Sunday morning was our last day in Costa Rica. We got up for breakfast at the hotel restaurant with the Grand's. Derrick and Edith left for the airport earlier that morning. Sean, Megan, Dave, and I hung around the hotel room and watched movies until the car arrived to take us to the airport. We had some time at the airport to visit duty free and picked up a 20 and 25 year Centenario pack. At the gate, we ran in to Derrick and Edith so we ended up on the same pl...

We all got up Saturday morning for fresh breakfast. Then proceeded to pack up our bags and cars. Once everything was wrapped up, we set out for Dominical Beach again. We finished up some shopping, grabbed a quick bite, and said goodbye to Dominical. On the way back, we stopped at Bowie's again. Besides all the home cooking, this was my favorite restaurant of the trip. We had a little trouble getting back to San Jose but eventually we made our made back to Hotel A...

Friday morning we laid low since we had sunset horseback riding on the beach to look forward to. We got up early to hike up to the gazebo. Derrick had been trying for a few days but either went the wrong route or didn't get all the way to the top because he was almost attacked by wild pigs. So we were determined to see it before we left. The trail was hard to see but once we knew where it turned off from the road we were golden. The trail was pretty steep, and co...

Thursday was the first somewhat down day. We hung around the house in the morning and planned to spend the day shopping, swimming, and hanging out at Dominical beach. The beach town was very cute and filled with vendors. We grabbed some lunch at a upbeat bar and proceeded to rent boogie boards. We walked through one of the main strips to do some shopping. We met a vendor that sold animals/figurines made out of local nut shells. We got a snake, frog, horse, tiger...

We got up Wednesday morning to a fresh breakfast and laid by the pool until we needed to leave for the marina. My cold was in full effect but I still pushed to get out and make an adventure out of the day. The drive out was nice and chill. The beach town was lively. It had many shops that looked modern like any beach town in America. We struggled to find the right marina but eventually found the blue gates to enter. We boarded the fishing boat and two guys greet...