Around The World In 80 Waves

My base in Jaco has been the Hotel Roblemar which I found after a cruise around all the places on offer here.

I opted for a room without air conditioning, which at times felt like a mistake, even if the free sauna in Central America is doing wonders for my waistline.

On the positive side my room was huge, came complete with its own fridge and satelite TV. Having the HBO channel has allowed me to unexpectedly catch the first of the new series of Game of Thrones as well as a few movies that I haven’t seen, which always puts a smile on my face.

I could also park right up in front of my room, and my motor was looked after by a security guard all night, although I did have to wake him up when leaving for my dawnie yesterday!

The hotel is run and owned by Hugo Robles who is a really cool guy who impressed me first by actually knowing where Wales was as opposed to the usual belief that it must be a suburb of London or something similar.

However I also discover during my stay that Hugo was the first surfer in town after bringing a board down to Costa Rica from Californina in the seventies.

This is confirmed by Hugo’s picture which is proudly displayed in El Paseo de la Surfistas here in Jaco, where pictures of the great and the good of the local surf community are posted along the walls like the Hollywood walk of fame.

Not that I needed any further encouragement to stay here, but the hotel has a pool styled like a ukulele. It has the four strings marked along the base of the pool and is a welcome relief to the relentless heat here.

It seemed only appropriate to get my uke out whilst here and spend an afternoon strumming, whilst cooling my feet. It is good to add a Costa Rican session to my rock ‘n roll world tour.