Sunday 27th Jan... hmmm.... or maybe Monday.... losing track... Malpais Beach- 32ish hot and sunny. Reeeeeeeally starting to relax here. Its lovely to be in one place for a few weeks- and such a nice place too. Fun and friendly Austrian owner is fantastic with the kids and lovely guests as neighbours. Waved off the one that gave us the shrimps this am so he will be missed. Feels homely here. Beach perfect for kids with a nice variety of rock pools vs fun waves. T...

Australia Day!!! January 26th- Mal Pais Beach, Costa Rica Would you believe that we managed to have "shrimps on the barbie" in Costa Rica for Australia Day!!?Our accommodation owner had organised a BBQ dinner and a fantastic American guy staying next door bought the shrimps to surprise us Aussies!! What a coincidence that it fell on Australian Day! To be honest- we had lost track of the date and it was only due to emails from home that we even remembered it wa...

COSTA RICA. San Jose 18-1-13, La Fortuna 19-1-13> 22-1-13, Mal Pais Beach 22-1-13 >25-1-13.Well it has now been 8 nights in beautiful Costa Rica. Trying to speak a little Spanish and probably causing more confusion than anything else as it is coming out a garble of Italian, Spanish and English- but its fun. Costa Rica is very scenic, packed with wildlife everywhere we go, clean, organised and full of friendly people. It is however, a lot more exp...

Los Angeles to Costa Rica Day 3 in Disneyland just seemed to fly. It was much busier unfortunately as warmer weather. Explored some of the parts we hadn't yet seen like Tomorrow Land, Frontier Land and popped back to some of the favourite spots of the other areas we'd done before. Winnie the Pooh ride a favourite for both the big and little kids. Finished the rides with the stunning "Its a small world" which was spectacular. You really felt like you were in anoth...

16-1-13 Los Angeles- California Adventure Park- Sunny 22 C- perfect!We've just had another magical day at Disney- this time in Adventure Land which Adam and I hadn't been to before. Just fantastic. Saw some great musical stage productions - Alladin was full length and brilliant and at the end of the night there was a gorgeous water/lights show. The grounds are incredibly clean with street sweepers everywhere. Some impressive garden displays too with shrubs carved...