Dominical

Written whilst sitting on the double bed i have been enjoying in puerto viejo. last morning here.

Made it to Dominical in time to set up in our new room and catch an evening session - which was located right across the track and through some trees. Amazing spot even more beautiful than Mal Pais. Surf was OK but crowded, and I switched tot he 6.0 fish to quiet my travelling companions. Got a couple but then heard Ryan call my name - when I looked about 8 people were paddling for shore, with no waves behind them. Which could only mean one thing. It was past sunset anyways, so we all went in - didnt see no fins myself. Totally amazing view like mal pais but greener, lusher.

Next day we drove 10 minutes down the coast and found playa hermosa (not the on in jaco) empty. We body surfed it for a while then broke out the boards was OK. Kept seeing big rays int he sea - Sweden called them Eagle rays or bat rays. i saw one right in front of me.

We spent the days like tamarindo, early surf until the tide kills it, then evening surf as it comes back up. Surfed Hermosa a second time after we went and checkout out some sea caves that you can apparently body surf through - tide was too high wheen we got there, but the spot was a amazing. Hermosa the second time had a surf scool out - too many people ruining the rides of the occasional wave. We headed back into town and I grabbed the longboard - ended up getting more waves than anyone that evening. As the swell had dropped i decided to stick with it for the remaining sessions. Last morning Ryan went in fisrt said he saw a fin right in front of him so he came out straight away. For some reason I felt like surfing anyways so I paddled out and got a few, got covered over quite nicely on the inside but not too much else. It was the last session here.

Spoke to a guy named Daniel - a surfer who worked at out apartment - said he's never seen a shark here, more than liekly what we saw was some kind of ray. good. Crocs were a different story though - said one mangled his friends leg at Hermosa. ahem. oh and plenty of tigers (sharks) on the east coast apparently.

Dominical was good, really nice little hippy village, not even a town really. Slooow internet - barely useable. Ate pretty well here breakfast in the tortilla flats(heavy pancakes, bottomless coffee) - so busy. dinner in the thai restaurant(not great) or the tropical/veggie(excellent) - forget the name, place on the way into town. Eating is a lot cheaper in the small Tico 'Sodas' where you can get more typical food but we did enjoy the restaurants.

We met Ilke and Harry(a couple who stayed in Mal Pais with us), completly by accident, when we decided to check out a yoga studio. Was surprised,we ended up hanging out with them a lot. also bumped into Becky who Ryan had met in Mal Pais too. She's a bit of a Essex party girl, good fun, and even more fun to watch Ryan make an ass of himself chasing her repeatedly. Lucas 'Cuba Libre' Fowler another reggae night conspirator rocked up a day or so before we left - drink in one hand gidelele in the other. By the last night we met a californian called chad who had cycles on a cheap costa rican mountain bike from tamarindo to mal pais. Another guy from England called Andy who seemed a bit of a psycho - but supported Spurs so what you gonna do.

Did eventually do a yoga class - was pretty mellow. It was lead by some dude called Kevin from California. I enjoyed it. Went with Harry and Ilke.

That pretty much covers Dominical. Was very happy to have made it here after it being recomended during a drunken conversation with a random stranger who offered me a Polo mint on the tube. Only cloud on the horizon as we decided to head for the east coast caribeean town of Puerto Viejo was a certain degree of tension between Sweden and Canada. Philip and Ryan respectively. We are having a few issues with the subtlties of the english swedish ommunications. And Philip calling ryan 'fuckface' apparently for fun whilst we are checking out hasnt helped.LOL m trying to mediate.

anyways hop into the truck and look fowards to a long drive towards Puerto Viejo. We decieded to skip pavones, and unfortunatly the Osa (most species per sq foot on the planet).