¡Hola, Everyone!
We hope all is well with you.
We are currently in the beach town of Playa Hermosa in the Northwest part of Costa Rica. We're enjoying the beach and exploring the towns around the beaches. We have a lovely apartment that we're staying in. The owners of the house are really nice and the place has an infinity pool that looks out at the Pacific Ocean! We go swimming every afternoon to cool off. We are working on our tans right now! Gotta be careful because we're only about 10 degrees north of the equator, so the sun can really get you here. We've met some other ex-pats and are enjoying hearing their stories of how they ended up in Costa Rica. I found a website called boomersoffshore.com almost 2 years ago and follow Fran and Andy Browne on their adventure to CR. Well, they live here in Hermosa and we've hung out with them a few times! Some of you may have seen some pictures of us on FB that Andy posted from the sunset we watched with them last week. They are lots of fun to hang around with and through them, we've met others, including Toni, Gilles and Kathy. Toni has a horse here, so Kathy and I went with Toni last week to see the horse and feed her. We may go riding next week! Haven't been on a horse in years, so that'll be exciting....! We are going out every couple of days to different beaches down the coast. The color of the sand really varies a lot~from brown to much lighter, and from sandy to shells to rocks! Tomorrow we are heading south to a beach about 2 hours away near a town called Nosara to check it out. We have about 8 days left to enjoy this area, then we head several hours south to the South Pacific region near the towns of Dominical and Uvita. As always, we love hearing from everyone, so comment here or email us @ lorien32@gmail.com.
¡Enjoy the pictures!
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| This is Playa Hermosa, Guanacaste, CR |
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| This is more Playa Hermosa, showing the mountainside |
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| Sunset at Playa Hermosa~see the sailboat? |
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| It was a beautiful sunset that night, and many nights since! |
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| Sunset |
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| Toni and her horse Jacquelin who is very fond of watermelon rinds |
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| Toni and Kathy at the barn |
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| This is Playas del Coco, a town just south of Playa Hermosa~very touristy and young! This is their new boardwalk |
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| There was a festival at the new boardwalk and the President came to dedicate it~her name is Laura Chincilla |
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| ¡Look at the kids watching the guys playing! |
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| There were lots of booths set up on the new boardwalk~all women's businesses |
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| More of the booths along the boardwalk |
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| Jerry checking out the foods for sale |
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| This is our veranda at our place in Playa Hermosa |
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| The infinity pool at the house where we're staying~we go swimming almost every afternoon to cool off and gaze out at the Pacific Ocean |
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| A different view of the pool looking at the countryside |
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One more of the pool~we really, really like it!
¡Hasta Luego, Amigos!
Tina y Jerry
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Wow.
ReplyDeleteThat's a kick ass pool.
Beautiful pics also.
Thanks for joining us on Saturday. I'm sure it was a bit of a hassle but we were more successful with you folks in CR than with Nolans in WI.
By the time we connected with them, Roxie was in bed.
We had fun with it, too! Maybe we can join you in Greektown sometime! (Just kidding~the noise level would be impossible). Glad you're enjoying the blog. Say "hi" to Donna!
ReplyDeleteTim thinks I should go for a swim in that pool....and fall off. It's beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAre you cooking much?
Do they have nice local pubs?
I like the idea of women's small businesses.
How's TV there and music?
Are there local theaters?
Inquiring minds want to know :)
Donna
Looks like Paradise !!
ReplyDeleteYou both look FANTASTIC. Costa Rica sure agrees with you. You are smart to just rent. Donna