Saturday, February 27, 2010

Costa Rica





For those of you that were out of the loop... we got married. The wedding took place in Nosara Costa Rica on the perfect beach with the perfect sunset. After which we spent almost two weeks traveling the country. We took, a record for us, over 200 pics, however we did not take any of the wedding since we were the main attraction. If you have some send them to me, till then the link to the wedding album, that was made by the photographer, is at the bottom of the blog.

After long hours in the airport and on the plane we made it to Costa Rica. Upon arriving in the airport we were able to catch a shuttle to the rental car. If you have never been to the Virgin Islands where shuttles are against the law, you may not appreciate the shuttle as much as we did. We requested the cheapest car we could, probably not the best idea in retrospect, which I have had larger Tonka Trucks, and it was a standard transmission. I did not know that any rental companies in the world still rented standard transmissions. We signed some papers and off we were for the five and a half hour drive to Nosara.

After a brief stop for lunch at a road side restaurant we drove for another two hours until we made the last turnoff. The roads till then where pretty good, but the final road was like nothing I had ever tried to navigate. It was full of craters, not potholes, boulders, rocks, and speed bumps the size of most ski jumps. This road took an hour to go about six miles, but we made it. We met Gale at his guest house Lodge Vista Del Mar and enjoyed a much needed nap.

Later that evening we were able to meet up with Kellie's family for dinner. We went to a nice little open restaurant called the Guilded Iguana which was great, my sea bass was fantastic (it was local not Chilean). About five minutes after the waiter took our order the power went out, so reminiscent of our time in the Caribbean. This did not stall the restaurant at all and we finished our meal on the candle light. Wen we got back I still had not heared from my family and was getting concerned. After an hour of trying to call them and no answer, I finally asked Gale for their key so that I could let them into their room when they got there. To which he replied, "Oh they just went out for dinner and to watch some live music." I guess I deserved that for all the nights I stayed out too late while they stayed up worrying.

The next day we went to talk to the lawyer about the wedding. When we got there, after much confusion, we figure out he was the wrong lawyer. We had talked to this lawyer eight months ago, but ended up going with another. This lawyer emailed us the day before, which we thought was the other one we had already sent money to. We got this sorted out, but the other law firm had left for the day, leaving us with some real concern. After a wonderful sunset and dinner with both our families at La Luna, a restaurant on the beach, we returned to our hotel. After assuring Kellie that I would sort out the lawyers in the morning, we tucked in for a restless night.
http://kellie.micelebracion.com