Today was diving / snorkeling day, it did not go well. Tamarindo Diving was as good as any average shop, the people were very nice and the equipment was used but serviceable. The sea was rough today and I didn’t feel well going out. I did suit up so to speak but my mind wasn’t …
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Snorkeling
Bill and I went snorkeling and got sea sick today, so it was a mixed day. I’m sitting in a bean bag by the pool right now and I still feel like I’m swaying back and forth on the water. We got picked up at 6:45 this morning and headed out around 7am. It was …
Day at the beach!
We got to spend time at the beach this morning! The water is cool but it wasn’t bad. There are some bigger waves here. After we went back to the apartment for lunch we went and procured us a couple of boogie boards! They are cheap ones, about US $7. Mine is still usable but …
Saturday in Tamarindo
They have a street market here in Tamarindo that happens right next to our hotel. There are all kinds of vendors, fruits and vegetables, smoked meats, ready to eat food, arts and crafts. There also was a lot of “hippie” products like incense, patchouli and other essential oils, happy brownies and little pipes that the …
Slow Day at the Pool
I’m not sure Tamarindo will be my favorite place in Costa Rica, but it will be fine. I spent part of the morning and afternoon camped out on bean bags by the pool working on posts for the blog and reading a book. It was a pleasant way to spend part of the day after …
Waterfall Swim
We had a lot of driving yesterday but a super fun activity! Our drive from La Fortuna to Tamarindo was about 4 hours, but we found a driver who was willing to take us to a waterfall on the way. I had planned for us to go to the Rio Celeste Waterfall. I’ve been there …
Made it to the beach!
Our new friend Ivan gave us a ride to Tamarindo today. We had planned on stopping by Rio Celeste but Ivan suggested a waterfall that we could go swimming at and we opted for swimming! La Leona Waterfall was where we went. It was a very pretty place and we had fun swimming and cooling …
Caving
Today we went to Venedo Caverns today with Ecoterra https://ecoterracostarica.com/ this cave tour is neat but I will say that this is harder than the caves Emily and I went to in Belize last year. The caves here are not very cool temperature wise and was more strenuous to go though. For my size I …
Spelunking
I am sunburned! We went swimming this morning. It was kind of cloudy and I wasn’t going to be out long, so I didn’t sunscreen. I’m going to pay for that. I’m going to soak in my hot springs pool tonight and hope the minerals will be good for my skin. I’m usually really careful, …
Rafting adventure
Today we went whitewater rafting with Wave Rafting. https://www.waveexpeditions.com/ We did the Balsa river, they were class two and three, a little less intense of a rafting trip than the last trip Emily and I did in Costa Rica the last time we were here. Being a less wild river we were able to take …
Traveling with Emily! 