All you need to do is put on a straw hat and it's tropical vacation time!
It also seems to be 'cute boy with a straw hat on' time!
We hadn't slept the night before since our flight left JFK at 5 AM and this flight from San Jose to the town of Nosara was at noon:
Apparently, everyone was relaxed enough to snooze on this 12 seater. Not me.
Fortunately for documentation sake, I was hyper awake pulling double duty - gripping Jonah's leg with my sweaty palm and snapping away at these precious photographic and photogenic moments:
My relationship with Jonah thrives because he indulges me like so:
Oh good! 40 minutes later and we see a bikini waxed strip of land!
Note: Planes are prohibited from landing after 4PM as there are no lights on this runway.
There's Rick Walker, owner of the Corky Carroll Surf School where we stayed. Don't be tempted to draw similarities with Humphrey Bogart's Rick character - you'll yield no results.
There's a pig in the picture and there's also something resembling a yam. Can you spot it?
Brandino's close up:
The place was an animal farm and I was in heaven.
Christine Hanaway: You may have purple eyes but you're also a bomb dropper!!
Hot Toddy subsists on nothing but saltwater and pot smoke...it's truly a natural wonder.
Puppy guillotine for when he's bad:
The poor crab was bad:
Pool time! Tried and true tricks!
This one never gets old:
Presenting Annie Maxwell, white geisha.
Liz Slagus: Look! No floaties!!
The underwater handstand had Kenyatta Cheese floored:
Jonah as Superhero Surfer Man!
Jonah as Surfer Dude doing the meanest hang ten/shaka bra ever documented:
Nice hustle!
Bellyflop minus 2 seconds:
Canada Dry should buy this photo off of me (and photoshop out bellyflop evidence):
Perry at the beginning of the trip:
Middle of the trip:
End of the trip:
John Johnson singing his signature song: ~O say can you see? By the dawn's early light...what so proudly we hailed at the twilight's last gleaming~
Pot (one of our surf instructors and owner of Hot Toddy) with paparazzi:
Pot with a groupie:
Pot to John: From one blonde to another, I really think you should consider my hair lightening method - douse your hair in tequila & lemon juice and surf all day long...
Let me tell you why the painting behind me speaks to me...and how much I like Costa Rican beer.
Everbody needs a Bon Jovi T-shirt - there's mine:
Rick is communicating that life is good!
Slash is a regular at the surf school:
Garnish:
Traffic:
I'm envious of their flawless skin & perfectly applied kohl eyeliner:
Bye Costa Rica!
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