It's water time!!! The original plan was: surfing surfing surfing, the adapted plan: minor changes :p
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| First stop: my couchsurfer Brad his condominium, my hotel for the night |
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| Iguana |
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| and his pool: three cheerz for couchsurfing! |
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| My host Brad, he's blind and training to run a half marathon, Go Brad!!! |
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| Sunset after our first surfing lessons |
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| From left to right: instructor Walter, me, Stephanie, Sally, Rowan and instructor Paco |
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| A local bar with very funny plates |
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| classic ;-) |
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| On the left side we have USA represented by Sally and Stephanie |
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| On the right side we have New Zeeland represented by Rowan and Travis |
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| Party boat with music... |
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| ... and great service |
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| Captain on the bridge! |
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| Lunch at Tortuga Island, how awesome is that name! Feeling pirate-ish already ^^ |
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| Shy little hermit crab |
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| Birdie birdie on a stick with some foodie in his beak and yeah so far my poetic talent, so meet the parrot :p |
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| and meet his ugly counterpart |
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| There will be storm after the sunshine |
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| Group pic: Sally, me, Rowan, Travis and Stepahnie |
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| Dinner at Taco bar with very cool seats |
25th of July 2012, the day that Rowan became 22 and that came with a action packed day. First thing on the to do list was a surfing lesson.
Secondly we went on a quad tour through a rainforest.
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| view from the top |
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| Our rides !!! |
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| Awesome slogan! |
Then we went canopy tour, the rainforest now from birds view
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| This little fellow (Scorpion) was in my glove and it crawled out when I dropped my glove. |
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| Crazy kiwis trying to form NZ with their fingers and looking as retards at the same time :p |
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| Looks like a nice ride down |
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| Travis doesn't seem to like it |
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| Rowan is on the way! |
Last day in Jaco was resting day
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| Our hostel, the Jaco Inn |
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| The guys, worn out and hanged over |
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| The kitchen of our hostel |
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| Jaco Inn |
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| Mi casa es su caca, pura vida to that! |
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| This is wax for the surfing board! |
Then Friday it was rafting time! Paquare river, the best in Costa Rica and the third best of the world to raft. We went down 2 to 4 rapids, was pretty awesome.
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| The people with whom we shared a van for our rafting trip. People from Costa Rica, Guatemala, Netherlands, Belgium, New Zeeland and USA. Go international! |