Before we left Texas, we contacted a little family located in the province of Guanacaste, (Northern Costa Rica, Pacific Side) that rents out little cabinas on their property. We decided that we were going to make there our home. Playa Lagartillo, specifically. It's located on the Nicoya Peninsula about 30 km south of Tamarindo (Gringolandia).
We have not and are not renting a car while we are here. It's solely walking, taxis, or public transportation (bus). Mostly because it costs out the wazoo to rent a car, have it fully covered, and baby seats etc. Plus it's kind of hard to navigate around CR since there aren't very many clear signs, so we figure we would just leave it to the pros. And it's actually really nice. I told Frank yesterday, that while I was walking to the store to get some bread for dinner, I was thinking that being able to drive to the store when we get back to the U.S. will be very different! Maybe we'll walk! ;-)
From Alajuela to Playa Lagartillo was about a 4+ hour taxi ride. It was pretty arduous. Super hot, no AC, and poor road conditions led to a rough ride. Water was definitely needed, and I think Sofie was in her first stages of the chickepox, too. Both the kids were troopers though. I remember about 10 mins. before we got to our destination, praying for rain! I said, "Please Lord, just bring the rain so us and our babies can be cool."
We arrived, got out, and while Frank was discussing with our taxi driver who wanted more money than what he originally told us, (which wasn't happenin'!)
IT STARTED RAINING!!!
A NICE, WARM DOWN POUR.
With the canopy above us, it was enough to cool us down and experience the most remarkable feeling after being in a steaming hot taxi for hours.
We walked about a quarter of a mile into the jungle to get to Casa Maicol.
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