Blogs from Playa Dominicalito, Dominical, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean

Apres deux semaines passées dans la péninsule d'Osa, au sein du Osa Mountain Village, je suis de retour dans ma famille adorée, pour la dernière semaine avant l'arrivée de mon amoureux. Ma première impression en ce qui concernait le propriétaire des lieux se confirma chaque fois que j'eu l'occasion de le côtoyer. Pour vous imaginer le personnage, un vrai américain de New York ayant eu l'idée de venir faire de l'argent dans un coin peu exploité, du moins pour l'instant, du Costa Rica. Un vieux frustré qui pense tout connaître et qui se fait une couette sur le dessus de la tête, un peu plus, il se la met dans le front. Chaque jour il s'installe devant son ordinateur en prétextant qu'il a une tonne de choses a régler. Presque tous les jours, il fait une ... read more

I just got back to the States from Dominical, Costa Rica, where everyday promised new and exciting adventures. We stayed at this adorable bed & breakfast called The Necochea Inn, which I highly recommend because of the staff’s high level of hospitality and off-the-hook gourmet breakfasts! It’s also a wonderful place to stay while you’re vacationing there because the staff can arrange for you to participate in all these amazing activities, like horseback riding on the beach, snorkeling, scuba diving, kayaking, and zip lining. And while you’re there, you can hear the soothing sounds of the tropical rainforest, like echoes of cicada bugs and moving waters. The Necochea Inn is so beautiful, and provides the perfect amount of comfort to relax you at the end of your daily outdoor adventures in Dominical, Costa Rica. After a ... read more

Today - day 3! another early start of 8am! Most people made it to breakfast except Abi and I.. Oops. Down to the beach at 9 for a few hours. I think most people would agree the surf was very strong and not really your average sunny beach. But we all had a good time playing in the sand or trying to get a tan(Miss Slade... and me)! And Dan got rather red. Dr Penny prefered to take pictures of the wasps rather than attending to his sons rapidly swelling arms from the stings while the vultures waited above and Matt's sandy eye - Miss Slade attended to the casulties. Abi and I had fun looking at the traditional beach market getting harassed by the sellers although we bought nothing. Lunch was the Costa Rican speciality ... read more

Its about 6 oclock and I am sitting on an enormous tree in the middle of what is now a desolate stretch of rocks and wet black sand relfecting clouds above, otherwise known as a beach. Sitting there gazing into sky in front of me, clouds illuminated orange, blue and purple, waves crashing in the distance, and beams of gold shooting through the air. This was a sunset to beat all sunsets, close to the one I watched in keywest a few years back. Reminissing of the last two days events and remembering the joys I had on this trip thus far. Thoughts of being stranded at the bus station for 4hrs yesterday listening to the ever rotating groups of preachers that would post up when the crowd grew to standing capacity, or hords of dogs ... read more

In Domincal we had checked into a place without a kitchen, tired of this our last night in Domincal we decided to go down the road to Domincal Backpackers, a true hostel with bunk beds and a kitchen. Although we were the only people staying at the house things appeared to be fine and we continued with our daily routine of lying on the beach and walking to town. As the evening settled in so did we, or at least we tried...We discovered that the lights in the bathroom did not work (in additional to the fact that there were no toilet seats!), this was a concerning find. The hostel didn’t exactly lock either, to get through the front doors, you had to buzz yourself in from the building next door. Also the upstairs was ... read more