Last Sunday, Brad, Ash, Laura and myself rented a truck for the day and headed over to Avellanas. It is about 5km down the beach but takes about 45 minutes to get there. It is a very different place than Tamarindo and more along the lines of what Laura and I are expecting to go to on our next destination. There are a couple of cabinas, one restaurant on the beach, Lola's. They have gotten a new pig to replace Lola who passed away a year ago. The restaurant has an awesome, relaxing layout. Nice wood chairs, under the palm trees looking out to the ocean. The food is great I would recommend everything on the menu, but the fish n' chips stick out in my mind always. The surf is more exposed to swell which means it receives bigger waves. I took my fish and had a blast, so much so that I snapped my leash. Nice rights and lefts that would wedge up on the inside making for fast waves. Myself satisfied we arrived back around 6. Laura made fish tacos which have since been made again because they are unbelievably, mind blowing, fantastic.
Brad and Ash left Monday morning and Laura and I having the car until noon, took off to check out Playa Negra and Avellanas at 5:30 in the morning. It was super low tide and too many people at Playa Negra, which is a more advanced wave and gets really shallow over the rocks at low tide. I passed on going out but will most likely visit in the next week. We ended up at Avellanas nice and early I put in an hour of surf and we were back in town around 11am. 
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday was spent doing the usual. Laura and I surfed Casitas and we scored some amazing waves. Beautiful light offshore and rolling chest high A frame waves. Laura has been killing it and so have I. Both boards are making there way out into the water and I am loving the different feeling between the two. The last two mornings I have gone out to Langosta for solo sessions. Great waves and empty. Second barrel of the trip was had and fast waves were ridden.
Kate, Vanessa and Andy have arrived over the last two days to add to the madness in town. Luckily we were informed that Costa Rica goes dry for Thursday and Friday during Easter so we stocked up because that would be a poor way to start a vacation with no ice cold Imperial. There was an Imperial promotion lady that said if I bought six beers I would get a skull cap and I asked "what if I buy 24?" I ended up getting the most useless backpack ever. These dry days creates a reverse psychology on everyone because when I walked on the beach everybody had an excessive amount of beer and everyone was getting liquored up. So we hung out at our place and ate shrimp tacos. 
Enjoy the Long weekend!
Laura - I thought it was about time to add a little something, something to the blog.
Starting off, the fish tacos that we've been making are truly unreal. I'm going to pass along the recipe. it's worth a go:
Ingredients:
- shrimp or white fish of any kind
- black refried beans
- purple cabbage
- my homemade salsa - cilantro, fresh squeezed lime juice, mango, finely chopped onion, tomato, s&p, bit of hot sauce (Franks could work) and a tiny bit of sugar. Mix well and keep in the fridge to marinate until use
- avocado
- butter
- garlic
- corn or flour tortillas
- plain yogurt (optional)
- hot sauce (optional)
Okay, so it's super straight forward. 1. Make the salsa. 2. Heat up some butter (not too much) and toss in the finely chopped garlic. Once the garlic looks golden, toss in the fish (chopped into 1 inch pieces) or shrimp. Cook till done. 3. While shrimp/fish is cooking, chop up the red cabbage (not too small), s&p them and toss into a pot or frying pan to soften up. 4. Cut up avocado. 5. Lastly, the construction: tortilla, spread on the refried beans and avocado. Now the salsa, followed by cabbage and fish. To finish, add some hot sauce and plain yogurt if you desire. Bon Appetite!!!
What else, well, I vomited in the water while surfing for the first time. That was kind of funny. Sorry to add that following talk about food. Yeah, it was a combination of having cereal with milk and yogurt right before hitting a very windy/wavy day. I was most worried about the fish that might come up to explore the meal-time that i just provided. I made sure to paddle away FAST!
Vanessa thought it was a grand idea for us girls to go for a 7am jog this morning to Langosta. Bad idea. The heat got to Lolls and I. Vans had to leave us in the dust. I felt like a heater was implanted in my head and Lolls almost relived my experience in the water but on land. Not sure if I'll continue with the morning jog. Vaness, I was tres impressed with your efforts!
Happy Easter to you all!!
P.S. someone drink a caesar for me this weekend. I'm drying for one!
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