Does Pelada ever get swell?

Playa Pelada gets swell yes it does. It has a fun little right and if you search you can also find the left. Here are a few pics from the last little south swell we had here a couple of weeks ago. If Playa Pelada is this big can you imagine how big Guiones is? Well this day Guiones was double the size but closing out so Pelada had a good little crowd.

Trip to Mal Pais

Two friends took me to a quick weekend trip to Mal Pais. Although Mal Pais is very beautiful, the journey was far more rewarding than the destination. Most images below were a no no shot from car images.You never know what you're going to run into when flying around curves. This just happened to be a herd of cattle we approached at 60kph.


Fences are made from live trees here. Why? because if the tree is alive the fence won't rot. The fence will grow into the tree. Post are expensive if treated for weather and will eventually rot so this is far more effective. The only problem is, if you dont cut the top of the tree the fence grows up. Good thing is the top of the tree/fence can be replanted as another tree/fence.
I got this shot by sticking my camera out the window and snapping three photos. It is a fish farm near the Nicoya Penisula.
The animals give the stink to gringos also.

Stayed at Playa Naranja because our 5 hr trip had turned into 7 due to a large river in Playa Bongo that we couldnt cross. Had to back track for a long while.

Mal Pais. Surf was head high and kinda fun. Area is super built up yet still beautiful.


Tree line snapped from the moving car while dodging pot holes.

Life is tough!

This is no secret to locals in the area but it's usually empty. This place is only accessible at low tide and is on the back of a little island which looks directly at the setting sun and ocean. It's not hard to find but I ain't telling :) Thanks for the shot Annya.

Sunday there was a wedding!

Villa Las Tecas had a wedding on Sunday for Saul "Sa uel" and Precious Here is a quick gallery of the wedding and a bunch of kids.
Esteve es suave tigre

If you get them a ride they will come. Look at the truck that transported about 10 head to the wedding.


Left to right. Terry(Gringa mayor of Nosara and owner of Villas Las Tecas), Saul, and Sandy



This shot came out kinda neat with a little DOF added



above:By far my favorite shot in quite some time.

Casa de Columbia es muy loca

Well not really but I have moved to a temporary location with a Columbian/1 American family. They are not part of the FARC-EP mom!It's a great little setup with lots of colors. It also has a family of geese that go nuts anytime I come close to their eggs. Problem is the eggs are at the gate of my front door. Ever been attacked by a goose? I have !

Aqua Pura

We had a team come in and sample the water in this area. I already had my doubts about what they call drinking water in Guiones and Pelada. The above image is how the current water tested. The water on the left is from a backup well that is used when power goes out. The one on the right is the city water line that comes to the homes in Playa Pelada. Normal water will test a lighter yellow color. This water tested black with high traces of things we will not mention. But thanks to a crew from Kentucky, Terry now has a backyard purifying system that puts outs the cleanest water in the area.

The Pumphouse roof had to be lifted so Saul took to the saw bench. He will only use this machete to cut things. I tried to hand him a saw and he looked at me like I was the devil.

New drain systems were dug to keep the drainage away from the purifying system.

Here is a view of what the pump house looked like before.


Here are the tanks inplace that will filter the water coming to the house. The team set them up to filter both the city water and the well.

A Costa Rican modification done to the roof and a low maintaince water purifying system in place. I have to take a few more shots to show the outcome so stay posted!..
Adios
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Ok since I was cut short on the call I will finish telling you the story. I was out in the water surfing and I noticed about 200 people walking on the beach towards the cemetery. I figured it was a funeral and turns out I was right. They carried in the casket and everyone gathered to lay this lady to rest. After the funeral the strangest thing happened. The clouds got really grey/brown but only near that area and a few minutes later a huge rainbow pops from the water over the back of the cemetery. Just though it was cool and so did everyone else in the water. We get rainbows all the time and you can actually see the end of them. I have yet to find the pot of gold though. Or have I and I just don't know it ? DER!!@#$@$ :)

Adios
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