Casi el Cielo Bed and Breakfast Dominical

... aufstehen und mit dem Schaum gleiten. Nach ein paar Versuchen sind sogar erste Kurven entstanden. Vera hat sich rasch vom grossen Brett verabschiedet und sich ans Boogie-Boarden gemacht. Nach ein paar Stunden Spass im Wasser hatten wir allerdings ernsthafte Muskelschmerzen...:-)

Great! Some human contact after nearly three weeks on the island. Sunlight! Good food! I've been mainly surfing here, although the waves are heavy (I snapped a leash on my first day). I managed to borrow a guitar and I had a little session at an open-mike night in a local bar. I also went walking in ...

... living room, eat dinner, maybe head into Dominical if one of the guys is going, or read some of the Dickins Ive decided to undertake. Its usually lights out by 10:00pm or 11:00pm because of this whole waking up early thing. Yes, Im not in California anymore thats for sure. But Im adjusting. Its interesting when you are placed outside of your comfort zone to see how you react. What you like, what you dont. Why you like it or not. Its a lot of time in your head ...

... than that, the drive was pretty uneventful, with the exception of a brief detour we took to look at a river full of crocodiles. There were more than twenty crocodiles sunning themselves on a river bank, and it was a pretty spectacular site. It was also a bit scary, because most of them looked like logs--it would be very difficult to tell if something in a river was a log or a crocodile. We finally arrived in the town of Quepos, which ...

... we were up at 6:30 am so Ted and Sandy could go in-shore fishing with Roy, the best captain in Costa Rica. They had a great time. Sandy caught all the fish - Spanish Mackerel, Rooster fish, Snook (Rabalo) and Barracuda. Ted got a great movie of Sandy landing her 25 lb Snook. Roy filleted the snook and barracuda for Sandy & Ted to bring home to eat. We had some of the Barracuda for lunch. Sandy made ceviche from a piece of the Snook that we enjoyed as an appetizer ...

... and hearing screeching sounds. There he was, the first lil monkey! I called for Danielle to get the camera and then there was another one. In seconds they seemed to be everywhere! There had to be at least 30 of them ~ leaping from branch to branch and occasionally stopping to look at us. I have never seen something so amazing! We snapped pictures and watched them scurry. I of course wanted to feed them but Danielle reminded ...

... mind, Adriana and I determinedly move the TV and DVD player from the bedroom into the larger back room in a very systematic way that we have developed over the past couple weeks. She disconnects the plugs while I handle the cable, and we both manhandle the TV into place. Once all is set up, usually the sound or picture or both aren't working. So then Adriana gets a wooden brush and bangs the front of the set for the sound and I use my palm to hit the side of it for the ...

... Sandra. She just looked at me. Mario slapped me on the back and laughingly told me to look at the Cartago mercado. So, not to be detered, I did and found a great pair of black rainboots that come up about midcalf. On Monday I proudly splashed along the road to school. What freedom! What relief! How nice not to have to dodge the lakes and worry how my school flats are doing on the rocks and if my pants have been splattered. How fabulous was this liberating walk to ...

... weather conditions were lacking a bit on the day that we visited the actual park i stole a birdsview picture of the coast, to give you a clue how beautiful it really is there !!!! the first day we just relaxed on the beach, enjoying the sun and the sand and the massive waves they had going that afternoon ! after a great seafood dinner and a couple pina-coladas i just did not feel up to going out and we just hung out in our superadorable hotel that btw seems to be very ...

... right away but Vince, one of the aussie boys we had been hanging with in MA, showed up where we were. The town had two redeaming qualities, one being its great food, and the other being a cuter than cute coffee shop that offered free internet with purchase! Lovely! the only problem was it was also suseptable to frequent power outages so internet wasnt always available. After two nights in the lovely Dominical we decided we would head to Uvita, described in the LP as ...