We find it almost impossible not to have a busy social life in Costa Rica. We did the chocolate plantation tour with the garden club group on Monday and then were invited back to check out the renovations on a Tico house down the street.
Tuesday one of the ladies we drove to the tour invited us over to see the "dream home" she and her husband just built high on a hill. It's all glass and local hardwood beams and is beautiful.
Wednesday we met the neighbours (Jerry and Sarita), a gringo/tica couple who own a drugstore/bookstore/coffee shop in Tilaran, then went out to the gringo dinner on this side of the lake.
Thursday we had gringo breakfast across the lake in Arenal, then our Spanish lesson, then drove to Sarita's drugstore where we ran into two other couples we know and ended up spending most of the afternoon chatting before heading to game night at the local brewery (it was charades, and these people are brutally competitive, but a lot of fun).
Friday we ran errands then went to "happy hour" at a local pub where we ran into more friends. Two margaritas, two pina coladas, two bowls of chile (the "boca" which comes free at happy hour), a big bowl of papas frites and a few hours of good company cost us 5500 colones, or around $11 including tip.
Saturday was Jerry's birthday, so Sarita invited a group over for dinner (deep fried tortillas with bean paste, pulled chicken, guacamole, salsa, beer, cake & ice cream).
Sunday we went out on a 38 foot sailboat with a bunch of people and went down the lake to the volcano, where we stopped for a swim and a barbeque. 9500 colones ($18) got us a 5-6 hour boat ride and steak, chicken and pork with the required guacamole & tortillas.
Here's a couple of pictures (I wish I had more but someone left the camera in a puddle of water so now it's sitting in a baggie of rice in the hopes that it'll dry out. Oops.)
Ken saving us from certain destruction at the whim of the volcano gods.
Ken enjoying a refreshing dip after all his hard work.
Pura Vida!
Tuesday one of the ladies we drove to the tour invited us over to see the "dream home" she and her husband just built high on a hill. It's all glass and local hardwood beams and is beautiful.
Wednesday we met the neighbours (Jerry and Sarita), a gringo/tica couple who own a drugstore/bookstore/coffee shop in Tilaran, then went out to the gringo dinner on this side of the lake.
Thursday we had gringo breakfast across the lake in Arenal, then our Spanish lesson, then drove to Sarita's drugstore where we ran into two other couples we know and ended up spending most of the afternoon chatting before heading to game night at the local brewery (it was charades, and these people are brutally competitive, but a lot of fun).
Friday we ran errands then went to "happy hour" at a local pub where we ran into more friends. Two margaritas, two pina coladas, two bowls of chile (the "boca" which comes free at happy hour), a big bowl of papas frites and a few hours of good company cost us 5500 colones, or around $11 including tip.
Saturday was Jerry's birthday, so Sarita invited a group over for dinner (deep fried tortillas with bean paste, pulled chicken, guacamole, salsa, beer, cake & ice cream).
Sunday we went out on a 38 foot sailboat with a bunch of people and went down the lake to the volcano, where we stopped for a swim and a barbeque. 9500 colones ($18) got us a 5-6 hour boat ride and steak, chicken and pork with the required guacamole & tortillas. Here's a couple of pictures (I wish I had more but someone left the camera in a puddle of water so now it's sitting in a baggie of rice in the hopes that it'll dry out. Oops.)
Ken saving us from certain destruction at the whim of the volcano gods.
Ken enjoying a refreshing dip after all his hard work.
Pura Vida!
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