Wow! We had a busy pace in Europe and saw so much. The flight from Paris was very long on Air France. We had a super tight connection in Atlanta where we ended up running through the airport to make our connecting flight to Liberia, Costa Rica time! Phew! We were rewarded by Costa Rica's beautiful beaches and wondful two bedroom condo with a pool.
Our home base was Tamarindo, a small surfing town. After only two days, the kids told me they loved it so much they wanted to stay a extra week! So, I cancelled our trips to Arenal and Monte Verde but we still planned to go to Manuel Antonio for our last week. Three weeks in one place was heaven! The town had a very slow pace, I had a lot of naps, read a few books (always a good sign that I am relaxing), the kids took surfing lessons about every second day, and we had a few day trips. We decided to do the zip-lining day trip, a catamaran cruise, and a day trip to Flamingo Beach. Otherwise, we walked the 10 minutes to town to look around or buy groceries, went to a movie at the mini movie theatre, went to the beach, hung out in the cozy condo with a only pool steps away or watched TV. It was a very relaxing time and we had a blast!
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| Day 1 of surfing lessons. |
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Chris and Shannon
racticing on the beach... |
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| More practice... |
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| Here they go to the water! |
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| The big moment is at hand- surfing for the first time! |
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| Tamarindo is such a great beach for surfing. |
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| Chris got the hang of it in no time! |
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| Christopher paddling out to some waves. |
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| Shannon paddling out to some waves too... |
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| An example of Shannon's first tries...amazing I say! |
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| Chris showing off1 |
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| Shanon getting the hang of it! |
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| Surfing fun! |
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| Chris having a good time surfing! |
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| Brenda under a colorful tree in Tamarindo. |
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| Chris and I at our favorite post surfing hang out, Mardarindo for a smoothie! |
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| Smoothie time! |
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| Christopher joined a game of soccer on the beach. |
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| Shannon relaxing on the beach. |
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| One of my artistic photos... |
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| Tamarindo Beach |
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| Beach police! |
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| Snow cone vendor on the beach. |
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| Shannon and Christopher heading out for more surfing on another day with Matos Surf Shop this time! |
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| The cool surfer! |
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| Shanoon catchig a wave! |
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| My escape to a restaurant with a cocktail whle the kids swam at the condo! Pura vida, as the Costa Rican's say! |
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| View at my escape restaurant! |
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| VIEW OF FLAMINGO BEACH (1/2 hour from Tamarindo Beach) |
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| Flamingo Beach |
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| Shannon and Christopher playing in the waves of Flamingo Beach. |
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| I thoght this was a magical staircase going up from Flamingo Beach with the roots showing. |
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| Shannon and Christopher at Flamingo Beach. |
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| Brenda in the surf at Flamingo Beach! |
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