This morning we took a ride on the scooter to get some colones from the ATM and then I wanted to go see about diving. I’m glad I checked, Fransisco said they got a 4 day window for diving and it closes Saturday. He said they may be able to squeeze in a dive early …
Category Archives: Cocles, Costa Rica
Octopus
I still don’t have any pictures, but Bill should be pulling some off of his GoPro. I bought a new Kodak underwater camera, but it doesn’t take good pictures, so I’m planning to send it back. Maybe I’ll get a GoPro too. We had a pretty fun day. We had errands to run this morning. …
What you have been waiting for!!!
Emily got to use her new boogie board yesterday! The sea was rough!! Waves were tall and rolling in fast! As she mentioned our first location we were waved off due to riptides. They will pull you out to sea and it can be a long swim back. We moved to where there were lifeguards …
Costa Rica belongs to us!!
Our trip is now moving along literally and figuratively. We went down this morning and got ourselves some wheels, little Honda scooter. Top speed is 75 kph or 46.6 mph. Most the speed limits are either 40 kph in town and 60 kph in between towns. They also slow just before the bridges to 40 …
Playa Cocles
I don’t have a lot to say for today so this will be a short post. We made it to Playa Cocles around noon today. It took about 3.5 hours. However, we figured out why it potentially takes a lot longer. On the road to get here, there are a bunch of one way bridges. …
Day 1 in San Jose
Hello All: Bill and I are back in Costa Rica. We had a relatively smooth trip today with a minor snag at the end. We booked a hotel at Playa Cocles. We looked up the distance between San Jose and Playa Cocles before we left and Google assured us that it takes about 3.5 hours. …
Third time’s a charm!
Howdy everyone!! Hopefully everyone enjoyed the holidays and are going to enjoy a fabulous New year!! This is my third time traveling with Emily to Costa Rica. We have been to the western coast twice, this time we are trying out the east coast. The Caribbean side! I’m excited, it’s supposed to be less touristy …
Traveling with Emily! 