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| Just beach and forest! |
From Liberia, we spent a whole day traveling down the Nicoya peninsula to get to Mal Pais/Santa Teresa. We took buses, a cab, and were stuck in one town for three hours before making it to town around 9 pm. Santa Teresa is a great little surfer town, and is utterly breathtaking. The beach is void of any buildings, all you can see when on the beach is the sand, the ocean, and trees. The roads aren't paved at all, so we were constantly breathing in dust when walking around town. The town has its own little culture, being filled with tourists and foreigners who are there to surf. For example, the owner of our hostel was German, servers at the restaurants were Italian or Isreali, and my yoga teacher was from Australia. There were some locals around of course and we practiced some Spanish, but mainly English was spoken everywhere. We rented surf boards and attempted to surf (Nate faring much better than I did!) It was fun, but I mainly felt beat up by the waves! I did enjoy swimming though, the water was so warm! I was really surprised at how much warmer it is here than in Nicaragua. While I definitely enjoyed the beach and yoga everyday, one of the highlights was an aerial silk class that I took. I was able to climb up the silk, wrap it around me, hang upside down in several different positions, and do lots of other fun things! Definitely something I want to do again some time, and it left my arms sore for days!
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| Nate surfing |
Today we woke up early and took buses and a boat to the capital of Costa Rica: San Jose. Walking down the main strip we were accosted by so much stimuli, it was a little jarring after our quiet surf town. People had markets set up on the sidewalk, shopping carts full of fruit to sell, or were just carrying there wares; and all were yelling about what they had to offer! The street, closed off to cars, was packed with people hurrying about, one man was even carrying a couple dead, gutted pigs on his back. We ended the evening with a movie and are looking forward to the adventures that tomorrow will bring!
From Liberia, we spent a whole day traveling down the Nicoya peninsula to get to Mal Pais/Santa Teresa. We took buses, a cab, and were stuck in one town for three hours before making it to town around 9 pm. Santa Teresa is a great little surfer town, and is utterly breathtaking. The beach is void of any buildings, all you can see when on the beach is the sand, the ocean, and trees. The roads aren't paved at all, so we were constantly breathing in dust when walking around town. The town has its own little culture, being filled with tourists and foreigners who are there to surf. For example, the owner of our hostel was German, servers at the restaurants were Italian or Isreali, and my yoga teacher was from Australia. There were some locals around of course and we practiced some Spanish, but mainly English was spoken everywhere. We rented surf boards and attempted to surf (Nate faring much better than I did!) It was fun, but I mainly felt beat up by the waves! I did enjoy swimming though, the water was so warm! I was really surprised at how much warmer it is here than in Nicaragua. While I definitely enjoyed the beach and yoga everyday, one of the highlights was an aerial silk class that I took. I was able to climb up the silk, wrap it around me, hang upside down in several different positions, and do lots of other fun things! Definitely something I want to do again some time, and it left my arms sore for days!
Nice! Love the yoga photo.
ReplyDeleteActually, I love all the photos.
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