Hola from Paradise

All,


If you wanted to know where it was...well we found it. We have now extended our stay here in Nosara twice...it's that sweet. I think I have detailed it out already, and if not in enough detail, Jori has started (and will finish one of these days) a entry to get you even more detail. But for the most part, we have settled into a little bit of a routine...get up and surf for about 2 hours, come back for breakfast, hang out and read, or chat with our new buds Garrett and Marissa. Head out into the area for some lunch and a couple beers, back for some napping or additional surfing (depending on tides and weather), then some dinner and some more beers...yea I like this life. Oh yea, and Elle Macpherson is staying at our quaint little hotel...she is extremely nice and very much a regular person...as I would expect I guess...and she is very beautiful...as you would expect (a few pictures to follow...we had to ask for at least one...even though we felt really funny about it.)



A little more on the weather...it is beautiful every morning...birds chirping, bugs...well chirping (they are as big as birds here)...then about 2:00 the thunder and lightning role in and the sky opens up...the loudest thunder I have ever heard in my life...knock you out of your chair loud - Fricken crazy cool. A couple of the afternoons/evenings it rained harder than I have ever seen...it is hard to believe this is just a daily storm and not a national disaster (we definitely not in the states - "SUMMER STORM WATCH...Wednesday?"). Anyway, it cools down the temperature and makes for a nice afternoon break...you have to sit back and relax because there is nothing else to do.



So I also apologize for not posting more updates, but we have just been rolling along. But there have been several interesting happenings that I should keep everyone in the loop on. First, for all of you who watch the news and read about the earthquake in Peru, that definitely affected us the other night. We were in the middle of eating dinner with our new friends (Garrett, Marisa, Scott and Kristen), when the hotel Manager stopped the music and inf0rmed us about the earthquake and that it had triggered a tsunami warning for the Costa Rican Pacific coast...exactly where we are now...and by the way we are right at sea level...ouch. So we had to evacuate the entire hotel in like 15 minutes...so we threw all our stuff into our bags and packed the car with ourselves and as many other guests as we could (most people actually arrive by taxi) and drove up to a house on the hill that the hotel owns about 10 minutes away. It was pretty crazy. Everyone was pretty calm (I emptied the Mini Bar into my bag before we left, so that helped...LOL), but the hotel staff were a really shaken up...understandably. So after about 2 hours, we got the word that the warning had been lifted and we could return to the hotel...Wheew...seems like we cannot go on vacation anywhere without something happening (Philippines last year...Typhoon...yea that sucked). But after dropping our bags in the room, we bolted over to a local Surfer lodge/bar and played some pool and had some more beers (remember the whole mini bar comment?)...a good stress reliever.


A little more on the waves, and our improving surf skills. First off, Garrett owned (well still does) a surf school in Hawaii...yea he is a good surfer. Anyway, we are improving slowly...I can definitely say that practice does help. having 3 or 4 days in a row is helping a ton (well and some great instruction from Garrett). The waves have been pretty good until today...yea, large is an understatement...so today we surfed the white water vs. the break...still lots of fun. I can see how this life style could be very, very inviting...Anyway, I think we may be done surfing for now as we are set to leave here tomorrow for Manuel Antonio National park (about a 5 hour drive...yea, that should be fun).

We have tons of good stories I am glossing over, so we will send out some more updates and pics tomorrow.

Cheers! RB