26 March 2010 * Photos of Nosara

While in Nosara, we spent time at Playa Pelada. We also enjoyed a nice sunset dinner at Lagarta Lodge. And we watched howler monkeys as they fed in a tree over the pool at our B&B, the Vista del Mar.

Playa Nosara

We stood poised, waist-deep in the warm green sea,
     holding boogie boards at the ready.

Squinting brilliant sunshine, we studied the horizon,
     waited like panthers.

Broken wall of churning water marched upon us.
     We pounced upon it:
     sliding down bubblesurf
     and onto shore.

At ride's end,
     we rolled into sandfoam slurry.
     Receding waters sucked us back
          to the crash zone.

Above us, ten pelicans hovered motionless, studied the sea,
     waited for a flock of fish
     to pounce upon.