog over the past couple of months. we have been getting a kick out of them and apologize for not being able to respond individually... we simply haven´t learned how. i know, sad. recent event.... with all of the memorable new year´s we have had in seattle, this year we were blessed to have seattle delivered to us in costa rica. colin, keith, mel, paul, howie, micah, and lalo made the journey down to enjoy tropical drinks on the beach as an alternative to the blustery northwest weather. the week flew by with each day packed full of sand and surf followed by evenings of catching up over bottles of imperial and pilsens. for us, the simple joy of sleeping in real beds with ... read more