Playa Dominical

Alright, so this is a wee bit late. I'm gonna tell you though, it's been preeeetty busy down here in paradise. Two weekends ago, my program went on a trip to a beautiful beach on the southern Pacific coast called Dominical. Now, many of you have probably never hear of this place because it is absolutely tiny; in the best way possible. Just as with the last trip, I will post a video of stolen pictures below :).

The trip started off as any other trip as we loaded onto the bus and headed on our way bright and early in the morning. We had a packed Friday that involved traveling to Dominical with a stop at Marino Ballena National Park. This national park was beautiful. It is a massive beach that leads to a natural formation of lava rocks that looks like a whale's tail. And, ironically, this is also a location of where humpback whales come to mate. It was a gorgeous view and coastline that is not far from a beach where they shot some of the movie Apacalypto. After a brilliant walk and a hint of rain, our tour guides found us some coconuts so that we could sample the fresh stuff that we never get on the main land.

Our resort was pretty darn cool as well. When we got there, it was raining, but we never let that stop us. We immediately headed to the pool to hang out before our dinner time. The group really has gotten into a good habit of always  meeting up poolside whenever we are at these resorts, and in true form we were almost all there. The water was nice, and as we headed back to our cabanas, we were all realizing that we were living the life here in Costa Rica. Pura vida.

The next day was spent on the beach. All. Day. Long. The day was spent talking with friends and making new ones. We played plenty of soccer on land as well as body surfed on some fantastic waves. As I had mentioned we made some new friends; ticos to be precise  They (the lifeguards) invited us back to the beach that night for a bonfire and a chance to just chill out on the beach. You really don't get too many chances like that, so we jumped on it. Truly a great end to the day.

Now, I realize that I haven't said much about the weekend, but there really wasn't much to it. Dominical was just one of those places where you could forget everything and just have a good time. That's really what everyone there was doing. When in Rome, I guess....err...Costa Rica.