Costa Rica in some pictures and a word or two
I went to Costa Rica about two weeks ago. I’m pretty awful at taking pictures, but I think I have a couple of nice ones.
The city we stayed in is called Santa Teresa. There was one dirt road that went through town with a bunch of shacks and shops along the way.
There was some crazy looking vegetation:
Our house was really nice, if not the nicest house I saw when down there. We were there for 7 days and it only cost $1000 total. Pretty sweet deal.
We were told that your shit gets stolen all of the time if you’re not careful. They had a concrete bed with a safe underneath. The lock on the right was the first of a few you needed to unlock to get your stuff.
This is the lizard that lived in our kitchen.
This is one of the many crabs that would walk into our house at night.
This was the walkway from the house to the beach.
And the beach:
The trip back included a ferry ride at sunrise.
Those are pretty much the best pictures I guess. Very exciting.
The trip was really fun. The travel sucked. Lots of plane troubles and ferry troubles and driving in a country we weren’t used to troubles. But it was totally worth it. The food was fantastic. There were packs of the most docile dogs I’ve ever seen running around everywhere. The surf was great (despite a few problems I had with leashes breaking and running into rocks and some epic wipeouts). I learned how to say “fish tacos” in spanish. All in all a success.
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That walkway to the beach shot is beautiful. What were the surf conditions like?
Surf was good, with I’d say 4-8 foot waves everyday (though mostly in the 4-6 foot range). At low tide the water was moving pretty fast. It was a little more forgiving at high tide, but also a little bigger. The water was pretty packed at sunset (high tide), and had a decent amount of people in the early morning. Water was about 80 degrees. Some really, really good surfers down there. Fun to watch.
I had a few shitty experiences, which sucked. But that happens.
That beach looks AWESOME.
The best part of the beach, which I meant to mention in the original post, is that it was quiet. No lifeguard whistles blowing every other minute. No planes pulling banners by. No speedboats or jet skis coming too close to shore. It was fantastic.
It was also nice looking to the left and not seeing casinos.
Shitty experiences, like wipeouts? There aren’t any rocks/coral to worry about, are there?
You went with 3 other fellas, Bill?
I traveled with two guys, a girl, and an 11 year old.
There are a lot of different breaks. Some of the beaches had a lot of rocks. There were some reef breaks. I pretty much stayed at the sand breaks.
I wiped out in spectacular fashion a few times, and my leash broke my first time out. I tore my knee up a little on a rock when that happened.
I bet it was so much fun. Great photos, too!
And no crabs jokes?
Paris if you’re interested I definitely suggest Santa Teresa. It hasn’t been completely exploited yet, though we were told it’s going to happen. The house we stayed at is owned by a guy from Hammonton, and he’s been living in CR for 8 years. Cool guy with a cool family and good advice on what to do when down there (we went snorkling and did some other cool crap).
Bill, that place looks unbelievable. And that shot of the walkway to the beach… good god. I wanted to ask you more about it on the ride home from the boredoms, but I feared that if I let my mind stray for even a moment from the task of not pooping myself, we could have had a disaster. Now I can’t remember.