Vida Asana

This morning Stacy and I got up early and made a fantastic breakfast of mushroom and cheese omelette and toast with JELLY! YAY! That was a pretty exciting breakfast for us because we put off going to the grocery store so that we could do other really important things; like go to the beach or party with Melissa and Bryan. Hey, we're on vacation!

After breakfast we grabbed a cab and headed to Playa Hermosa and the Vida Asana yoga center. Two years ago, when Jimmy and I were in Jaco we did an hour and a half of yoga there every day. Vida Asana is like an oasis set in the middle of the lush, green forrest north of the beach. It's very bohemian and the energy of the people there is welcoming and affectionate.

For our 10:00 a.m. yoga class we had an Argentinean female teacher who could do the most amazing poses with her gumby-like body. Stacy and I kept up for sure the entire time, but were probably the sweatiest chicks in the class. Sweat kept dripping into my eyes and during one pose I actually saw sweat beads on my shins. Who sweats on their shins? Well, if you were doing yoga in an open-air wooden floored hut, in the middle of Costa Rica during an extremely humid day, your shins would sweat, too!



After an hour and a half of yoga, we chatted with the people who came to class and actually got a ride back to Jaco with an American girl who lives here. We often depend on the kindness of strangers ;) We are home now, and just had some pineapple that was so sweet you'd swear it was soaked in syrup. But it was probably just ripened by the sun.



Today is Chino's birthday (he's the one standing up in the photo) and we are going to take him out for a drink and then we're headed to the Backyard for Ladies Night where the girls.drink.for.free.all.night.long. Now that's a Ladies Night!

On Friday the World Surf Games festivities begin with a parade. Who knows when that will really start because in the surf program it literally says: "the idea is that the parade will start approximately at 10". Welcome to "Tico Time", nobody here is in any kind of a hurry whatsoever. It's nice once you get used to it. On Saturday, bright and early at 6:00 a.m. the surf competition begins in Hermosa Beach. Stay tuned for the adventures and awesome surf pictures we hope to post here.