What is a vacation? Can you have a true vacation while still at home? I think not. I think vacations are getting away from all the daily things in your life; work , meetings, appointments, clubs, practices, and work. The problem with vacations is that they end. It is impossible to have a never ending [...]
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Back to life, back to reality
Posted in Vacation, costa rica, tagged angie, costa rica, costa rica pictures, critters, Daniels, fauna, flora, Glenn, guanacaste, jason, tamarindo, Tracy, Vacation on February 10, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Like a troubled bridge over waters
Posted in Vacation, costa rica, tagged drive to san jose costa rica, gasoline truck wreck, new caldera toll road, playa flamingo, road closures, san juan airport on February 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We had planned well, up early, sit by the pool for an hour or two, eat a little breakfast, say our goodbyes, then on the road to San Jose no later than 11 am. Plans are made to be altered.
Everything was on schedule, and as we were on phase three, heading out to breakfast, we [...]
Where the heck is Junquillal ( hoonk-a-lawl)?
Posted in Vacation, costa rica on February 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »
As much as I love having the GPS, it is definitely not infallible. For instance, last week we wanted to check out a place called Junquillal. Junquillal is a nice little beach town south of Playa Flamingo. So we punch it in the GPS and off we go on another adventure. Little did we know [...]
A bad day of fishing in Costa Rica, beats a lot of things.
Posted in Fishing, Vacation, costa rica, tagged charters, costa rica, Fishing, jason daniels, jrew daniels, playa flamingo on January 30, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Well apparently some things are not so much different here in Costa Rica than back home. Say for instance the fishing. We took a small charter out this morning to do a little fishing for, well for pretty much anything. Although the methods were slightly different, the weather was way different, the results were vaguely [...]
Ex-Pats Partying
Posted in Vacation, costa rica, tagged americans in costa rica, angie daniels, beginner surfing, costa rica, ex-pats, guanacaste, jason daniels, playa flamingo, playa grande, playas, surfing, tamarindo on January 28, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Socializing together is very important for ex-pats in Costa Rica, as has become apparent to us this trip. In one week we have gone to two well attended fund-raisers. The first was here in Flamingo for a local private school. There we met many people from the community, people from the church, from the school, [...]
Merry surfing to me
Posted in Vacation, costa rica, tagged costa rica, jace, jason, jrew, surfing, tamarindo on January 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I am a legendary body surfer and well known boogie boarder, at least in my family. However, I cannot say that it has always been my dream to be a surfer. This past Christmas, knowing we would be in Costa Rica together, Jason bought me surf lessons. In his words, so he would not look [...]
Vacations can be exhausting
Posted in Vacation, costa rica, tagged beach, body surfing, boogy boarding, congo monkeys, costa rica, Daniels, guanacaste, playa, playa flamingo, sunsets on January 24, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Being on the beach has brought a lot more activity into our lives. We have met up with Jason and Angie and their kids, met up with our friend from last year, Jane; met a whole bunch of new people out outings ranging from a beach party at a nice condo resort, to a fund [...]
No coat required.
Posted in Vacation, costa rica on March 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Having been home for four days now, you would think we would have readjusted back into the real world; got into our groove, our schedule, enjoyed the ever warming weather. If only it was true. We still cannot get our minds off of Costa Rica. Maybe it was the adventure, going to a new country, [...]
Costa Rica Last Full Day Sailing take me away…… Christopher Cross
Posted in Vacation, costa rica, tagged catamaran, costa rica, lazy lizard, playa flamingo, sailing on March 6, 2009 | 1 Comment »
For those of you that know me very well, you would know that the above is my all time favorite song. Funny thing, I have never sailed in my life. Much like the horses, if it doesn’t require a key, I don’t usually drive / ride it. So today’s experience was a new one for [...]
Costa Rica Day 14 Blown Away
Posted in costa rica on March 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Today was Tra’s birthday, and we had big plans, snorkeling, secluded beach, lunch, sunset on the water and dinner at her favorite restaraunt. Unfortunately, the Papagayo winds had something else to see about our plan. Due to the winds, our catamaran had to cancel its trip so we had to quickly re-organize our day.
Instead we [...]