Birthday!

Costa Rica

In Costa Rica we rented an apartment in Playa Grande that came with a stray cat...

And was close to the beach...

With great waves for surfing...

Rode in a tuk tuk...

Took a ferry over to Tamarindo to get the rental car and visit the one ATM in the area...

Estuary between Tamarindo and Playa Grande

Took a volcanic mud bath while visiting Volcan Rincon de la Veija ...

 

Chilled by a mountain stream...

Hiked down to a beautiful waterfall...

Las Chorreras Waterfall

Went zip lining through a canyon...

 

Painted on a mud masque and relaxed in the mountain hot springs after zip lining all morning...

Rio Negro Hotsprings

Relaxed in hammocks...

Bingo chillin' in a hammock at Playa Grande Inn

 Saw some monkeys...

Watched beautiful sunsets...

Checked out some neighboring beaches...

Playa Flamingo

Bahia de los Piratas

Did more surfing...

 Ate a fancy dinner...

Mar y Sol in Playa Flamingo

And had a great time!

Playa Negra

Ventura

On our way to Ventura for a little get away....

Our hotel was right on the beach off of C street... which was perfect for surfing...

And watching the sunset...

We were on the 11th floor, facing the beach where we watched the waves rolling in...

 On Saturday we went thrifting at one of the many thrift stores in downtown Ventura and picked up a used Othello game. Neither of us felt like being cooped up in the hotel room anymore, so we took the game to a Starbucks and drank lattes while playing a board game.

We woke up early Sunday morning so Bingo could get a surf session in at Rincon before heading back home.