day 18-19: bumpy

and that’s it! our whole trip! all i can remember, anyway.

heeding everyone’s dire descriptions of playa tamarindo being “just like san diego”, we decided to stay in nearby playa negra, which was supposed to be a little more unspoiled yet have a fantastic beach. because at the tail end of the trip, all you really want to do is lay on the beach and do absolutely nothing, right? the hotel playa negra was pretty cute with their thatched roof bungalows, but the 15km drive took a good 45 minutes or more, on a series of roads hmc unaffectionately calls “the sickmaker”. as it turns out, there was a newly graded road which was a lot smoother, only no one told us about it until we checked out. thanks!

as for tamarindo, while it’s touristy and contrary to the costa rica experience, it’s certainly not san diego. in san diego, there’s actually a telephone at the airport. this was more like some small tourist beach town in mexico. i will say that some of the restaurants here are pretty great, especially pachanga.

finally, if you need a place to stay before flying out of the country, definitely hit the hotel 1915 in alajuela. just beautiful and the people are lovely. although they speak almost no english. but who needs to?

pura vida!
Posted at January 23, 2007 12:36 AM