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Travel Blogs from Playas del Coco
Lone ranger..
... I'm going to dive in the sea for the first time here, then more time in the pool, and on Sunday I'll do 2 more open water dives. Very excited, and loving every minute of it, even the scary things like taking my mask off underwater, putting it back on and clearing it of water without surfacing.! Michelle who I met volunteering arrives here tomorrow, so hopefully I won't be alone much longer- no more eating in restaurants ...
The sights and sounds of Playas del Coco
The last few days we have been taking it easy as we continue to enjoy the sights,sounds and tastes of this little town.
We have spent part of every day at the pool and Cooper is now gaining enough confidence to begin swimming on his own. He has really enjoyed his time here both at the pool and ...
We made it!
... opened up tourism big time in this part of Costa Rica. Customs and Immigrations was pain free and we were on our way in no time...that was after Don had made his obligatory stop at Duty Free. But then a litre of rum for 9 dollars was too good of a bargain to pass up!
Since we rebooked this trip rather quickly our original accomodation was booked up so we are staying in Cabinas Coco Azul, at 30 bucks a night. As the young man ...
We Didn't Have to Call Charity
... and Jon said that in high season the room we were in was worth $100 a night. But he still didn’t give us a price and at that point it was too embarrassing to ask, like simpering, whining little tight wads (that we are). Three weeks at $100 per…yikes! we’d have to beg charity for that much.
Several days went by and we still didn’t know. We decided to pay for the ...
Day 2 - The waves have arrived
... favorite drink! The Pink Ginger, which yes, I know, sounds totally girly, but it is awesome, it is ginger infused vodka and grapefruit juice, it is quite refreshing if I do say so. We had like this avocado soup app and this seaweed salad with raw tuna which was freaking amazingly good, then 2 sushi rolls...i was stuffed, I couldn't eat it all. THen we headed over to Bar 1 for a pinata birthday party and that is where gin and tonics started to flow ...