What a beautiful day to go check out a popular kite surfing destination in Rewa, Poland. We finally broke down and rented a small mercedes to drive around and see places beyond tri-city. This small fishing town turned few years ago into a perfect kite and windsurfing place. It was a perfect day to play in the water and watch these guys ride the waves.
"You will never be completely at home again, because part of your heart will always be elsewhere. That is the price you pay for the richness of loving and knowing people in more than one place."
Gdynia Orłowo was my home for five years while I went to Fine Arts High School. This place will always feel like home.
Its a different kind of travel when you visit a family living abroad. We wanted our family to first get the feel of our life here, show them the town we live in, our favorite river, community and most importantly introduce them to our friends. Our experience in Costa Rica wouldn't be the same if it wasn't for the people we met here.
In the morning, after leaving Rick's apartments, we went for a short visit to Rancho Delicioso, a permaculture farm and eco community. While they had few options for us to stay overnight, one being an amazing tree house, we decided to head straight for the beach. We have heard so much about Montezuma's laid back vibe and its fantastic beaches that we just couldn't wait to see it for ourselves.
We went to the bakery cafe to grab a bite to eat, we ended up with an amazing breakfast, watched white-throated magpie-jay steal foods from unattended tables and made friends with the waitstaff. The town is so small that I decided to run around and check out various hotels and found the best one for the price and location to be "Luz de Mono." We checked into one of their casitas for 100$ a night. Three things sold us on this hotel, a kitchen inside the casita, a pool with a view of the ocean and the fact that the monkeys were hanging out right in the reception room. This entire hotel is surrounded by the jungle filled with monkeys, coatis and magpie jays.
Since we have returned from Guanacaste trip we have been living in Orotina, a neighboring town to San Mateo where our kids will attend school this year. Living in a town is definitely a game changer for us, there is traffic noise, dogs barking all night, loud motorcycles, neighbors burning leaves but there are also few things that make this town a perfect place for us to pause for a moment.
Orotina's location in the Central Valley couldn't be any better, it's 45 minutes to san jose and 30 minutes to our favorite beach Punta Leona. It allows us to live in the moment and if we feel like going to the beach and seeing sunset we jump on 27 and within 40 minutes we are in Jaco watching the waves and drinking margaritas. We weren't able to do this in El Cajon, Grecia, the mountain roads are not well lit at night and its just too far.
