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Travel Blogs from Santa Teresa
Impossible Dinner
... cocktail to drown our disappointment, Mai leans against my shoulder and whispers in my ear: “We’ll get a table.” I just nod and smile, thinking that I’ll be glad to have a sunset drink here and then spend my dinner money in a place where the staff doesn’t feel so superior. Sunset comes: the most magnificent one I have seen yet – although we’ve been watching the ...
Zip Line Costa Rica
... the well wishers were lined up. Happy Birthday Leone!!!
It was with a fair bit of sadness that we packed up for the next part of our journey. Not that we aren’t excited and looking forward to our wanderings but Casa Nuestra Familia is just such a perfect beach house.
I was up a little earlier and out for my walk on the beach at 545 this morning and ran into quite a few people that had obviously forgot to go to bed last night. Lots people still sitting around ...
Back to "The Falls"
... because the soda was right on the beach, well apparently the soles of our feet haven’t gone native yet.
Once we got back the kids had a little down time while Caron, Tricia and I headed up to Milarepa to make a reservation for sushi night on Wednesday. The lady at the fish store told us this is the place to eat sushi. It is a beautiful little place about 3km north. We continued further north to Playa Hermosa and learned that the term bad road is all-relative. ...
Surf's Up
... the stadium. My host brother, Pirdi, had given me a pep-talk the night before about the game. He told me to make sure that I scream a lot, and to yell "Arbitro, Jueputa!" repeatedly. It literally means "Referee, son of a bit**!" I told him I would scream it, but in my head knew that I would remain quiet. I definitely heard the phrase quite a few times! The fans got WAY into the game. Puntarenas played against some team from San ...
I kept my promise. Don't keep your distance.
... windy driveway to Finca Bavaria. We were greeted by a nice man and he showed us some room options. We picked a separate small house for the evening. He told us about a waterfall that was a short hike away. We loaded our luggage into the room and went to check it out.
When we arrived at the waterfall it was a pretty steep drop to climb down to the water. It was a little sketchy getting up and down but the ...