My Birthday. Sailing and Sushi

Happy Birthday to me! This morning I slept in as much as I could…I think till about 8:30 am. Then laid in the hammock on our patio slowly swinging back and forth reading a new book until Ryan woke up a little later. We had coffee and a sweet juicy mango for breakfast. After taking our time getting ready we headed into town to book a sailing and snorkeling tour. Tamarindo being such a “Americanized tourist destination” there are tons of tour operators in town offering the same thing. So we came to the first one with a price in mind and booked a… 5 hour tour….haha.

Me on the Catamaran

Ryan on the Catamaran

The tour was a typical catamaran boat which sailed for an hour then stopped for snorkeling and kayaking for an hour then returned back to Tamarindo. It included a good finger food snack lunch and most importantly a free open bar the whole time. Needless to say we had a great time. Not only because of the free booze but we also met a really cool older couple whom we talked to the entire time. It was their 5th year in a row coming to Costa Rica and they had just spent 3 days in Nicaragua on this trip so we had a lot to talk about. They were very interested in learning more about Granada, Nicaragua because next year they are thinking about changing their vacation routine to Nicaragua instead.

It was pretty windy today and the tides were strong so unfortunately the snorkeling wasn’t that great. The water was not very clear but we did see some fish in the rocks. Anyways I was really looking forward to the sailing part so I was still happy. We started back to Tamarindo just before sunset so that we would be in the middle of the ocean when it declined. The captain turned off the motor to the boat so we could sit still and watch the brilliant sunset. It was beautiful!!!

Sunset Sailing

After showering up and relaxing a bit we went to SUSHI dinner. The place we found had a great atmosphere (well like an American trendy nightclub / restaurant but still good), reasonable prices, hot Sake, Kirin beer, and oh so scrumptious sushi!! A perfect ending to a great Birthday day.

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ryan & debbrial on January 23, 2010 from Brasilito, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Us Discovering the Latin Americas

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Happy Birthday, what better way to celebrate another year of experiences! :)

written by Leah King on January 25, 2010

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