Banana Azul

Sean & I just got back from our spring break trip to Costa Rica! We went to Puerto Viejo, and stayed in a beautiful hotel called Banana Azul. Before I left, I was telling my mom about the hotel, and the Canadian guy Colin who runs it. She said, "Oh, is Colin your friend or Sean's friend?" And I said, "Neither. I just read his blog."

Wouldn't that be funny if we could speak hyperlink? Anyway, the hotel was just as amazing as I'd dreamed!! It's funny how having high expectations can be really good or really bad. Sometimes when I go surfing and have a hard day where I don't catch any waves (or ding my board! wahh!) I get pretty disappointed because I was expecting some really high amount of fun. But for Costa Rica, my expectations worked for me instead of against... I had been dreaming about the place ever since I started reading Colin's blog last summer, and it was honestly better than I'd imagined. I think for me, if I want to love something, I'll love it!


Here's me arriving at the hotel after about 24 hours of traveling! (Seattle -> Houston, Houston -> San Jose airport, bus to San Jose, taxi to another bus station, bus to Puerto Viejo). Later on in our trip, I realized that I didn't give enough appreciation to how luxurious our bathroom was. I didn't get a picture of it but there's a great one here.



Here's Sean at the entrance to the hotel the next morning. We spent most of our time in Puerto Viejo riding bikes into town, checking out different surf spots, and eating. The food was good although it's mostly ex-pat-owned restaurants (i.e. bsaically American food). Apparently Costa Rica food consists of very plain rice and beans. My favorite delicacy was a homemade chocolate truffle that had chili powder in it, which I got at Echo Books .