Cala Luna Hotel And Villas Tamarindo

... place was alright. We had AC at night and a private bathroom which never happens. We met a couple of American surfer guys, so after dinner Jaime, Josh and I went out to Aqua to DANCE! Jaime and I have so much in common. We love to dance. We even managed to get Josh out to shake it on the dancefloor! See...I like Tamarindo already.<br><br>So, the next day, Jaime and Josh and I hit the beach. The sun was in full effect. We all look a little toasty ...

... Mike sat there ready to yak, I just sat there in a daze. We started talking about all the pain were were in, I think its because we are out of our rythym, getting up surfing everyday and excercising each day, the adrenalin has diminished and we are stuck there with our bodies wondering what happened along with dehydration from night before, actually getting up at the average time of 6am each day and getting in the water truly helped, now we are suffering. I ...

... its an Indian/Mexican/Italian restaurant, I got the Yellow Curry, very good and we had the banana flambey? I have no clue how to spell it but it was freaking delicious.<br>Then back to Voodoo for coldest beers in Tamarindo<br>Somewhat early night, 7am session this morning, waves were ok, and I had a bad day, I only caught 2 waves and was a bit grumpy about it. So I cut it short<br>My food is here, need to have some ...

... daunting because it was steep, muddy and we'd seen a couple, albeit small, snakes on the way up. Luckily on the way down I got chatting to one of the other guys on the hike - he was the ex-CEO of the New York Metropolitan Transport Authority (the guy in charge of all trains and subways in NYC). He'd recently resigned and was just taking a couple weeks off.<br><br>After La Fortuna I caught a bus, a boat and then a jeep across to Saint Elena, a small hill town ...

... far. They look ominous but thankfully have not been itching! More freckles are popping out from the sun, as well. :) Went out last night with my new Danish (Josephine-20 &amp; Nana-21) and Finnish (Mali-26) friends from the hostel. The younger girls were shocked to know I was 30 (so then I had to add to the disbelief by mentioning the 9-yr marriage!) and that started a trend for the evening. Unfortunately, the only happening ...

Tonight was a weird night, the "paradise" we have built up had some rocky times..lol, especially to Raf...We decided to go to Dragonfly and would walk and not take a taxi, there was like 20 of us..well the sky eventually opened up and we were trapped under some really **** poor umbrellas..we finally got some taxis to come by and pick us up...which freaking weird as everytime I have walked down that same street I would get asked "Taxi?" like freaking 50 times ...

... some friendly local Managuans who liked the Jeep and our story about going to Argentina. Granada is the oldest town in Central American, possibily the oldest in the New World, and a traditional conservative rival to liberal Leon. They even fought wars with each other, some involving an American mercenary named Williamson (?), which made us think of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. Arriving in Granada's lovely colonial town square, we found ourselves in the middle of an ...

... to eat. The next day we decided to hit the beach but Coco was a bit busy so we decided to walk 4 kms to Playa Ocotal. After 45 minutes we were both thinking that someone had told us a lie about the distance because it seemed like we had been walking forever. We finally saw the water and when we arrived at the beach we realized that the long walk was totally worth it. Ocotal is a sheltered little cove with clear water, large trees for shade and very ...

... The sun set to a glorious parade of colours and we still had 4 hours to wait..... Finally we deemed it time so we set off down the beach and ran into Jaun Romero, a man who has counted turtles on the beach for 37 years. I was surprised when he, a conservationist told me that Turtle eggs were an amazing meal that make the blind see and that they were an aphrodisiac. Ah Ha! The reason why Costa Rican families had an average of ten children. Jaun had 13 brothers and sisters ...

... on our list of things to do in expensive Costa Rica is spend 3 days getting my Brazilian Visa sorted in San Jose. Then on to SAmerica! So far we both have agreed that Guatemala has been our favourite place... by far! The people there are absolutely amazing, the country is beautiful, there is a really nice culture, and even though they say it is one of the most dangerous places in Central America, we didn't see that ...