Bettycakes
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My husband and I are planning our first trip to Costa Rica and have the opportunity to trade for a week at Hotel Parador in Punta Quepos. He likes to surf and I like to hang out on the beach or pool, bodysurf, shop, eat, etc. I'd like to take some yoga classes if they're available. We are willing to rent a vehicle if need be, and will want to do some light hiking into the park and surrounding areas to see the wildlife, etc. Activities such as guided tours, catamaran sails, and the like are great.
We really want to go to CR next winter/spring but the week at Hotel Parador isn't available until Sept. 2008. Of course I'd like to use my timeshare week, but it's possible we could just go on our own instead. A year is a long time to wait! So I've got a lot of questions. Is Sept. a good time of year to travel to this area? How is the beach below the hotel and are the waters in that area clean? Are there surfable waves there or are we going to have to travel outside the area, say north to Jaco or south to Dominical? We're willing to take day trips but really want our home base to be a good place to hang out too.
Given what we like to do, should we hold out for the timeshare week in 9/08 or just bite the bullet and go on our own, to another location perhaps, in Feb. or March 08? The destination needs to have good surf, but doesn't have to be the end-all of surfing hot spots, per say. I like to have nice accommodations but don't need top of the line resorts, either. Just nothing too rustic. Thanks for any advise you can offer!
We really want to go to CR next winter/spring but the week at Hotel Parador isn't available until Sept. 2008. Of course I'd like to use my timeshare week, but it's possible we could just go on our own instead. A year is a long time to wait! So I've got a lot of questions. Is Sept. a good time of year to travel to this area? How is the beach below the hotel and are the waters in that area clean? Are there surfable waves there or are we going to have to travel outside the area, say north to Jaco or south to Dominical? We're willing to take day trips but really want our home base to be a good place to hang out too.
Given what we like to do, should we hold out for the timeshare week in 9/08 or just bite the bullet and go on our own, to another location perhaps, in Feb. or March 08? The destination needs to have good surf, but doesn't have to be the end-all of surfing hot spots, per say. I like to have nice accommodations but don't need top of the line resorts, either. Just nothing too rustic. Thanks for any advise you can offer!
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