Samara Beach Playa Samara

... me off on the side of the road to catch a bus to Nicoya. This actually works, and I'm in Samara by sunset. <br><br>Samara. I'm not even supposed to be here, let alone by myself. But let me put all your fears to rest right now. I had a really good time in Samara. A really good time, but dont tell Tracy because I told her I was huddled in a corner, rocking and humming to myself the whole time out of fear and ...

... 5 om eftermiddagen. Vi fandt et billigt hostel, og tog på restaurant. Vi havde købt billetter til hot springs om aftenen, så efter restauranten kørte vi af sted for at finde stedet. Vi havde fået en forkert beskrivelse, så vi kørte rundt i 45 min. Før vi fandt det. Lidt surt, for vi fandt først stedet kvarter i ni og de lukkede kl. ti. Hot springs er varme kilder, og det sted vi kom hen var der 10 små pools med vandfald osv. hvor vandet var 40 ...

... pretty! The night ended with us catching a bite to eat... going to the grocery store to fulfil our sugar buds ... we bought loads of wafers and chocolates ... we are on a wafer kick since Peru and this time we each bought a pack so we can eat it all by ourselves! Such oinkers we are! But oh so good! Then here we are at the internet cafe. But what a day. It was such a great learning experience today... I do dread the cold shower I have to take after ... ugh...Do I long for a hot shower!

... freak with my desk computer calendar synced to the calendar in my phone, with a place for every meeting and every task in its place. I love getting things done! And after awhile I start to HATE my organized life, it feels like a prison where I never get enough time to do the things I LOVE to do, because I spend all my time doing what MUST be done. There are too few surprises and too much predictability, too much sameness from day to day ...

... scattered around eyeing us menacingly. With the peace shattered and the lizards not willing to budge we headed back to the entrance. It had been a good day but i was glad to be leaving Quepos The next day we caught the bus to Punteranas, then a ferry and then another bus to Montezuma, a small town on the South Eastern coast on the Peninsula de Nicoya (you could get here a lot quicker by speedboat from Jaco but what you save in tme you lose in money). Montezuma was one of the ...

... bay. We had a wonderful lunch and visit before heading back to the resort for our romantic dinner at the Italian Restaurant...eih - nothing really spectacular food wise there....good, but not great. We would have been just as happy eating at the buffet. Monday Feb 4th, The "kids" on the trip all went on a day tour for zip lining. I had booked the tour ealier with Ricardo Vargas Tours (very good!). They picked us ...

... Flores (slept most of the journey) and then caught another bus to Fortuna. Arrived there at 7pm and after hunting down a cheapish hotel for $15 (most budget places were full...other hotels were charging $40 a night) had a quick cleanup and then straight out to dinner with Anne-Marie and Antoine. Friendliest people I've met on this trip sofar..really good people. By 9pm I could hardly keep my eyes open and as soon as I got back to the hotel I collapsed on the bed and dreamt about a ...

... kind of ok. The first thing they asked at the hotel was where's the gym and they shaved their arms :s they were pretty vain! But they were going surfing so I went with them, didn't bother renting a board, was just planning on body surfing but Kasey let me use his for a bit and the waves picked up remarkably. Actually got quite big and had a good surf. For someone who'd been 'surfing' costa rica for a month he really wasn't very good! Well I went back to the hostel late ...

... way) as an appetizer. Then we stumbled back up the hill to the apartments, marveling at the stars, before setting our alarms for 6 a.m. the next morning to get reservations to see the turtles nesting. If you're not driving, by all means, make SURE the hotel knows to come pick you up from the beach. Walking five or six miles down a convoluted dirt trail (or, conversely, the beach itself) with all of your luggage, no matter how compact, is NOT FUN. And that's just if you don't get lost.

... Shannon and I spent most of the time on the beach, then playing pool and füssball at a bar at night. I think the town was still reeling from Semana Santa so noone was around - even the surf was lame as Samara and surrounding beaches are pretty sheltered, so it wasn't really worth surfing. The saving grace of Samara was the water, which was a gorgeous temperature and full of fish. I spent a long time swimming there even though it was no good for ...