Playa Carmen Hotel Mal Pais

... we got to Puntarenas, it looked like the shopping was about a mile from the ferry and we didn’t want to spend that long walking to the ferry. So, we went and got in line for the ferry. Once again, this was a time when it was so nice to have Oscar with us as he knew exactly what to do. We parked in the line of cars waiting for the ferry, after we had been there awhile maybe an hour before the ferry left, a man came by and gave us a ticket for our ...

... provides a very Que sera', sera' attitude (What will be, will be). Even on New Year's Eve with many people drinking much alcohol and hanging out in the street, it was only to have a good time, and perfect strangers would walk by and say, "Feliz Ano". Would we return? Definitely, but maybe for a shorter period of time. Two weeks was a stretch because by the end I ...

... beach for a few days catching up on my rusty surfing skills, caught a couple of nice waves before my almost healed hand gash got too soggy. so my cut to the bone is healing nicely adding to the already plenty scared right hand. heading back to montezuma for one last day this year, wink wink. Anyway lets get to the point, I caught my first tuna on ...

Ugg... the internet here drives me crazy!!! I just had finished writting a long entry and go to submitt it and guess what... gone!!!! So now I´m starting again but its not going to be as detailed or exciting!! I´m now in Mal Pais which is known for its surfing. I´m going to give it another shot most likely tomorrow and hopefully no more jelly fish take a liking to me! We arrived here this morning after spending 3 nights in Montezuma ...

... into the river on a seemingly unthreatening rock. (Shes ok though) After visiting Montezuma, we have decided to stay a few days there before going to Monteverde which are cloud covered forests in the mountains. It will also be alot cooler. Today is Sunday, and i think we are just going to mill around, and maybe head to the beach later when its not a million degrees. Bye for now Richard and Amy

... a simple beach house with dorm rooms owned by a crew of friendly hardcore surfer guys who also owned a kombi in really bad shape. They came to pick us up from the bus station in it and we decided to walk instead. We chose this house over the backpackers as it looked to be a massive party house. We all swam in the ocean which had a similar temperature to th water at Tugan at home and sat and watched the sun set over the Pacific. There was alot of ...

Well I am coming the end of my trip, less than a week left and I decided to spend it chilling out on the beach. Since the last time I wrote I went to Monteverde/Santa Elena which was soooo beautiful. I hiked 1 of the 2 parks, Santa Elena the smaller and less touristy park. This park is actually not a national park, its to small. So the country donated it to the ...

... and pastarestaurants. But still a very nice atmosphere. We found a place with homemade pasta and had a nice focachia as well. Next morning i could not wait for Maria to get up (as always, right now its the same, my time is more 6am her more 9am) and explored the beach. I watched people catching fish went a couple of kilometres to the east side. Acually I was quite impressed. The beaches might not as white as in on the Yucatan Peninsula of ...

... The next day was excellent surf at playa Marbella 9 k from our house....unfortunately we had to pay "stupid Tax" #2 in full. The first was the extra $25/week for the rental car. Anyway, I met a couple of brazillianos on the beach and they were very pleasant. Earlier Kalen had decided that our boards looked hot in the sun and needed to be under a shade tree 30 feet from us next to the dirt road. He and I went 1k down the ...

... it was the last room there.

It's different being here with John, and a few years later. It is exactly the same, but I have changed, gotten older, settled more, and all the druggies walking around just don't do it for me. Maybe this time it is worse? Montezuma really has a reputation for having a ton of easily accessible drugs and it shows with who is here... I've never seen so many dreads in my life! And half the people are baked half he time... I'm sure the restaurants do ...