



On Wednesday of last week we found out that our Visa’s were expired for
Friday morning we explored the town and found a hostel to move into! It was cheaper to stay there for two nights than the hotel for one, so we moved into two small rooms at the hostel. It was quiet an adventure – Tristan and I shared a single bed in the room of the boys (it was hot and smelly in my opinion J). But it was an adventure and nice to save the money to do more exciting things. After that, we went Canopying through the woods – which is a string of ziplines about 60 feet in the air. It was a blast! Some of them were really fast, some were slow so we went upside on them. It was a set of 10 ziplines that took over an hour. It was very cool – now we want to do some over canyons and see monkey’s or something. We rented a scooter (Dan, you would’ve loved!) and drove that around town – we looked like complete dorks! Friday night we all went body surfing in the full moon watching the fireworks in the distance… wow!
Saturday morning we went with Sarah and Vanessa (who also had rented a scooter) and left the town to find a beach to go snorkeling. After a 30 minute ride through the country, and having to wait for the cows to cross the road, we arrived at a beautiful and quiet beach. We then walked another 30 minutes to a black sand beach (wow!) where we tried out the snorkeling. Unfortunately we didn’t see much and the waves were crazy so we ditched that idea and just enjoyed the sun. But we did get to see some pretty angel fish. I also collected some really cool shells and coral to give to my kids for the ocean unit in science that I’m starting. Saturday night we went to a local restaurant and ate their ‘typical plate’… once again … Wow! It was amazing. It was funny because the whole time all of us were talking about how good the Honduran typical plate sounded.
Sunday we left Tamarindo at 5am and arrived back in
We really enjoyed Tamarindo but next time we go we’re going to leave the tourist area and find something more ‘normal.’ We found out that Tamarindo was 80% foreigners living there.
So, that was our Thanksgiving break and we are now legal again for another 90 days. Hope that you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We thought about you all and wished you were in
5 comments:
wow, sounds like an uneventful, rough thanksgiving... JK! sounds like an amazingly FUN day you guys had! thanks for sharing the details, good to know a "tip" goes a long way. love the pictures, too.
i had no idea your visas were on such a short term basis, what's the deal w/that?!
i miss you both tremendously. hope we can talk soon! :)
love you!!!
Wow, you guys had quite the adventure! Your pics are simply amazing! Was there much of a difference in temperature?
So why don't they allow you to get a year-long visa? I guess we're lucky in that we were able to do the one year visa. Sorry about the hassle. Where will you go for your next visa run? :) At least it promises to be another fun chapter in your book!
The Visa thing snuck up on us because last year they were able to get year long visa's for the teachers. I guess something changed between this year and last year. So, every 90 days we have to leave the country for a day. I don't know where we will go for the next trip... maybe southern Mexico. It's the closest unless we go back down to Costa Rica or unless we fly somewhere. -Beth
I am glad to hear everything went well! I know Mom was worried about you. You guys inspire me! Love you!
I am so glad that you get to do so many different things while you are gone. What a blessing to see new countries and new experiences. I am proud of you for seeing and doing it all. I love seeing the pictures. Keep blogging. We are watching.
Love, Mom
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