Bienvenidos Costa Rica

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We’re back on the travels! We have just had two weeks in Costa Rica, at a place called School of the World in a town called Jaco, where we spent our time surfing (Lucy learning, Tom perfecting) and doing Spanish lessons. We had a really great time, the town we were staying in was pretty average but we met a lot of nice people and the surf was good. Lucy’s friend from home, Lucy came along too so that was a fun addition.

Our Spanish classes consisted of three hours of learning a day which was pretty tough but it’s paid off as we’ve surprised ourselves with how much we have picked up. We have successfully managed to ask a couple of questions, such as ‘where is the bus stop?’, ‘can I have a coffee with milk?’, ‘I’ll have the chicken’, so I think we have the basics to get by on the rest of our trip through Central / South America.

The surfing was a lot of fun despite all the bruises suffered by Lucy and the (confirmed) shark and (unconfirmed) crocodile spotting’s. Tom, being the advanced surfer that he is, was taken out separately every morning by the head surf instructor and got a lot of good tips. Lucy went to the beginner sessions and the photos speak for themselves… Scottish female surfing champ in the making.

We didn’t do much else other than surf, learn Spanish and chat to our new school buddies so we can’t say too much about what Costa Rica is like but the people are very nice and we saw some great tropial scenery on our bus journeys.

We are on our way to Panama as we write, heading to Bocas del Torros which is on the Caribbean side of the country. Two four hour bus journeys, a border crossing and two boat rides and we’ll be there, hopefully in time to catch a massive swell.

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Photos

Lucy surfing
The wave looked way bigger at the time...

Comments

[Amy Miskelly]

Surf's Up
Lucy we are very impressed with your surfing, and the fact that you are standing up on the board! You look very professional even without the airbrushing! :)

[LucyandTom]

Thanks!I
I obviously didn't include the photos of me falling off or colliding with other learners, there were a lot of those!