Space

It's nice to have some space. We have been living in one room for 6 weeks and whilst this has been fun it's really nice to have some space to spread things around. For weeks Will has moaned at me for tidying up around him, but living in one room things get cluttered very quickly and if things have their place then it's easy for everyone to find the bite cream, or sam's school books etc etc... also when you live in one room by the beach, sand gets everywhere so it keeps everything from getting covered. But here we have a couple of bedrooms and a bathroom and a kitchen and a living area, in fact at this moment we are all in separate rooms!! It's also really nice to cook again, we have eaten out for 6 weeks and it's good to be able to just get up and have a bowl of cereal... Will is worried about how much we are spending on food so I try to ration things a bit but then he moans he's hungry...ho hum.

I'm pretty pleased with the packing (although I think Will is right and we brought too many clothes) but we have used pretty much everything else. Particularly useful items have been the head torch, for power cuts, night time reading and walking home in the dark, the little travel alarm clock, the ipod speakers and this little netbook and the sleeping bag sheets (for dodgy looking sheets),

Travelling with Sam is very easy. He doesn't stress about anything and is very happy in pretty much any situation (especially reversing through flooded rivers in the middle of nowhere). Only the really loud thunder has upset him so far and he can't be blamed for that. When we arrived at Tamarindo he was a bit put out by the fact that everyone speaks English and it's full of Americans and he is looking forward to heading to the 'real' Costa Rica where it's not so rich and we can stay in a place run by Costa Ricans!! His Spanish is coming on well and he is still learning by watching films with Spanish subtitles.

Tamarindo was a bit of a culture shock after leaving Nicaragua which is quite poor and under developed and living on a deserted beach for a week we are now in little America where there are people and shops and it's really expensive... but it's also nice to relax here for a bit, the waves are also really good for Sam, in fact I might hire a long board and have a go myself today.