Costa Rica 2012

We Have Landed!

Hetty van Gurp 

Our day of travel started early. We rose at 3 am to catch a 6:20 flight to Newark. From there we flew to San Jose where we landed at about 1:30 pm. All in all, the travel was smooth and uneventful. We were met by a driver at the airport for the 1.5 hour trip to Playa Hermosa. Now, after a few hours, we already feel at home. Twinka and her daughter are wonderful hosts and made sure we had groceries for our first meal.

The highlight of the day was watching Gabriel, after a very long and tiring day, frolicking in the surf and sand. He ran free and wild and had more energy than all of us together. It will take a day or so to get acclimatized and start to get a sense of what we will want to see and do during our time here. We are all quite exhausted and it will be early to bed for all of us.

This is a raw video clip of some of the plane ride and some of the car ride to Hermosa Beach.

More to come soon!

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5 thoughts on “We Have Landed!

  1. Irfan Dawood on Facebook

    busy schedule…

  2. Donna Hubley Hanson on Facebook

    Thanks for posting and including me, Hetty! Sounds awesome! I hope your trip goes extremely well! Am looking forward to hearing and seeing more. HNY

  3. Heather LeBlanc on Facebook

    Cold and snowy in Granville.Enjoy the surf.

  4. Margaret VanGurp on Facebook

    Great to see the video, I hope all of you will soon be relaxed and enjoy your time there, I will be with you in my mind!!

  5. Doris Wells on Facebook

    Have fun!!

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