First 6 days in Coco, Costa Rica

So our first 6 days here in Costa Rica are over and wow did time pass quickly this time!
One great thing about these first 6 days is that I AM BACK TO RUNNING!!! Very excited thank you very much! Granted - I did run Wednesday morning too - at 7 am on top of it - but my SportWatch did NOT UPLOAD the run to Nike + running for some reason... The three runs you see here are all from the BeachClub associated with the apartmentbuilding we are staying in - there is a gym there - yay! Theodore even worked out with me today - doing the elliptical for 30 minutes followed by lots of strength training!

 

For the most part, however, we do NOT work out - we are lounging by the pool having pina coladas, beer, soft drinks and water! 

 

We are finally here - in Coco, Costa Rica

Today, we drove for about 5 hours from Uvita to Coco - and it was a smooth drive! We were awoken this morning by a HOWLING MONKEY - though we did not know that - we thought it was the death screams of a donkey! It sounded HORRIBLE and grotesque!

We got up and just drove up north, however (after giving the key to the owner) and were here right around 1 pm after a quick stop at Burger King in Liberia!


We found the apartment complex fairly easily and we LOVED LOVED LOVED it - first off - it has air conditioning!!! It also has two great bedrooms, two baths, great living room, and exit right out to a fantastic pool area!

After swimming and hanging out (and writing a million blog posts), we went out to dinner at Coconutz - a sports bar. This town is SO DIFFERENT from Uvita - it is a tourist town deluxe! It is crazy - it is like every stereotype come together (less the drunk Norwegians)!

However, we are spending too much on food here - since it is so expensive - so we went to the grocery store (which was AMAZING and BEAUTIFUL as compared to Uvita grocery stores) and bought groceries for 200 dollars - hoping to eat home for a couple (or three) days!