Pacific Edge Dominical

... wanted to have some grown up fun! We started getting invitations to Dominical just a few days before, and we decided it was time to hit the beach (again). There was a art festival, live music, a bar that was built on the beach, booths of food and games, and a surfing competition. We found a place for only $30 a night and it was ocean view from our balcony...it was perfect. Well, we were right in front of the bar they built...and ...

... Darrell and Rita are exactly the type of people you would want to spend a night with- delightful, witty, interesting, intelligent, always positive and smiling and laughing and learning. They definitely made the hike more enjoyable. Our adventure started at three, when we left the ecolodge and started working our way back into the primary jungle. It was a fairly difficult two and a half hour hike up, with plenty of two and three toed sloth along the way to pause and ...

... after being cloudy most of the day. We've had a lot more rain than they usually get this time of year. A friendly, fun family from Boston (Kristin, Robert, Madison & Braden) moved into the unit next to us. We spent good times during their stay sitting on our patio consuming cervezas & wine and talking about life. On Wednesday we joined them at Manchado's for dinner where the food and my Mojito were excellent. On Thursday Ted ...

Surface intervals can sometimes be just as much fun as the dives themselves.hanging out after a dive we spot a whale about 150 ft away. Moving slowly in their direction looking hopefully for a sign of them. With nowarning about 50ft away of the bow the calf completely breaches. The mum starts rolling around and making a lot of noise. We stay well back and turn of the motors completely whilst we sit back and enjoy the show.

... trip and we did locate many whales mainly in pairs coming up to feed. The majority of them were quite far out and once the boat was stopped in rocked considerably and a few of the older passengers were ill! At one point when we were stood at the front and behind Sallie and Ray a wave crashed over the front and soaked everbody stood in the area expecially Ray!

... Every once in awhile the action is interrupted when the sound or picture go again, causing us all to run up and bang on the TV while dancing in place, trying to keep the momentum going. I like to think that it breaks the monotony of the continuous hip swiveling...because what we're doing is monotonous... During the course of a workout I will step on Kiki a couple times and Glen will run into me while Emily giggles and Adriana quickly mops up water leaking from the ...

... pavements , stalls selling everything from necklaces to t-shirts line up along the beachfront and there are lots of little cooking stations along the way selling divine smelling specialties .Well to get to the national park you have to stay on the bus until the last stop and then take a little boat to get to the entrance of the park, the guys in the boat are a bit of a rip off a you can actually get across without them it is just ...

... called. Piece of cake, I thought. Little Chiclet will have a home before the school day's out. And then, with a squeal, one of my fifth graders said that magic word - PULGAS !!!!! Yet another random Spanish word that I would have liked not knowing - FLEAS!!! Chiclet was infested. Hardcore. Someone was immediately dispatched to get some flea shampoo as I held Chiclet in the air, trying to touch her as little as possible while already feeling the ...

... a better word, and our hostel was awful. The town itself was alright, but a little touristed, not anything like MA but still enough for the restaurants and accomodations to be overpriced. Our hostel was 10$ a night, which is standard for Costa Rican dorms but it was horrible! We had 2 of the worst sleeps ever, the beds were uncomfortable, the shower looked like it might electricute you and the overhead fan made a noise impossible to sleep through and also made us a ...

So Janice comes up with this idea....."I'll take the day off on Friday and lets drive out to Dominical for the weekend?" ROAD TRIP!! The Beach!! Of course you know MY answer!! Thursday night it's early to bed!! It's always exciting to go on a road trip, especially with Janice!! First you just NEVER know where you will actually end up(the true adventure can be the trip there, where ever there is??) or what you will see along the way!! Second the company is worth the 4 ...