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San Joaquin San Joaquin de Flores, Province of Heredia, Costa Rica
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Sun and Surf in El Tunco
... We´re staying at a hostel called Mopelia that has a pool and is right by the beach. Chris has taken surf lessons and already loves it. Tomorrow he is braving the point break where the bigger waves are. Our first two days here were a good detox, as the country bans the sale of all alcohol on the weekend of the election (thank God that´s ...
Last of the Pacific rollers
... a bit more leg room on this bus and no music.
At La Libertad we quickly found the stop for our final bus of the day and by 2.00pm were at the Hotel Roca Sunzal in El Tunco. The room was a little small but clean and once again we had a lovely spacious balcony. On it were a table and chairs and hammock. It overlooked the hotel pool beyond which was a beachfront restaurant and bar,
This was to be our last beach stop on the Pacific coast. It ...
Surfing El Salvador
... kruipen we in bed.
Rond 9u worden we gewekt
door getimmer en andere bouwgeluiden. We staan dan maar op en
proberen in La Libertad te geraken, bij de supermarkt. De
chickenbus laat op zich wachten , maar uiteindelijk zien we ze. De
bus is afgeladen vol, maar natuurlijk kunnen we er makkelijk bij. Ik
sta tegen de versnellingspook aan en Lobke wordt gesandwiched tussen
enkele locals. Om de paar honderd meter stopt de bus om mensen ...
Life on the square
... arrived full of day trippers from San Salvador. These were mostly women, young and old, and children, who settled on the benches at the waterfront and set about consuming their picnics. At 2.00pm they all went off on boat trips and it became blissfully quiet again. We slipped into our old “jubilado” ways and spent a very pleasant couple of hours sitting on a bench admiring the views of the lake and watching the Salvadoran tourists.
We ...
Lovely Lake - Lovely Day
... to the wandering dogs. Jane and Jan and Kay took a lot of photos of Gabriela and her family who had come there to celebrate Valentines' Day. It was a very festive atmosphere. The service was pretty quick considering all the mouths to be fed and we gave a little extra to the waitress to show our appreciation of all the hard work managing our order.
After that, we went to the hotel bar and ordered drinks. I realized I could ...

