On the beach

Arrived here - Playa Samara on the Pacific coast of the Nicoya Peninsula - on Tuesday morning, which was a day early for the apartment we had booked. Just proves that I don´t even know what day of the week it is - which many of you have thought for sometime.
Found a very nice B/B for one night - La Mansion run by Marlene McCauley - an American lady from Arizona whose husband Alan is Irish and whose daughter and family perform in a group called Celtic Spring - Irish music and dancing - of course we got to watch the DVD before we left. Probably the best breakfast of the trip, and amusing to watch the long suffering Tica who did all the work for her 'mistress' even down to changing the channels on the TV, while Marlene sat with her feet up. However it was a great place and one to go back to.
Moved on Wednesday to our apartment at the Belvedere Hotel . It's good to have a bit more space after all this time on the road and a reasonable kitchen so that we can cook for ourselves.
Playa Samara is a beautiful beach and great for swimming, kayaking and snorkelling as the bay is protected from the sea by a coral reef. This means that there aren't any surfers here - which is probably good news.
Have decided to stay here until after the weekend when we will move back inland to the volcano at Rincon de la Vieja. We toyed with the idea of going over the border to Granada in Nicaragua for a few days but decided that we are enjoying the beach too much!
Swimming each morning at 0630 when the temperature is already in the high 20's and then laying in a shady spot during the heat of the day. Need to work on the tan before we meet up with Linda´s cousin in Mexico!