Posted by: Becca
We went to Dominical, Costa Rica for seven days. It is a fishing village on the Pacific Ocean with beautiful beaches and consistent surf. We stayed at Costa Parisio. This was the view from the driveway.

The room we wanted wasn’t available for the first two nights of our stay, so we stayed in the Pelican room initially.


It was nice, but when you sat on the porch, you looked out over the parking lot. So, we moved to the Toucan Nest.

The view from the porch was much better, it looked out over the ocean.




We were not alone in the Toucan Nest. This guy lived on our roof.

We would sit on the porch in the morning and watch ‘tv’. The only show playing was Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. We saw plenty of butterflies, lizards,

flowers,


and birds.

There was even a toucan at the Toucan Nest.

We did not see these guys from our porch. Phew.

We spent every day at the beach. The air and water temperature were about the same, 85 F.





We saw a lot of fantastic sunsets.





Now the food pictures. A typical breakfast in Costa Rica is called gallo pinto (spotted rooster). It is beans and rice with eggs, and it is delicious.

A typical dinner is called a casado. The literal translation is married. In general, it is meat, beans, rice, and a salad. Here is a casado de pollo.

These dishes are what we ate most days. Our hotel had a restaurant that we went to twice - it had ‘fancy’ variations of the typical dishes and cool plates that used lots of local produce and fish. One night we had coffee & chipotle seared blackened mahi mahi, garlic mashed potatoes, green beans, mango salsa, guacamole & yoghurt coriander sauce

and local caught red snapper with dijon almond crust, garlic & herb baby potatoes with watermelon feta salad.

The second night we had a pina colada,

coconut curry chicken with mango and pineapple,

pizza with pulled pork and plantains,

and chocolate AVOCADO pie and coconut cheesecake.