Costa Rica Travel Diary: Day 6

Thur Aug 10 Today was a lazy day. Like the other days we still woke up around 6/6:30am but we didn’t go for a morning walk or outing. It just looked too dreadfully hot out with hardly any cloud coverage. Instead we enjoyed our cool, air conditioned Airbnb. I made a little brunch of beans,…

Costa Rica Travel Diary: Day 5

Wed Aug 9 We started our day sitting outside with coffee and German bread, slowly taking in the morning alongside the numerous butterflies and dragonflies and the background cacophony of birds, howler monkeys and dogs. I researched some of the wildlife  in the Nicoya Peninsula and I think the massive snake we saw yesterday was…

Costa Rica Travel Diary: Day 4

Tuesday Aug 8 Today I started my morning with a little yoga outside. Afterwards I sliced up some papaya to go with our morning coffee. Then James and I walked to the gringo market, but not to shop. Next door there is a little restaurant called Tata’s. We entered and to my delight we found…

Costa Rica Travel Diary: Day 2

Sunday Aug 6 Woke up just before 6am local time (8am EST). The sun was already up (I think it rises around 5:30) and life was buzzing all around us. After slowly getting up and organizing/ unpacking our things, we went out for a morning stroll and to check out the local shopping options. We…