After an almost 7 hours bus ride (that was only supposed to take 4 or 5) we arrived at Tamarindo Beach in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. It is near the top left corner of Costa Rica on the Pacific Ocean. We made a couple stops on the way to get gas, and grab lunch. The drive took so long because there was a lot of traffic and construction on the highway. It was a very scenic drive, I got to see the outskirts of San Jose, lots of rivers and canyons, and miles of really pretty rainforest. The town of Tamarindo is a beautiful little beach town that is full of mainly tourists and expensive resorts. It is the first place I've been to in Costa Rica where a lot of people spoke English and almost everywhere accepted American money. It is full of little souvenir shops and beach bars with palm trees everywhere, it was hands down the most beautiful place I have ever been to in my entire life (even better than the Caribbean islands and Maui where I have been before). Everything was so laid back and relaxed, I could have laid on the beach for the rest of my life. The hotel we got to stay at was AMAZING, I don't think I will ever stay somewhere so ritzy again in my life (unless I can go back for my honeymoon, which would be great, lol). Our room was right on the beach, not even 50 feet from the sand, I could lay on my bed and watch the waves go in and out. There were ladies who gave massages right on the beach, or you could rent a surfboard and surf all day. There were a ton of dragonflies and we even saw two iguanas chillin in the grass. The resort has like 3 pools complete with a swim up bar (which was really cool, I've always wanted to see one of those hahaha), and we got breakfast provided for us each morning (fresh fruit, gallo pinto, tortillas, omelets and a bunch more). On Saturday we went out on a Catamaran Sail boat all day which was so much fun. They took us on an hour ride out to a secluded beach area where we got to swim or snorkel or just stay on the boat and tan. They had great music, open bar, and a really yummy lunch of barbequed chicken with chips and guacamole and pico de gallo (my favorite). They brought us back right as the sun was setting so we could all get a bunch of amazing pictures of the sunset (which was one of the most gorgeous sunsets I have even seen). At night we would walk around the town and visit little restaurants and clubs, club Aqua was a lot of fun, there was a ton of people and we danced all night. All in all it was a wonderful weekend, it made coming back to San Jose very very hard, none of us wanted to leave, or go back to school the next day (it was rough). We all got the chance to get to know each other really well and are becoming really good friends. The weekend wouldnt have been the same without our fun group and of course Terrance almost capsizing our mini boat because he is convinced that every single insect is going to give him Dengue Fever (a disease that the Dengue mosquitoes have, we were warned not to go down to a certain part of the country because they were having an issue with the sickness, but it's nothing we have to worry about, especially in Tamarindo, but the joke gave us good laughs all weekend ahahahah)
This week we are headed to Arenal Volcano and La Fortuna Waterfalls. I am so excited to explore the rainforest and go hiking to see the pretty views of the volcano. We also get to go swimming at the bottom of the waterfalls. Our resort has natural hotsprings and a bunch of wildlife we can view, a butterfly garden, an alligator swamp, and a frog farm. I hope I see a monkey! Here is a link to the amazing hotel, I CANT WAIT!
http://www.hotelloslagos.com/
I'll update this when I return and will post a million pictures on facebook! Until then Ciao!!
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