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Travel Blogs from Jaco
Surf, sunsets stifling heat and stoners
Playa Hermosa (beautiful beach) is indeed beautiful. It is little more than a small stretch of hotels and houses along the coast south of Jaco, the party capital of Costa Rica. It is famous for its surf, which means that it attracts, who would have guessed, surfers.
The guy driving the bus from Monteverde to Playa Hermosa was great and …
Boca Barranca
The second longest left in the world came with a very high price. Boca Barranca is about one hour northwest of Playa Hermosa. When a pretty big south swell hits, you can ride the left almost 500 yards. But, the paddle to the wave is over 500 yards long too. Five hundred yards is equal to the length of five football fields. Just imagine paddling 500 …
Cultura de Costa Rica
I have to admit the food and drinks here in Costa Rica are amazing. We've eaten nothing but fresh blackened/grilled mahi mahi and ahi every day. The restaurant in our hotel has the best food I've had while traveling. Here are some of the pics of the drinks/food.
Surfing Playa Hermosa
After three days of surfing at least five hours a day, all of our bodies are aching and sore. Surfing central Costa Rica has been the most demanding both physically and mentally for all three of us. If you want perfect waves, you have to really earn it here. We surfed right in front of our hotel this morning. It was our first time surfing out front …
Esterillos Oeste
Me and Lenny paddled out at Oeste today for four hours. We did not wake up for the 5am session but made up for it later that morning. I strapped on a wrist video camera and was able to take videos of the lineup, the surfers, and the surrounding area while I was sitting out waiting for waves. The second video, I tried recording myself dropping into …