Mar 10, 2013 - Last day in Samara.

Had a good day in the sun. Our last in Samara. I boogie boarded and then we saw a live band at dinner at the Elanka beach bar rest. Tomorrow we take the interbus to Alleluia it's $47 each and it about a five hour ride. We will be staying two night at the Vidal Tropical B&B. then we fly out of the sun and heat on Wensday.

Mar 8, 2013 - To much sun!

Yes the last two days I have been having out at the pool for 2 hours a day ! I thought I was ok keeping my bandana wet and swimming every 10 min to keep cool. But I woke up and soon I I stood in the sun I new I had to keep out if it today. So we tripped around town and hung out under the covers at the beach and I feel better tonight. We had a nice tuna salad at the La Conda beach bar it was 8 buks and judge so we split it. Later we went to the Giada for pizza ! They have a great pizza oven that you can see as you view then making and...

Mar 7, 2013 - Sun beer and birds.

Usual day of over 32 and lots of sun. Last night we listened to a live guitar on the beach and three fire dancers showed up and put in a show to his music. Lots of Roxs favorite bid the Parakeet. They make a ton of noise and fly around crazy, one way , then back again for no particular reason. Monkeys are seen every day as the mangos are now ripe. Fishing is real good here our friend Ken got a 29# snook right off the beach . Then on the way home a local had a large grouper. Maybe 50 plus pounds. He had it on a cart and was pushing it for...

Mar 4, 2013 - Beach walk & lots of sun.

Got up this morning and we walked the North side of Samara beach at low tide. Saw lots of Pelicans diving for fish and standing around on the reef when full. On the way back we stopped to chat with edwardo who has been running bar Olas for 2.5 months. He used to own the Chart House rest. In Campbell river. He has super cold beer for 1000 colonies. About the cheapest in town. That's about $2 us. Then we grabbed lunch at the Princess bakery

Mar 3, 2013 - Birthday & Town Pics.

Had my birthday on Feb 27 at Esmeralda's rest. It was great I had 2 lobsters and we invited Ken and his wife to sit with us so we had a bit of a party. Next day we met a couple Philip and his wife Jannet for a car ride up to see the famous sunset from the Hotel Guanamar in Carrila. After sunset at 6:30 pm the four of us went to the Hula Jungle for 2 for 1 pizza it cost us 18 bucks and we spit on and then took the second pizza home for lunch the next day. Got back in town and saw a great travelling band at the Gusto Beach bar rest. Wow. Good...

Jan 26, 2013 - Turtles

Beautiful day in Tamarindo. Tonight I went to see the Green Pacific Sea Turtles dig holes on the beach and lay their eggs. It was amazing! The pictures of the turtles aren't good because you can't use a flash.

Jan 19, 2013 - Arenal Volcano

I arrived in Arenal late this afternoon. Pleasantly surprised how nice my hotel is :) Hopefully I'll work up my courage to go Waterfall Repelling tomorrow...I'll let you all know tomorrow...

Jun 2, 2012 - Bali

"Daddy, there's a snake in the bathroom!" I'll come back to that. But first I have to let you know I am typing this one handed, with my thumb. My five year old computer crashed the second day we got here to Bali. So my iPhone has become my connection to the bigger world. I'll email this over to Jacye, as she's decided to be called here, and she'll post it to the travel blog from her trusty iPad. After spending a delightful month in Honolulu......thank you all......we flew across the date line and equator to the beautiful island of...

Apr 11, 2012 - Last days in costa rica

The last few days were interesting we saw a crime scene were the guy grabs a lady's wallet and ran for it but another guy tackled him to the ground and sat on him until the police came it was cool.That night we had pizza it was so good the cheese was bubbling off the dough and they gave us giant knives! The Pizza was so good.I tried surffing it was so hard the board came up and hit me in the face numerous times because the waves were so big it hurt.We got to sit at the bar and have piña coladas they were really pineappley but good. I missed...

Mar 27, 2012 - Still in Costa Rica........2 days and counting

Life in Costa Rica Waking up with nothing to do and only getting half of it done is our new saying ....that's why in the 3 months we've been down here I am just now finding the time to write this blog. January 1 we arrived in Playa Grande and our lives came to an instant halt compared to the almost constant movement of our first 6 months of travel through Europe and South Africa. It was intentional to pick one place and just stay there because traveling can get exhausting and expensive. We picked someplace warm and thought that we would be...

Mar 24, 2012 - From one paradise to another-Playa Grande, Costa Rica

Aloha from Costa Rica Hi all, this finds us in Costa Rica where we have been for almost three months. It has been a long time since we posted anything on our trip blog. I was relying on Jackye, but she’s been posting stuff on Facebook. I’ve been meaning to write something up, but have been way too busy doing nothing. Actually I’ve been awfully busy while doing nothing. After moving every other day as we traveled through Europe and South Africa, we decided that we needed to find a place that is warm and we can stay put. We found that place,...

Mar 1, 2012 - Landed In Playa Hermosa.

After a seven hour trip along the coat visiting all the little towns and beaches, we arrived in Playa Hermosa. Staying with Kathy and Leggo in a clean little apartment. We just landed and were a bit late in Hermosa due to a fan belt starting to fall off the taxi, so we grabbed showers and hit the town of Playa Coco with Kathy and Leggo. Great little town and we partied at a beach bar with real good live music. Off to check out Playa Coco this afternoon , they maybe dinner there tonight. Works out good as Leggo has rented a car. Pics and...