Casa Sueca Tamarindo

... fully equipted with friends who we had already met in Sta Teresa! Score. Secondly, it had an oversized porchswing that Jaime and I quickly laid claim to . The rooms were freshly updated with bright paint and pretty linens. Beds were 4 to the room, the AC was cool and quick and we had another private bathroom. Showers were cold, but that is fine in a place as warm as Tamarindo. I only with the shower would drain a little quicker! The kitchen ...

... take me a week for my body to recover and detox.<br>Off to the airport, ugh, that was torture, sitting in the van and all the bumps along the way was not the best for my condition, stomach churning and head pounding, but I made it safely there. <br>I go stand in line to pay my $26 departure tax, then in line to check in, had to fill out some form, and mistakenly scratched out something, cause all the forms are somehow different, First Name vs Surname ...

... up at 11am. He had a bad case of the babalaas, and technicolor yawned like 3 times yesterday and it took him a while to get back into the groove until last night. I actually took a 3 hour nap! I never nap! It was amazing, but I feel like I missed something, I don't like to sleep on vacation, especially with how beautiful the weather is, the water is so clear and warm.<br>We had Video analysis of our waves from the previous day at 11am yesterday, it was cool to watch all our ...

... br>300m west of Hotel Luna, <br>200m North, the Yellow Wall on the left, <br>Tamarindo, <br>Costa Rica.<br><br>I had absolutely no faith that my ATM card would make it to that address so I wandered around town until I luckily found a UPS office, so I got their address and had the card sent there.<br><br>On the second day at the Tamarindo Backpackers they said there was a group of 22 13 and 14year olds checking in. A few minutes later I grabbed by ...

... move past it quickly. The you do not look like an America game continues, as well, as people think I am English, Austrian or Swiss, Irish. I do like that game. :) Does not sound like I will meet my bossæs friend but he did get me the locals rate for the sunset sail and snorkel that I was wanting to go on. Thats my plan for this evening. I have caught the sunset the last 3 nights and continue to be in awe that I am here and can ...

... friend list...and he was serious...I was crying laughing...we started walking left away from the main street that runs thru town, and met 2 women who asked us where we were going and why were were going in that direction, mind you we have no idea where anyone went, the said they were going to a salsa club...well the girls possibly prostitutes, pointed us in the right direction stating where were heading was very dangerous! lol Raf is livid...we finally ...

... in the chairs set up in the square in front of an open-air stage. There were speeches first, of course, including the Vice President of Nicaragua and several proclamations. The readings started with a black American from New York, in white long shirt and trousers, beads and corn-rowed hair down to his elbows, reading a poem "My words have holes in them...," in English translated into Spanish for the audience. There were several in Spanish by Central American poets, many of ...

... as they tried to get out of the sand before the tide came in. Finally they gave up and found a guy with a tractor to pull them out! Before heading back to Coco, we stopped at a great little restaurant called Father Rooster for refreshments. We got to sit next to a family of jays that decided to hang around to see if anyone would drop crumbs. While walking along the Coco beach on the way back to town we looked up into the trees and realized that ...

... and the thought of giving some away is considered heresy! This place was another world - I had not yet seen just how many eggs they were dealing with (Though I still don´t think that justifies anything). We left Jaun and had not walked twenty meters when we came across our first Turtle nesting. We watched her through the whole process for twenty minutes or so. It seemed so uncomfortable for her, I had not realised that before when I had seen it happen on Caletes. I had a ...

... it too. Oh, speaking of pasty... you would all be happy to hear that John actually has a tan!!! Yes, that's right! Believe it or not, he actually has some pretty impressive tan lines going right now... and there isn't even the slightest bit of pink or red on him! Not bad for an Irish boy... :) Ok, speaking of which... it is time for me to go flake out on the beach and work on my tan some more... it's coming along quite nicely :)