Other than sore muscles from hiking and heavy eyelids from sleep deprivation on a red eye flight, we had an uneventful travel day back to Tybee. That is until we arrived home and started seeing the news notifications that we had just missed the eruption of Turrialba Volcano, just north of San Jose. Within a […]
Our dinner last night with Papa Joe was exceptional. I enjoyed my ceviche especial and Sean had a chicken sandwhich. Joe is a vegan, so they made up a special dish for him of rice with hearts of palm and a salad. We have found every place we have eaten to be very accommodating and […]
When you are completely relaxed, it doesn’t really matter what you spend the day doing. We both read books and drank coffee in the tranquility of the garden sitting area this morning. By 11 am we took Jen and Greg’s suggestion and walked a few blocks to “Soda La Perla”. A Soda is what a […]
Last night we confirmed where to hop on the bus to Liberia this morning. Which was right next door to where we where staying. At exactly 5:30 a bus rolled up, but the driver said it was going to San Jose. This could be a more direct bus to our ultimate destination of Grecia than […]
As peaceful as Tamarindo is during the day, it isn’t late at night. Well at least not on the weekends. Since our cabina does not have air conditioning, we sleep with the windows open. This is quite a party town with a hopping night life on Friday and Satuday nights. On the other side of […]
Seconds before our 5:00am alarm went off, the howler monkeys wanted to be the first to wake us, so that we would be up and ready for our surf lesson with Juan from Matos Surf shop. Packing only a towel, sunglasses and my phone in my backpack, we stopped by the communal kitchen to grab […]
4:50 am I awake to a chilling sound, not the chirping birds I heard yesterday, but one that sounded like a gutteral screeching scream. I wasn’t exactly sure what I heard, but it caused me to sit up and listen close. Then I heard it again. This time a little closer than the first. My […]
Lazily waking up to birds singing outside our window. I step onto the not quite cool tile floor and open our villa door. The sun sparkles off of the pool just steps from our porch. We stumble down the stone path to the communal kitchen. The last cup of coffee was taken by the guy […]
When we booked this trip, we had to do it as cheap as possible. And we are OK with that. We have learned that if you always wait till you have “enough” money or till the time is perfect to do something you love, then other things take priority. We have also learned that traveling […]
After getting our daughter off to school, we made it a priority to still get to the gym for one last weight workout before our vacation. I ran a quick 2.5 miles on the elliptical, completed a weight routine, showered, and finished packing. Sean had a few business loose ends to tie up, then we […]