Costa Rica Travelog | You Don’t Know Zip
- At June 02, 2013
- By Jay
- In Action & Sports, Travel
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I think it’s pretty common for people to think of lush tree canopies when Costa Rica is mentioned. And where there are tall trees, there’s an opportunity to zip line like a bat out of hell straight through ’em.
So we find ourselves at such a location during our trip (pre-planned as this was one of the available excursions). I have done this before in Quebec although that had more of an obstacle course feel to it. This version was just about getting from A to B as fast as possible, through tunneled out sections of the canopy.
Read More»Costa Rica Travelog | Sand & Surf
- At May 31, 2013
- By Jay
- In Landscape, Travel
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Didn’t take long to blow my plan for the daily CR travelog to close off the trip but, as expected, Life got in the way.
Our time in Costa Rica started, frankly, on an abysmal note. Horrible travel and a 22 hour day before getting to our hotel in the dark. Hit the sack with extreme prejudice as completely tired having only about 2 hours sleep the night prior thanks to a completely borked flight plan.
But waking up to see our proximity to the beach and shores of Playa Tamarindo served to wipe all that from our collective memories. The beach was huge, deep and beautiful.
Read More»Lemons to Lemonade
- At May 30, 2013
- By Jay
- In Architecture, Black & White, Travel, Urban & Street
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So I check into a little boutique hotel. Little room. Little space between the adjacent building.
Hence this view:
Costa Rica Travelog | Ticos
- At May 27, 2013
- By Jay
- In People, Travel
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Round Two for the week. Wanted to share some images of the good folks of Costa Rica, also known as Ticos. They were a warm bunch, open, and revelled in their philosophy of Pura Vida or “pure life”. Enjoy what you can when you can.
The town of Tamarindo where we started our trip (actually, we were just a short walk from town at the very cool Hotel Capitan Suizo) is a funky surfing village. Rustic and rambling, lots of fun. Cool shops and bars and restaurants. Like anywhere, there are people putting in a hard day’s work or just going about their business.
Read More»Costa Rica Travelog | Color Me Late
- At May 26, 2013
- By Jay
- In Color, Contemplative, Travel
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Finally finished the &$%# photobooks from our Costa Rica trip. Good news: faster than previous books by orders of magnitude. Bad news: they still took a freaking long time. First the “family” version complete with multiple iterations of The Wife and friends posing to show off their choice of evening wear. Second, my version. All arty and shit. Still waiting for that one to arrive (via Blurb). It not only marks the first such style of book that I’ve done for myself, but also my first foray into bookmaking with Adobe Lightroom (which acts as a front end into Blurb). Up until now I’ve used Apple with good success, but working via Lightroom and Blurb offers other advantages that I’ll be using more (hopefully) going forward. Perhaps even need to pen a tips section.
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