As our trip comes closer and closer to the end we realized that most of our time during the last 5 months has been spent trekking through the mountains while enduring much colder temperatures than we would have liked, hiking through bug infested jungles, and sitting on buses for weeks. Since we will be heading back to the mountains of Colorado, we decided that the remaining time of our trip was going to be spent at a warm beach with some surfing! So we headed north once again to the tiny surf town of Dominical on the Pacific Ocean. Dominical is known to have some of the most consistent waves in Costa Rica, warm water, and is a great place to learn how to surf on the white wash from the big waves without any crowds. For six days, we surfed in the morning and afternoon and watched the sunset at night while drinking cold beers. We also took a side trip to Hacienda Baru Wildlife Refuge to see more jungle creatures, which was better than we expected because we saw many new animals!
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| Since everyone in Dominical spends their days surfing, Bella decided to take a lesson. Here she is heading out with a local instructor. |
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| As expected, wipeouts happen |
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| But it didn't take long to stand up! |
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| Surfing the white wash is easy! |
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| Bella liked it so much, we rented boards everyday to try to catch waves on our own. Can't forget to get those butt cheeks tan! |
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| The first of many small and then medium sized waves for Kris. |
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| Surfing on a tropical beach is pretty nice! Especially when we were usually the only people out surfing! |
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| Classic poser shot |
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| Hiking in the wildlife refuge, we came across this really cool toucan. |
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| Well hello there, peccary |
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| We spotted a couple sloths hanging completely motionless from the tree branches. They are SO difficult to find! |
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| Typical view while drinking our evening beers |
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