Goin’ on a holiday / twistin' by the pool - Mark Knopfler
Charlie writes: Today is another travel day, down 1300 meters elevation through mountain passes, to the Pacific coast, and the resort where Pam and Ray are having their wedding. If you are not familiar with our strange extended family, Pam is our Goddaughter, who is as close to us as a daughter of our own. The resort where she and Ray are getting married is at the complete opposite end of Costa Rica from Cahuita, and in more ways than geography. The resort has hundreds of employees, bringing an income to nearly as many families, and the standard of living in the area seems quite a bit higher than other places we’ve been.
The resort is absolutely beautiful with what appears to be hundreds of small cabins scattered around the slope of a little valley leading down to the ocean. In the center is a complex of restaurants, pools, and activities where pretty much anything you wish to have is included in the price of your room.
We are certainly being spoiled, with several restaurants, pools, the ocean, water toys, music, and many organized activities.
Dianne says: The place is beautiful, with free food, free alcohol, beaches, pools. Did I mention free food? I’m never leaving this place!!!!!
The view from Today’s deck – our cabin at the Hilton.
Charlie writes: (an update Tuesday morning) ... We’ll be here until Thursday. Unfortunately, one of the things that is not free is internet access, so we won’t be blogging every single day. To put it in perspective, a day of internet access here is the same cost as a night’s stay at many hotels in Cahuita. (Dianne has nick-named me "Angus").
But, I woke up to howler monkeys this morning and some birds I didn’t recognize on the deck so I guess we’re not in Kansas, I mean Ontario, anymore.
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