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I kind of just up and disappeared on you for a second there, didn’t I? For absolutely no reason whatsoever I was completely aloof with my plans and jetted off to Costa Rica for a week without telling you. I thought about trying to blog from the jungle but the second I got there I realized how little I wanted to and instead preserved my precious minutes of wifi to instablogging instead.

warrior-1This trip was years in the making, though I can’t take any credit for the planning process. It was a group effort of several super-planners who managed to find a way to transport 17 people from across North America to a remote villa in southwestern Costa Rica. It was an impressive feat.

I was lucky to be invited by C’s family to join in on the fun and help round-out the doctor to non-doctor ratio in the group (8 out of 17 of us are doctors – my hypochondriac dream!).

First I’ll share some deets on the trip and then I’ll proceed to photobomb you with the gorgeousness that was Costa Rica.

All 17 of us flew into San Jose before hopping on a tiny propellor plane to the Osa Peninsula in Southwestern Costa Rica. We were staying at Tres Palmas, a villa about an hour from Puerto Jimenez making it pretty remote from civilization. The villa was absolutely spectacular. 12 of us were in the main house and 5 were in a smaller house down the road. The villa sat far up in the jungle with monkeys and parrots EVERYWHERE and an infinity pool looking over the ocean. There was a (somewhat treacherous) path down to the beach which took about 10 minutes and access to a stunning waterfall not too much further down the path.

All of our meals were cooked by the house’s caretaker and his family and were completely delicious. Lots of rice and beans and Costa Rican specialties. We were totally spoiled. We did venture out for two meals. One was at the Bosque del Cabo Eco Resort where I proceeded to drink my weight in mojitos and the other was at Martina’s Bar where I channeled my inner salsa dancer and ate and danced the night away with the locals.

We all took the chance to try out different activities or spend some much needed time lounging by the pool or on the beach. Some people went on a nature hike, others went fishing and C and I decided we weren’t leaving CR until we went surfing. Mission accomplished.

I took the time to read, soak up the heat (but avoid the sun – no wrinkles for me!), reflect on the amazingness that was 2014 and brainstorm ideas for 2015. It was the perfect way to kick off the New Year.

PlaneOur home for the week.
Home home2coconut beach-gif ME-and-C-on-beach meal-1 lunch monkey waterfall surfing IMG_6667Marvin, our master chef with the catch of the day.
marvin arroz con pollo dressme-and-c-beach yoga
The best crew!
the-crewI have to take a second to thank C’s fam for being incredibly gracious by inviting me to join them on the trip. C and I are both so fortunate to have amazingly supportive and wonderful families. Feeling totally and completely blessed!

Have you ever been to Costa Rica? Do you have any travel plans for 2015?

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Hi! I'm Davida and welcome to my corner of the internet. I'm a wellness blogger, yoga teacher, certified herbalist, and green beauty lover.

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36 Comments

  1. I am so jealous I want to cry. KIDDING! This looks so unbelievably beautiful and I am SO happy for you guys that you were able to spend this time together. By the way you are just simply GORGEOUS. I LOVE that orange dress!!!! Perfect pic!

  2. Okay I’m just going to proceed with printing some of these gorgeous photos and hanging them on my wall…
    But seriously, this is amazing, Davs!!! I’m so happy that you got to spend time with your loved ones in such a fantastic place. The food, the waterfall, the sun. It makes the snow outside my window look ten times less appealing 😉 And now Costa Rica is on my list of places to go!

  3. I LOVE love the photo of you in the orange dress underneath the stunning Costa Rican greenery (what was that, by the way). You should totally make that your profile pic for THM. 🙂

  4. I went to Costa Rica a few years ago for a wedding and it was AWESOME! I’m actually looking for surf yoga retreats to go to this year, if I can financially swing it. 🙂 So glad that you had a wonderful trip…Thanks for sharing!

  5. Looks like a phenomenal trip. Brings Costa Rica even closer to #1 on my list of places I want to visit soon! Was the place where you stayed a private rented house or was it associated with a hotel? I’d love to check it out when I finally plan a trip!

  6. Gorgeous! I’ve never been to Costa Rica, but friends of mine have and they love it there. Totally jealous and wanting a beach vacation now. So glad you were able to get away and relax!

  7. Oh it looks so warm and inviting. I went in 2006 and had a blast. Definitely would visit again. Such beauty! Loved the whole ecotourism thing they’ve got going on so well.

  8. What an awesome trip!! I really want to see an infinity pool one day and love your tree pose on it!! I went to Costa Rica in the summer of 2010 (wow I can’t believe it has been nearly 5 years) with International Student Volunteers. I studied Spanish for a week (since I only knew French) and then spent 2 weeks on my volunteer project patroling the beach for sea turtles along with 12 others, and 2 weeks adventuring around Costa Rica. It was an amazing trip overall and I am so glad I was able to go.