Friday we left pretty early from Liberia to get to the beach. We were staying the next two nights at the JW Marriott in Guanacaste, which turns out is the nicest hotel I've ever stayed at. It is in Hacienda Pinilla, which is a gated community with some other resorts and some super fancy houses.
Biggest pool in Central America
There were hammocks hanging all around in these courtyards at the resort.
We had lunch at the hotel, with a guy playing music right there in the restaurant. Then we drove to Tamarindo Beach to sign up for surf lessons for the next day.
Tamarindo was a really cool little town where the main road is right off the beach, and everything is about surfing there. We saw a lot of old FJ Cruisers, which made Eric's obsession with them even worse.
There are tons of cows in that region, and they have funny flappy ears.
The next morning we went to Playa Flamingo and played in the water. The water was so perfect, just cool enough to feel refreshing but not cold, and when I got out it was warm enough that I didn't have to use my towel. I just stood there for a couple minutes and then I was dry.
We took our surf lesson at the Banana Surf Club and our instructor was Marice. We both fell a bunch of times and I got bonked on the nose with by board, but we stood up a bunch of times too. I thought it was so fun and I want to surf again.
These two days on the beach were my favorite part of our vacation. Next we head to a volcano!
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Thursday, May 10, 2012
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Seal Beach
While we were in California, we had a really long layover in Long Beach on our flight back, so we rented a car and went to the beach. We picked the wrong beach for playing though. Apparently Seal Beach is for wind sports only because it was VERY windy. There were even signs saying swimming was not allowed. We still did have fun playing in the sand, and it was worth it to not have to wait in the airport.
It was fun to watch the people out there kiteboarding. It was a busy day for that!
Will loved playing in the sand...
...but Luke did not. He kept his mouth shut tight the whole time. He wasn't taking any chances getting sand in there.
It was fun to watch the people out there kiteboarding. It was a busy day for that!
Will loved playing in the sand...
...but Luke did not. He kept his mouth shut tight the whole time. He wasn't taking any chances getting sand in there.
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