Nickels for Traveling: Adventuras durante Vacciones

This past week was the first week of a two week vacation for the whole country. Since this is their winter, this is a mid-year break if you will. That means we get to do all kinds of things...its more of a vacation for us. On Monday to celebrate the fourth of July we went to Manuel Antonio beach on the Pacific coast. It was beautiful and just what we needed. In the patriotic spirit, we all ordered hamburgers for lunch. We even caught a glimpse of some fireworks over a touristy town on our drive home.

Sunshine!

Leigh Anne with Nadia and Jordan atop a rock

Fourth of July burgers!

On our way to the beach we tried to be as touristy as possible and stopped at a popular place to look at crocodiles. These were no joke. They were HUGE.

Continuing to be as touristy as I could, I wore my new Pura Vida tank top to the restaurant after we left the beach. When Leigh Anne and I were in Heredia last weekend I could resist something that had "blonde haired blue eyed tourist" all over it...as if I needed any help. I think I succeeded.

The emphasis is suppose to be on the sunset in the backdrop but I was in need of a new profile picture so I made the most of the opportunity. We stopped at a restaurant called El Avion on the way home named for the large fighter plane the restaurant is built around. As a small new NGO, ADE couldn't afford the whole meal so we stuck with coffee, batidos, and dessert. Keeping with the fourth, we ordered apple pie. We saw a sloth, moving nonetheless, and many toucans in addition to the gorgeous view over Manuel Antonio as the sunset changed colors from blue to orange to purple (progression of sunset shown below).