When the water goes out while you have laundry in and ends up delayed by two hours it turns into a late night getting packed back up. I slept decently and was again up before my alarm this morning. I don’t mind one bit, I’m happy to eke out every last moment I can on... Continue Reading →
Miles Upon Miles
The sun again dictated my early wake-up time of 6am. I rolled myself out of bed to use the bathroom and when I flipped the light switch nothing happened. Huh. I flipped it back down. Back up. Nothing. Odd. I flipped the switch in the bedroom, nothing there either. Well crap, the power is out.... Continue Reading →
Do It Like They Do On The Discovery Channel
The 6am sun woke me before my alarm. I could have used the extra sleep but I wasn’t mad about it. Fun fact: did you know that roosters will crow ALL NIGHT LONG? It’s hard to be mad about the early wake up when the view from bed is the glistening turquoise water and white... Continue Reading →
Laying Over and Lounging
I’m almost afraid to start writing this for fear of jinxing myself, but my travels have gone ridiculously smoothly. I ended up having to check a bag, which I HATE but I was a few pounds over the carry-on limit for Copa, and quite frankly, the trade off of getting a little more baggage space... Continue Reading →
Slow Down, Look Around
Our last full day in Costa Rica and thankfully the hives are fading. Yup, the hives. When I got out of the shower last night my chest and arms were covered in them. No good reason as to why. I had accidently left my trusty travel body wash behind at Tabacon and ended up buying... Continue Reading →
Feeding Frenzies
The 5am alarm went off way too early. I moaned and groaned in protest but by 5:30 had dragged myself out of bed to get ready for our fishing day. We were meeting our guide at 6:45am at Puerto Paquera, 45 minutes away. There should have been more enthusiasm for our fishing charter but upon... Continue Reading →
Mohawks and Macaws
The room may be just ok but at least the bed is pretty comfortable and I slept like a a rock. The large oceanfront balcony was a perfect place to enjoy our first cups of morning coffee and tea before heading down to see what the breakfast was all about. It seems as though almost... Continue Reading →
South We Go
Rain poured and wind howled throughout the entire night. This morning was gray and drizzly. I did NOT want to get out of bed to make our 7am gym reservation, even though we had our morning pretty tightly planned; quick gym session at 7am, get ready and head to the hot spring by 8am to... Continue Reading →
Monkey See, Monkey Do
We woke up to rain. Like, lots and lots of rain. And while B was wide awake at 6:45 and could have made our 7am gym reservation, I was not as enthusiastic. The rain outside made staying in bed longer feel even more necessary. We lazed around, realized that we probably weren’t going to make... Continue Reading →
Lounging our Way to Pura Vida
It’s December; so that means it’s time for another pre-Christmas trip! With COVID in mind, we kept it easy this year with a week planned in Costa Rica! I use the word “planned” loosely as up until a week ago we had nothing planned at all except for our flights, rental cars, and accommodations. We... Continue Reading →
