Costa Rica Day 1 Recap

Once we landed in San Jose we went through immigration, claimed our bags (Yeah, everyones bags made it!) and found our vans outside of the airport. We split up into two vans and were quickly taken to a restaurant. Though it looked mild at best the food was really tasty and everyone was excited to eat. From there we headed to Playa Hermosa. We made two more stops at the kids suggestion: 1) at the supermarket 2) to see the crocodiles off of a bridge. We arrived out our hotel and checked into our rooms. The kids were eager to get to the beach, so we headed down to the beautiful black sand beaches. The girls worked on their tan and walked along the beach while the boys went straight for the water. Since Mike and Chad brought their surfboards they hit the waves. The beach behind our hotel is pretty advanced, so we will be heading to the beach in Jaco for our lessons tomorrow. After the sunset we headed back to our rooms to clean up before dinner and have a quick meeting. The restaurant where we will be fed our three meals a day is a short walk from the hotel and our menu was pretty extensive. The food was really good and a couple of the girls were raving about the french fries. On the walk back to the room we stopped at a tiny store to pick up water and snacks for our room. We regrouped and gave them agenda for the week and everyone retired to their rooms. Tomorrow a few people have ambitious plans to run on the beach early in the morning. We will be picked up for our surf lessons at 11:30am and later in the afternoon we plan to go into Jaco (about 5 miles up the road).

The kids all say hello!!