Jaco Beach

On Saturday Layne and I decided to go to the beach.  We left the house at 5:30 and caught the 6:30 bus from San Jose to Jaco.  The fare was about $5 per person one way, so it cost us $20 for the both of us to go to the beach.  Very cheap (except for the food once we got there...next time we'll take a picnic).  It's only about 1 and a half hours to the beach, so we were there by 8 a.m.  The sand is volcanic black sand (Layne and I decided we like the white sand beaches in Florida better), but the water was so refreshing and clean (a few crabs and pebbles, but no jellyfish, seaweed, or trash at all).  It was a beautiful scene....  We just relaxed all day and played a little.  It wasn't long before Layne made a friend and started kicking a ball back and forth.  The friend didn't speak any English, but they made it work.  I'm so mad at myself because I took a video of them playing, but I accidentally deleted it...I know I'll never get that moment back, but at least I took a still shot, too.

 

We also rented a boogie board and took turns riding it....

 

We were going to take surfing lessons, but decided to wait until Luke gets here to do that together.

 

Here are links to two videos of Layne riding waves on the boogie board....

 

Layne on boogie board 1..... http://youtu.be/NvHe222zuXM

Layne on boogie board 2..... http://youtu.be/sSxOvGdI6ZQ

 

(Just thinking....I wonder why it's called a "boogie board")

 

I took this picture of a really rocky area off to the side.....When I took the pic, I knew Layne would want to go explore over there.....

 

 

So, wouldn't you know it....just a short time later....here we are....

 

 

And, of course, just standing on the rocks wasn't enough....here's video of Layne being Layne....

 

Layne exploring - Video 1....  http://youtu.be/NGDVRpj4HEs

Layne exploring - Video 2....  http://youtu.be/Kf2zzfuQRuo

Layne exploring - Video 3.... http://youtu.be/UEpRZsjTy1w

 

He wanted to get a still shot of him acting like The Little Mermaid on a rock....so, that's what we were trying for....His comment is, "The resemblance is uncanny, don't you think?"

 

 

What a great day it was!  We'll definitely be going back to Jaco Beach!