Category: Parts Unknown

  • Playa Panamá

    Playa Panamá

    Well the last two days might be my favourite days yet. I convinced everyone to leave the villa before 10 yesterday morning and we headed to another new beach, Playa Panamá. It’s the next beach to the north of us, so less than a 10 minute drive. This beach so…

  • Playa Conchal

    We went on our first day trip today. We decided to check out Playa Conchal – it’s a beach where instead of sand there are just ground up shells instead. It’s near the top of a lot of “must see beaches of Costa Rica” lists and so we figured we…

  • Wildlife

    They say there’s wildlife everywhere in Costa Rica – that it has one of the most dense wildlife populations in the world. I can’t say we have seen abundance of animals but I can say the ones that we have seen have scared the sh*t out of me. Today on…

  • Bumming around

    Bumming around

    We decided to mix things up today and head to the big pool for the morning. Wild, I know. There’s been a lot of pool time this week. I can’t say I’m thrilled about it – pools are not my favourite – but the kids love it. So 🤷‍♀️. Charlie…

  • Pools and Pizza

    Pools and Pizza

    We focused on soaking up as much sunshine and time in the water as possible today. We packed everyone up this morning and headed down the hill to the beach. Everyone quickly found their beach groove. Charlie jumped in the waves and chased a ball up and down the beach.…

  • Hey baby, let’s go to the beach.

    Hey baby, let’s go to the beach.

    We packed up and left San Jose “early” this morning and headed for the pacific coast. We are staying in Playa Hermosa which is about a three and a half hour drive from the capital. The kids did incredibly well in the car today. Nora had a great nap, Madeline…

  • Last day in San Jose

    Today was our last day in San Jose. The car is packed up and we are ready to head to the pacific coast tomorrow. Bring on the beach! We visited the Herpetological Refuge this morning. It’s a rehabilitation park for crocodiles, a sloth, some monkeys and a pile of macaws.…

  • The wrong ice cream

    Day one down. We relaxed this morning at our guesthouse. The kids played around for a few hours this morning with the toys they brought with them and we had a slow start to the day. The place we are staying is a guesthouse/horse farm/yoga studio on the side of…