#CatTravels: A long day in Costa Rica

By Catherine Toth Fox • August 17, 2012 • #CatTravels

It took us 15 hours by plane and another five by car to finally get to Malpais, the southernmost part of the Nicoya Peninsula.

This little town right on the Pacific Ocean started as a fishing and cattle-farming village and now has become a hot bed for surfing and adventure tourism. Just driving here you’ll see vans with surf boards, signs for surf schools and loads of ATVs clogging up the roadways.

It just took us awhile to get here.

Here’s what the first day — long day — of our trip looked like:

Sunset

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It was a long, adventurous day. But we're finally in Costa Rica — and we're going to bed early. Love the sunset over the hotel's infinity pool, but that hard, uncomfortable bed is calling. More tomorrow!

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Catherine Toth Fox

9 Comments

Reply Annoddah Dave August 17, 2012 at 1:30 pm
CAT: I may be wrong but I see only one pix of the plane wing.

Reply Catherine Toth August 17, 2012 at 1:51 pm
Eh? I’ll check…

Reply Catherine Toth August 17, 2012 at 1:52 pm
OK, I fixed it! I had the wrong HTML code. SORRY!
Reply DIO August 17, 2012 at 3:41 pm
Why is Frank Delima holding a sign that says Derek Staira? Is the “S” his middle initial?
Reply kat August 17, 2012 at 3:57 pm
hope the rest of your trip will be smooth 🙂
Reply Annoddah Dave August 17, 2012 at 4:32 pm
CAT: Thanks, neat pix. So, you just dialed 422-2222 and got Frank in Costa Rica?
Reply M August 17, 2012 at 5:07 pm
Hello Cat!

So exciting!
Reply David Jackson August 17, 2012 at 6:41 pm
Cool trip so far, you must be dreading the drive back to the airport though. Love Latin America, So many good times there.
Reply J August 19, 2012 at 7:44 am
Not if Coke Light will be the same, but Navy corpsmen used Coke to help with seasickness.