Las Brisas Del Pacifico Hotel Playa Samara

... especially lovely since the place we were staying was legitimatly the worst place I´ve ever seen! There were huge cockraoches in the shower, and the paint was peeling off the walls, and the beds were super sketchy......but it was cheap and close to the beach.<br><br>This morning, we had an early beach walk before having breakfast with Robbie and heading back to our Costa Rican home......we´re super excited for pastry time.<br>

... Claudio and Johnny were taking the van with us to Liberia..Claudio loves to delay me! We said our good byes to all the staff and few friends that were left. Rafa, Phil and The Bens were staying another day or so. Airport was a bit confusing, had to pay a departure tax, so that was one line, tax was $26, then go back to USAirways line to check in, which took forever due to the same annoying people who were on the same flight down a week ago. We went up to the restaurant to get some food ...

... the moment I leave. I want to go out tonite, but I will pay dearly in the morning if I do. I hate travelling and being tired or hungover. Its a big enough pain in the ass when your rested, dealing with the heat, the waiting and crowded chicken buses. So, tonite. I rest after 12 nights of Livin' La Vida Loca, Pura Vida style. I love this trip to Costa Rica thus far. It's not the most pleasant trip I've taken in my life, but I just love it ...

... were working illegally (or past their permitted time) in Costa Rica, and they were going to cross somewhere in the woods. Maybe they crossed that afternoon or waited for night. I hope they crossed without incident. I had my first experience of getting ripped off on my trip (other than the two items I lost from my pack during airline flights). I used a honest looking young man to change $40 worth of Costa ...

... her friend in Costa that was doing testing on monkies or somthing.... Anyways hop on the plain to Liberia and sit next to this Chech couple from Chicago. I ended up talking quite about about Hockey with the guy.. and they were very nice. Right before we landed he said ´´Dont be scared by the airport´´ I said why is it a shack? It was. haha So now it was time to haggle with a pack of taxi drivers. TripAdvisor.com said 40-50 was a fair price to Tamarindo. They started at 65 then ...

... on the 4th day I said to myself I have to leave because I was just being so lazy and not doing anything so I took the bus to San Juan, changed at Revas, chatting to soime people on there, most were going to Ometepe but there was 2 american guys and a canadian girl who were going to San Juan too so I got a taxi with them from Revas to San Juan. For soem reason I didn't want to stay in the hostel Casa Oro so i stayed in this hotel with the american guys. Had some really good ...

... while trying to swim at the same time. We were washed onto a rock and scraped across the coral. More cuts. Great idea this islnd swim eh. The dog got the idea not to follow me and i swam back out towards the island which was much further than we thought. I was a little over halve way and looked back to see a black head bobbing around and coming towards us. The stupid dog had come back but this time I was too far to turn back. I waited for the dog to catchup, and when she arrived ...