Casa Cook Tamarindo

... the pictures and at night we didn´t have aloe so we lubed up with babyoil...which as I´m writing this I realize sounds really kinky. Well, it wasn´t although I was really hoping that Josh would do some Hulk Hogan poses with his shirt off! Since it was Josh´s last day before heading back to the States, we decided, with Josh´s generous help, we would splurge on sushi! Granted, there are plenty of sushi spots all over Central America. Sushi does ...

... them off, and went back to room to finish packing, came down had my last breakfast, the Pinto, god its so good. I bring a few thing downstairs that I don't want to take back, Marcela is all happy I leaving the big can of bug spray, ha! I say good bye to everyone thats there, Flash and Rafa, so sad I didn't get to see Chino, Freedom or Maria, And didn't get to say good bye to Shawna. As I was getting into van, Holly, Joe's wife said bye and apologize for ...

... but I will add more when I get a chance.<br><br>Need to Talk about the Blandy's, especially Barney as I will call him, he thinks he is creative because he can spell his name backwards, he is jealous of his wife's success and her superior surfing skills and she is super nice. No matter what we think he is not happy, the sand is too sandy, water is too salty, the sun is too hot etc...its hilarious.<br><br><br>Pura Vida<br>

... up in the mountains. It's surrounded by two preserved Cloud Forest's (a type of rain forest i think). It's also the home of canopy tours - this is where a series of zip lines are strung through the forest and you get strapped into harness and fly down the zip lines that stretch from 100 meters to 1200 meters long, and are anywhere from 5 to 50 meters up in the air, and you fly above and below the forest canopy. Very cool, lots of fun.<br><br>Also, on the ...

... been raining alot and the water was extremely cold and it was kind of dangerous to swim in the waterfall. So they just hung out for a little bit before hiking back up the hill, which took over 30 minutes. They then rode back to the starting place. here we went to the butterfly and frog observatories. We were able to see some of the most posionous frogs, like the posion dart arrow frog that is not any bigger than your thumbnail and even got ...

... I´m starting to contemplate when it comes to the South American part of my trip - ten countries in seven months for South America has always been ambitious bordering on unrealistic &amp; my current experience is supporting that notion ... so it maybe that I decide to pick fewer countries . It´s just really hard to prioritise because they are all such exciting destinations and I want to see them all ... I can honestly say I haven´t ...

... shops for miles.....and everyone is v friendly and as there's always a small group of about 10 kitesurfers, which changes daily. We all eat together in the evenings and have been meeting a lot of people. Its also worked out amazingly well for me, as I met another girl, Dawn, who's husband is also taking lessons and we've got on really well and since the boys spend all day down the beach (which is a 30 min walk away), we have been spending time at the hotel doing 2 hr yoga ...

... perfect for all surfing abilities but they were packed. Tim, Emma and I arrived on a Saturday night with big plans to hit the town. But once again after a few drinks Tim and I both felt ill and had to turn in ridiculously early. Poor Emma, ever since she started traveling with Tim and me we have all been in bed by 10. Both Tim and I have not felt right for while. Not a whole lot to say about this place except stay on the beach and not in town.

... and my cheeks were sore. By the time we got to falling asleep the family started playing the worst spanish music of my life very loudly at 11pm, so the worst sleep of my life was off to a great start. Today was actually a great day considering. We got up at 7 and Mike, Tom and I did yoga on the beach and then Maia joined us later and had a morning swim. The waves were huge today and we all got rocked around pretty hard. Then I had the best breakfast ...