Tamarindo Es Muy Lindo

We are alive, in case you were wondering. We took the 7 am luxury Tica Bus down from Granada to Liberia, AC, BR, comfy seats and a pirated version of Slumdog Millionaire to boot. The only hitch was crossing back into Costa Rica when they found the 10 pounds of un-cut Nicaraguan Bam Bam in Dan's bag, a bribe or two later we were off scott-free. But seriously the border was a bit of a hastle, hot dusty with a pointless security check that consisted of un zipping and re-zipping our bags, adding about 45 min to the trip.


We hopped off the bus and got into a cab that took us 5 blocks for 1.25 USD to the Mercado Municipal, where we caught a city bus to the costal town of Tamarindo. two and a half hours later we were walking down the dusty streets of this developing surf town to the hostel named la botella de leche, the bottle of milk.

We checked into one of the four person dorm rooms with a private bath and AC for just 12 a night. We have spent the last three nights here and dont know if we ever want to leave. Today was the third time I attempted to surf and Danny's second. We are starting to get the hang of it...riding the small waves straight forward, but we are getting a good feel for a board under our feet.

The hostel itself is great. Good people from allover the world. Some Danes, Swedes, Israelis, Americans, French and Aregentinians. Free internet, surf board rental, cable TV, fell kitchen, a maid service, many hamocks and comfy beds are many of the atrributes that make this bottle of milk a refreshing one.

The past two nights we have had two Swedes as roomates. Par (with two dots on the a) and Patrick are good fun and wonderful flatmantes. They are taking a two month spanish course and surfing while not in class.

The town of Tamarindo is a good place, one of the up and coming vacation destinations of C. Am. I would venture a guess that it resembles places like Puerta Vallerta and Cozumel twenty years ago; somewhat developed without excessive tourist traffic, although some of the locals I have spoken with would beg to differ with the later. There is a man that squeezes the juice from four crates of these orange/lime hybrid fruits and sells a glass for 500 colones,90cent. Delish!

So we are having a great time and will upload some pics soon.