Welcome to Costa Rica!

This is where I live, Tamarindo. Its a gated communited with a pool, Patrick and I are really roughing it. This townhouse is far different from anything 20 feet in any direction. To walk into town and to the beach you have to walk about 200 yards worth of dirt roads and "tar" paved roads.


Its beautiful! This picture is looking North, its a picture of Playa Grande, theres some amazing surf there!


The surf has been great since I got here. This is from January 5th. It was a lot of fun!


These are some of Patrick and my new friends:

This guy just crawls around the kitchen window everynight.


This is our other "little" buddy in Playa Grande. This was taken just before he jumped off the tree and latched onto Patrick's neck.


We went out to dinner in town yesterday. It was a gorgeous evening. Most of the local restaurantes are almost completely outside or open. We ate at Nogui's, more or less local cuisine (beans, rice, chicken), but really really good. This was our view from our seat. The other picture is of us ordering ice cream, at...you'll never guess where...TCBY!



WELCOME TO COSTA RICA!

Wow!

The move went great!

I got here New Year's Eve, and was greeted by a hug from Patrick. Came back to my new home, didn't unpack or anything, just went straight to the beach of Tamarindo. My home is about a 10 minute walk to the beach, a very dusty, rocky 10 minute walk to the beach. The roads are all dirt, except for some of the roads, which have been sprayed with tar. The tar paved roads are very bumpy and rough. Its great though, its just simple. I love it! So we went surfing, then to dinner, and off to bed by 8 pm. It was lovely.

New Year's Day we went to a beach called Playa Grande, just north of Tamarindo. Its beautiful, great surf, but it can get a bit crowded. Already I am bright red!

Today I walked about a mile and a half south to a great little surf spot. Walking over lava rocks, beautiful shells, coconuts, and trees growing feet from the ocean.

Its all very surreal. Surreal because I'm not with Patrick, surreal because of the beautiful scenery, and the kind people, surreal because this is now my home. Like in my first blog, I'm now happy in a place that I am happy with my special someone and it is an amazing feeling!