Days 68 to 74? Miguel Surf Camp

We booked 7 nights at Miguel surf camp, because after all the travelling we needed a vacation from our vacation 😅 The place is run by Miguel and his wife Pilar, who have a 10 year old son matthias (Matti). There are three volunteers from france (Matthias, Selena, and Olive), who help out in exchange for free sleepingplaces and use of the surfboards.
Most days here are all the same. Waking up early, walking to the shop (if you don't do it early, you have to go in the heat and the only road has no shade), then at 09:00 the heat comes and the sweating starts. Then it is time for the first swim. The best is during high tide, because in low tide the currents are stronger. Then sitting in the shade, relaxing, watching the waves. Then it is time for the next swim. Etc etc. We didn't think we could be so lazy! 😅 the place here is so awesome!
There is nobody at the beach. Really no other people. We are so relaxed here and we can finally let everything go. We always wanted to be able to do this, but never could. After 3 days in one place, we get restless and need to do something. But here it is real vacation vibes!
A few more days of doing the exact same things and we are enjoying it so much!
One day we helped Pilar with decorating the garden, because it was Matti's birthday! He turned 11.
Eike got a nasty blister in between his toes, that opened and hurted a lot, but we wanted to rent a boat from the ferry men, to take us to the mangrove forest next to our camp, to search for crocodiles. So Nina and Joris (a german that arrived on the same day as us at the camp) went into town to get money, and eike would walk to the ferry and wait there for us. Nina and Joris saw six red ara's on the way to and from the bank!
When they got back to the ferry, Eike was there and we got a boat with driver. We slowly went through the mangroves, and it was really nice and beautiful, but since crocodiles are nocturnal, it was the worst time of the day to see them 😅 We didn't see any, but it was a nice boat trip anyway.
In the morning, someone was fishing in the water next to our camp, and he caught a small fish, but also with that small fish, he caught a small crocodile! Oops!
It is also just nice to be here at this beautiful place and watch the small animals and the dogs. There are Leguans hanging around (also in our room), toads, crabs everywhere, kolibris and other birds, small green parrots, and crocodiles in the river next to the camp (but we haven't seen one yet. We did hear one, once in the night!) For sure we keep an eye on the ocean to see some wales or doplhins.
One morning there was a horde of black vultures in our garden and were fighting over a dead chicken. The smell was not that nice😝Eike was happy to get it on his camera.
We were thinking to get some surf lessons from miguel, but he was going on vacation today. Going off grid into the mountains. Pity for us!
We had a nice pancake dinner one night, with us, Joris, the volunteers here, and two girls from austria and germany. It was really nice, with tropical fruits, chocolate and dulce de leche 😊
We decided to book two more nights because we didn't want to leave yet. The vibe is too good here!
We are a bit afraid that everything in costa rica is like the manuel antonio park, because it is high season here now. Nina read some reviews of other parks, and it seems they are all overcrowded, or not accessible without a car.
We booked three nights 80 km up the coast, closer to monteverde and from there we will see what we will do.Læs mere