A Tamarindo Tuesday...

Tuesday morning three of us gals walked down to the Fitness Club. It is such a great set up that Maggie and the French owners have there. A small, but state of the art workout room with showers and lockers. Outside of that is a small yoga studio with three sides of the room simply floor to ceiling windows looking in the lush trees, plants, pool, cabanas and bar between the building and beach. The cabanas and bar are just about as tropical and luxurious as you can imagine.

So we did and little workout before McGruber and Nina met us to complete our group of girls and all do yoga class together.

It was awesome. And only my second yoga class ever! The instructor spoke pretty well. Her accent was thick, but she did the whole class in English. After the hour in there we all headed back to the house to clean up before going to get lunch in town.

The yoga Studio

For lunch we went as a complete unit, including the guys. We stopped in town at an area that is nothing more than maybe 8 little shacks in a cul de sac arrangement. Each one has something to offer from fried chicken to smoothies. We settled on a huge plate of nachos to share, and I ordered up a smoothie as well.

And let’s talk about this smoothie…and all smoothies here for that matter. They are delicious. Seriously the best I’ve ever had, and I drink a lot of smoothies. This particular day I had Manzana, Fresa, y Banana, or Apple, Strawberry and Banana. They are made with leche or agua, I generally choose leche because it comes packaged not out of the faucet. Anyway they are all divine. I’m not sure if it is the freshness of the fruit or what, but you cannot go wrong ordering any type of smoothie in Costa Rica.

Now at one of the stands is a guy named Junior. Not only does Junior run his small stand as a drink bar, but also books excursion trips. We had talked to Junior once before and he showed us a few good packages. He was seriously flirty and promised to make us special drinks if we booked through him. So on this Tuesday we decided it was time to all agree on excursions and book. He offered us two. One was an all day adventure to Buena Vista National Forrest and the other to Palo Verde. Buena Vista was zip lining, horseback riding, hot springs, water tubing, waterfalls, mud baths, and lunch. The other was a boat ride to a National Park and taking pictures with animals like monkeys and crocodiles. The thrill seekers won, and we each paid 100 bucks to confirm our Wednesday adventure. Then we demanded our free drink, and Junior did not disappoint.

Cant get this stupid picture to flip but its Junior none the less...

After deciding on our big day of adventure, which would begin at a very early 6am the next day, we decided to lay low and head to the Beach Club for some R&R by their pool and on their beach front loungers.

We got over there and claimed a Casita cabana just as the afternoon sky started to cloud up. So for the first 15 minutes or so we headed out to the loungers. Just before you get to them though, there is a hammock. I saw McGruber stretched out in one and Doc taking pictures. I heard McGruber shout something about “Come over to the hammocks” so…. I sprinted across the sand and leapt into the hammock backward, slamming McGruber. It was quite hysterical, especially when we realized Doc had documented the tackle so well….

As soon as the storm rolled in however, it was unrelenting. So we bolted for the car and headed back to the Casa Maya….with a dog….a stolen dog.

Tammy, the dog returned. The dog from Dia Dos. The one we let come home with us, and the girls gave her a bath. Well, while at the Beach Club she wandered up, and we just couldn’t leave her in the pouring rain. So she jumped up in the back of our small SUV rental and chilled in our open area during the storm.

When the rain passed we drove back to town for some afternoon shopping. Tammy stayed at the house, very content on her bath towel bed by the front door.

We bought a bunch of T-shirts and jewelry for our friends and family back home, had dinner on the beach at an open air place called Walter’s and came home for an early bedtime.

McGruber and I looking back toward the beach!

And Tammy was ready for an early bedtime too. She stayed the night and we all were up by 530am for our day adventure to Buena Vista on Wednesday! The words for that day long journey are:

Dog Dump
ZipLine
*Mile High Club
*Secreto
Horses
*Sweet Caroline
*Mama doesn’t know how
Waterfall Hike
Steam Room
Mud Bath
Cold Shower
Hot Springs
Lunch
*McG Adjustment
Tam Tam
Mariachi Serenade
You Cannot Take Reyna

xoxo Sara Marie