Costa Rica - Pura Vida!

Will and I just got back from a week-long vacation in Costa Rica and it was delicious. Possibly the best week-long vacation ever. Some friends (Gab and Amber) got hitched and it was a really nice destination wedding. Perfect balance of rest, relaxation, friends, fun and activities in a great location. This is the first of a series of daily blogspots from the trip.


SUNDAY (November 14)

We flew to Liberia, Costa Rica on Saturday, via Houston. We had the same itineraries as Adam, Arissa and Aisha, so it was good to catch up en route. It was a long day, and we landed in Liberia around 8 PM, with a 1 hour shuttle ride to our all-inclusive resort, Paradisus Playa Conchal.

Playa Conchal is considered to be one of the nicest beaches in Costa Rica, and is in the Guanacaste province, just south of a town called Brasilito, and north of surf town Tamarindo. We were pretty excited to be right there.

On Monday morning, Will and I slept in so long that we missed the window of breakfast, but it was obviously needed. I hadn't slept longer than 6 hours in such a long time.

We had no idea what this was, but apparently it's a ring-tailed Coatis, and these little guys were everywhere around the resort.


The view from one of the many resort restaurants to the Royal Service pool:

View of the Robert Trent Jones golf course:

Monkeys!:




Playa Conchal:






Pura Vida!