This winter wasn't the first time I spent Christmas away from Sweden or even my family, but it was the first time I spent Christmas in warm climate. It was weird but great! Me and Erin went to Montezuma on the Nicoya peninsula for six days. Or, it was supposed to have been six days, and it was for Erin, but thanks to USAir and my difficulties getting down here I only got four, and that was only because we extended it one day. We were joined by Christna, a German girl I met on the ferry over. On Christmas Eve we hiked up to the local waterfall for a refreshing swim. In the evening Erin had made reservations at Ylang-Ylang, a fancy beach resort, where we had a scrumptious buffet dinner. Almost like a smorgasbord! Afterwards we relaxed on the beach by a bonfire, where I danced "Små grodorna" and other select Christmas songs/dances, to Erin's and Christina's delight.
Christmas Day was as beautiful as the previous day and we took a boat tour out to Tortuga Island for some snorkeling and beach time. Simply great, although the reef where we snorkeled was small with limited fish sightings. For dinner, we went out to a fabulous restaurang called Playa de los Artistes, where we dined sitting on pillows on the ground next to the swells of the ocean, with only candles and lanterns lighting our table. Super good food, too!
After that it was back to the relative cold of Monteverde. For New Year's, we had dinner at Sofia's, a latin fusion restaurant that's very good, and then we went out to the two local bars, Bar Amigos and La Taberna. We met some people we knew and it was in general fun times!
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