Costa Rica, Part 2

These are random pictures from around the resort.  

This was the beach that the resort was on.  It reminded me of the Oregon Coast.  The sand was grey.  A major difference was the temp of the water.  It was quite warm and a person could bob in it for hours! The hills around the resort were dried out and reminded me of Phoenix.  This is their dry season, so everything was needing some water!  Supposedly these hills are lush green in the winter?!  Would love to see that some day.

Pretty trees that were in bloom.

This was a must, about a hundred times a day!  

Monkeys swinging to and fro from some trees by the resort.

Sunset on the hill.  

Going for one last swim before we call it a day.

Sitting in the pool area after sundown.  It was nice and quiet then.

The only pictures I got of a sunset.  We couldn't watch the sunset from our hotel, we were facing North.  The colorful sky is about all we could see.

Ordering us some iced coffees.

Enjoying them out on a balcony.  

So yummy!

Early morning walk around the resort.  Best time of day there, if you wanted some peace and quiet.

This was one of the calmest days there.  The ocean was like a lake.

Love early morning light!

Tide was way out, so we walked over to the next beach over.

This beach was totally different then the one we were at.  The sand was light colored and mostly made up of broken up seashells.  

There was quite a few cactus around the resort.  For some reason this surprised me.

Close up of the texture of the sand.

Self timer.

Turtle marks.  Supposedly turtles come out on full moon nights to lay their eggs?  That's what we heard anyway.  There was tracks all over the sand, but no turtles. 

Looking straight on at the resort.

Checking out the view.

What a poser. :-)

The people who cleaned our room, made these weird shaped things out of towels.

The room decor was quite interesting.  Purple and hot pink was the color scheme.

We did some  souvenir  shopping on the beach.