Hotel Surf The Place Mal Pais

... while at some of the wildlife splashing around and he said crocadilliya I realized why, and I also got the hell out of the river in a hurry, we asked the guy how big they are and he told us around 6m so even standing on the river bank was a little freaky. Luckily for me I didnt have to stand there long because the 3rd try did the trick and our car was out.<br>We drove back to our new friends house (water splashing around our ankles still) and had a beer with him ...

... Everyone except for Necia got the fish and chips. Given this was a very small restaurant, it took them a long time to get out 7 orders of fish and chips. The waitress was very nice, she was from Berlin, Germany. The food was good, but there were several people smoking in the restaurant which can ruin the best meal. We also had a dog come and lay under our table as we were eating (there sure were a lot of dogs in Costa Rica, and a lot were in ...

... into the boat. Not fun. I tried my usual zen calm strategy but I realized it was much harder because my kids were with me - I felt responsible for them and somehow felt it was my fault that I had put them in a dangerous position. You just never get over being a mother. Fortunately the kids are tolerant of this in me...thanks, guys.

... dermabrasion. Now...Playa Grande: It is a very long, flat beautiful beach. The waves and body surfing is amazing and the water is warm, but not too warm. There's ************e on the beach with you, so there's lots of privacy and if you're into an all-over tan, no one will say a word to you. While we were in the water, we actually saw Rays swimming beside us hunting for food, and one of the coolest images ...

... vs. Dallas game. it was awesome that they were able to get the game on tv. We both were probably so tired that we actually went to bed at 8pm last night. haha. Woke up at 8am this morning. Quite surprised that we got a full 12 hours of sleep. hehe. Well, today, I'll try some surfing and hopefully not hurt myself. I'll let you guys know on my next entry. Enjoy these pictures in the mean time.

... sarah's snoring. haha. But I managed to get a shut eye for a couple of hours. So sunday morning, we took the bus to montezuma. It was a pretty good bus surprisingly which has air conditioning. The bus took us to Puntarenas and then we boarded a ferry to get across to the peninsula of Nicoya and then jumped back on the bus to Cobana. I think that's the name. Then tranferred ...

... The guys are like, `so, what do you guys want to do with this?` and we're all like, `chuck it back, we don't need it` but then they look at each other and I'm pretty sure I saw dollar signs pass over their eyes and they look back at us so we're like, `orrrrrrrrr keep it...`which they did and likely made a killing. Just watching the whole thing was really exhilarating - These guys were so good - with nothing more than a single small rod they ...

... board. So we've ended up staying another nite in Mal Pais....moved to another hotel, next to the surf shop and best surf, bought some surf shorts and hired the board for 24 hrs to catch some more waves (or at least I did!). Mal Pais is a pretty spot &amp; has been great for surfing &amp; great weather, but not much else to do, so we're moving on to Montezuma in a few hrs. Ps Mobile isn't getting any signal at the mo, so the only way of contacting us is via yahoo email.

... from some nice restaurants (and took pictures) and maria had fun collecting shells and other stuff from the sea. We took the first bus back to San Jose but due to traffic jams we also arrived in the night. We were wellcomed by our hosts with fresh baked Prezels/Brezeln. So you see, no worries about us we have a very good time! We will head to Panama tomorrow at 1pm and will arrive 15hours later, so more news from Panama. "oh wie schoen ist panama?"

... and he told me that there might not be anyone to open the house for us but we could stay at the hotel across the street where there may be a deaf guy who cant read. But he knows sign language...Great! all worked out well and we got in the house.Went surfing the next day where I got some of my first waves...and then we were to pick up rachel's roommates who had taken a bus from sj to nosarra for the weekend. We waited at ...