Costa Rica Journal: Ted’s Trip Photos
Posted by Ted Hopton on February 28, 2008
I’m sure I’ll do more with my hundreds of photos from my trip (and there were entire days when I did not take any, so there could have been far more). But just to get started, I’ll post the links to them here. I’ve divided them into several albums and some are small and some are not — I’m hoping to eventually supplement them with photos my friends took on the trip.
Click on the photo to the left to see just a few photos taken at Casa Viva, the lovely place owned by the truly gracious and friendly Jeanie Waller, where I stayed in Punta Uva, just down the road from Puerto Viejo. That’s me “chillaxing” in the hammock. I want more photos of the grounds, which were stunning, and of the beach that was just a few yards away. I have a good bit of video, but have not edited it, yet.
I also captured a few photos of the surfing scene at La Salsa Brava, the famous wave that draws surfers from around the world to Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica. However, I really needed a much better camera with a longer zoom lens to do it justice.
Click on Molly’s pretty face to the right to see a few shots of friends from Puerto Viejo (lacking, I’m sorry to say, Beto, our surfing instructor, but I have him on video and will post it when I’ve edited it). Molly Bragdon is a terrific massage therapist (I can testify to that with certainty — she made all my sore muscles hurt in a good way). She’s also a yoga instructor and teaches Salsa dancing. And as you can see in the photos, she’s gorgeous, which I didn’t mind a bit. I’ve got some great video of Molly explaining what she does, and I’ll post that as soon as it is edited.
You’ll also see photos in that gallery of Dawn Yates, who is my ex-sister-in-law, but more accurately described as a very good family friend of 20+ years. I divorced her sister, but did not throw out the baby with the bath water, so to speak. She married David three years ago, and it was the personal connection with her that led to my trip to Costa Rica in the first place. She’s a reclusive artist with many notable public commissions to her credit, hiding out in Costa Rica, where she’s devoted most of her energy recently to her prize-worthy garden, which she crafted pretty much from scratch, working around the existing trees to build a stunning botanical paradise. Click on the photo to the left to take a look at all the photos and you’ll see what I mean.
amyhaha said
excellent stuff ted. i neeed to get mine together…..great pics!