• Dominical Day 2

    February 7 in Costa Rica ⋅ ⛅ 28 °C

    A relatively early start for Derry and Dan today as they headed to the Beach to have a surfing lesson with Dominical surf school. We were greeted by Maria the receptionist in the shop who served us with coffees while we waited for our Italian Surfing instructor Frederico to get his things together.
    We headed down to the beach and after a brief lesson on the sand of the basics we headed out on the water with our 10ft boards. As annoyingly expected Derry stood up and surfed in his first wave whereas Dan was up on his second. We frolicked around in the water for a couple of hours with Frederico giving us tips and tricks to improve the whole time. By the end of the lesson both of us had improved massively with Derry even learning to turn the board.
    After the lesson we met the girls and headed for lunch in Moromo Cafe.
    We then spent a couple of hours chilling by the pool before splitting for some early evening activities.
    Freya and Derry headed to a Beer festival at Fuego brewery with several local brewers showcasing their beer or alcoholic Kombucha. There were a couple of live bands and a few food vendors.
    Dan and Melissa went to watch the sunset on the beach with a few beers and then heard a Nivarna tribute act playing in a bar called tortilla flats on the beach so went to watch. Several Beers later Derry and Freya joined them and we all ended up quite merry. We tried some of the food in the bar but had some awful soggy nachos and foot long, thick rubbery calamari washed down with a hideous chilli guardo shot (like a spicy condensed Bloody Mary) so went and got some pizza and falafel before heading off to bed.
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