I went to yoga at a hotel, Rip Jack, just down the road from Las Tortugas. The class stared at 8 am and because there is a private yoga retreat there at the moment, Annie’s regular class was held by the pool. She did a nice job asking everyone what there issues were and tailored the class to some of those
There is some sort of turtle study group just a block from Las Tortugas that takes trips to a beach not far from here to see the turtles come out of the sea at night to lay eggs. The black turtles are large, I would guess three to four feet. They make their way out of the water, way up
I heard from Fen, the woman who lives in Winnipeg, that people go out on the beach early in the morning and help the tutles that hatch to the ocean by smoothing out the footprints they sometimes get hung up on. This beach is a nesting and hatching ground for the leastherback turtles, a huge animal that can weigh up
A Canadian couple, Fen and Ray, are also at Las Tortugas. I met Fen the first night at sunset when we chatted about not liking our “Rancho” rooms. The guide, Jonathon, was also there, drumming up business for the estuary tour. This morning I rode to the canoe entrance site with Fen and Ray. Two other couples were also on
The cab driver of the cab I hopped into didn’t know Panacea de la Montana and had to call for directions. This place was recommended to me by two of my yoga students. The place is a good 10 minutes up the hill from Tamarindo, away from the high energy, wind and heat. Mary, the proprietor, was kind enough to
I walked the beach of Playa Grande to the water taxi that shuttles people across the estuary to Tamarindo. The guide at Las Tortugas, Jonathon, said the walk would be about 25 minutes. To the estuary it took me 45 minutes and then it is another hot 10 minutes to the town of Tamarindo. By the time I got there
Some of you have asked me about the way people live here compared to Ecuador, the prices of things, and the amount of English spoken. So, here are some of my thoughts. Ecuador and Costa Rica have some major similarities. Both countries have a “back in time” feel. There is a disregard for safety, although, there is more safety protocol
I headed to Playa Conchal this morning with two objectives; to wander into the Westin to inquire about the possibility of hosting a yoga retreat there and snorkeling. The beach entrance to the Westin is for guests only and the security guard would not let me in. If I wanted to talk to a manager, I’d have to walk the
The tour company dispatches a couple of vans to rendezvous with a larger bus, taking that bus to the park. When I got on the van to Palo Verde, there four two Canadian couples on the van. Fran and Joe and here staying with their friends Muriel and Rod. Muriel and Rod are here for a month and have a
Palo Verde is a National Park and forest. Tours include a zip line and crocodile tour. I opted for the crocodile tour. On the bus ride there, we saw men and their individual boats “harvesting” the sand from the bottom of the river. It is illegal to dig up the sand with machinery, so they do it by diving under