The Story of guy and gal!

Wow another month ............Time is clicking by quickly and our list of boat chores is getting smaller.  We are happy with the work that Santos Marine, here in the Bay is doing for us and we hope to have more down within the next few months.  Check out the other pages on the blog as I updated them today.  The pictures are all up and running and we are looking forward to FEBRUARY which will include some touring of El Salvador.........so stay tuned everyone and have a great Sunday!!

From both us, we would like to wish Sophie a Happy Day today and to Doug, on the 15th I  believe,  who is in Hawaii as we speak celebrating his big 50!!!!!  Trusting that you get all the best of wishes to come true this year  2012!!!!

Oh,my how good it is!!!!   To sleep in ones own bed!  The Captain and I had a great sleep and a fantastic day just being lazy aboard our beloved floating home.  Spent the afternoon by the pool and started the next layer of our tans.  Saw two vessels leave the bay and one arrive:  Toulofa with Ronnie and Captain Cactus left for Panama as did La Palmora...........with a family of three arriving from the USof A.........on S/V Avalanche.  Listen to the Amigo SSB net tonight and heard that a few more vessels are making their way down...........we figure we have another month of enjoying the pool to our selves> LOL Life is good!  Updated the photos again so please enjoy the latest.  Talk to you soon on Skype.  When the computer is on so is Skype so would love to chat.  Love ya and have a great Day of Rest tomorrow. The Captain and me aboard the White Shell II

The Tica Bus ride from San Jose, Costa Rica to San Salvador City, El Salvador brought us back to the little hotel  Maison de Marie in Colon Bonioto.  We  have just finished a nice hot cup of coffee, not as good as Costa Rican coffee but nonetheless a welcome.........traditional breakie and The Captain is looking for a cabbie to take us around town for the rest of the day to do our chores.  Re provisioning will be easier by cab and the ride home to Bahia del Sol more comfortable then on the chicken bus. The adventure continues and we will refurbish our Internet  CLARIO  account to keep in touch with you all!!!!  Take care and have a great weekend, ours will be special back aboard The White Shell II.   Struck but happy to be back,  Luisa y Claes

with  the wind in our faces and the sand between our toes the Playa at Punteranas offers us the waves of the Nicoya Peninsula and  beckons us.  The date on the calendar reminds us that our stay in Costa Rica is coming to a gentle close.  Geraldo and Xinia invited us to a fantastic restaurant tonight,  El Rodeo in Allujela, just a few miles from home.  The food was oh so tasty...........carne which is meat....yes, incredible beef cooked to perfect and the service was impeccable.  What a lovely way to say thank you.........they continue to thank us for our time with Gerald in Canada.  It is also Xinia birthday on Wednesday so we had two reasons to celebrate. Good nite!!!! 

Found this post that had not been published -so thought before  we left I would post it for yo all to -ENJOY! After fifteen  hours travelling from San Salvador City through El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua we crossed the boarder into Costa Rica to familiar country.  The Tica Bus provided us with reasonable comfort, three meals and ease of entering and exciting four Central American Countries.  It did not take long before we made Friends with our fellow bus riders.  It is amazing even with our limited Spanish how easy it was to begin conversations.  The  little farms- fincas and villages filled with the usual tiendas- stores and centros that include a church and a parque-park --filled the window as  the bus made its way across the countries.  Their is beauty in that view if one looks closely; the spots of color amongst the old and broken, the early blossoms amongst the palms and regional vegetation.  Each region offering its own ...

It was an honor to be invited to stay at Nidea and Daniellos lovely large home on the main playa. It  was exceptional.  He is the primo, cousin of Xinias and an incredible couple they make.  We drove to the beach with him and were captivated by his story.......of living in Mississippi for over 20 years and returning to Costa Rica in 2005.  His is very busy with  a Finca in Monteverdi which includes champion horses a large coffee plantation and many other projects throughout the country.  Nidea hosts a B&B, the one we stayed at when we were there in December.  Together they have the beach house and two adult sons.  The weather was very warm, actually hot but the nice ocean breeze made it perfect.  Both Claes and I so enjoyed the smell and feel and taste and vision of the ocean and realized that we have missed it so.  Of course our hosts were incredible and we had a super super time.  Gracias!!!  We tasted an...