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Last Sunday we went to Rincon de la Vieja with almost all the Rich Coast crew. The reason for this adventurous day trip was Brenda’s birthday. Well, it was actually her pre-birthday party since her birthday is not untill the 21st of October. However we had a blast! We rented a little bus, and left at 7am from Rich Coast. Our first stop was the McDonalds in Liberia. We had to pick one of our instructors up and we were a little bit faster than expected so we had some time to drink a cup of coffee. After the coffee we continued driving and arrived around 8:30am at the national park. Upon arrival we could start with our first tour immediatly. We started off with the Canopy tour. After a short introduction about what to do, and especially about what not to do we started with our first zip line. For some of us it was their first experience in the jungle, but for none them it was a problem. Everybody was really excited, and on some zip lines you could go upside down, resulting in some great and funny pictures! After the Canopy tour we came back, drank some starfruit juice, and had to go for our next tour, Tubing. The bus brought us, and a couple other clients to the place where we started the tubing. After another short introduction we walked down to the river. After some scary stories about wild water, falling over, and hard times to get back into your tube again, we were ready to go. It was hard to stay all together since there were so many more other customers, but still we had fun. Unfortunetly the water wasn’t that wild since it hasn’t been raining that much, but for some of us just wild enough. Once the tubing ended we had lunch. We were all really hungry and the food was great! A big buffet with everything you wanted; soup, rice, beans, spagetti, pork, chicken, beef, salad, desserts. We filled our stomachs and went off for the horseback riding. Again for some of us their first experience on this animal, but fortunatly nobody felt off. The guide brought us to this amazing waterfall where we could swim and jump off the rocks in the water . We stayed there for about half an hour, got our horses again, and got to our last activity of the day; the Hot and Mud springs. First we went into the sauna to get our, then we covered ourselfs in mud, went into the hotsprings, back into a cold bath. After this our skin felt amazing, so soft! We definitely had a great time and hope we can do something like this again in the near future! Kiki
Tags: Tours National Park Costa Rica Rincon De La Vieja Diving Rich Coast Di
Congratulations to Brenda and Felipe! Brenda became a Master Instructor and Felipe an Open Water Scuba Instructor. We are very happy they made it to the next level! Felipe already has his first 4 dsd’s today, and is about to go to the pool with them. Another thing we are very happy about is the Bat Island trips. All the trips we have done the past couple weeks were amazing. The last time they went they saw 4 bull sharks coming right at them, and during the surface interval they saw some whales. What else can you ask for? In Hermosa everything is quiet but that gives us more time to work on the promotion. We have free pool sessions every day, except Sunday, and our marketing intern made some very nice flyers to give to the guests. We expect that we will be very busy in Hermosa around November. In Coco everything is running very smoothly. Even though it is low season we have enough customers that want to dive with us. Bat Island trips, courses, fun diving. In November it will be a very busy month with big groups but we are definitely looking forward to it! Last but not least, we had an interesting PADI Member forum held by Jose. He explained new PADI standards, some marketing tools, and gave us some examples. Overall, we had some very interesting weeks, and looking forward to the upcoming weeks. Kiki
Tags: Dive Playas Del Coco Costa Rica Rich Coast Diving Fishing Whales Dolp
Last weekend, we were working on a PADI aware project. It was the annually international beach-clean up day. We worked our way through the streets of Playa Hermosa, as well as on the beach to pick up trash. In total, we picked up over 500 pounds of trash and raised $500 for the beach fund. It was a beautiful day with over 100 participants. Carlos Hiller contributed to the project by donating a painting that was painted together with the kids on the beach. After the clean-up we were having a small party with hot-dogs, swimming in the pool and a raffle. We want to thank everybody for volunteering and being aware of how important it is to keep our beaches nice and clean! Sunny Regards, Kiki
Tags: Beach Clean-up PADI Aware Diving Costa Rica Playa Hermosa Playas Del C
We have a new activity at Bosque del Mar in Hermosa; Free poolsessions! For all the guests at Bosque del Mar who want to try how it is to breath underwater with scuba gear. It will be every day, except sundays, from 10am till 12pm. For more information please contact us by phone: 0050626720046 extention #405. Or visit us in our office at Bosque del Mar, or Playas del Coco. Sunny Regards, Kiki
Tags: Pool Sessions Playa Hermosa Rich Coast Diving Diving Costa Rica
Yesterday it as Rob’s, one of our instructors, birthday and we went on a boat trip with a couple of friends. We left the bay around one and we started with fishing. The plan was to catch some fish and cook it for dinner with all of us. Unfortunately, the fish were smarter than us and we didn’t catch anything. After a couple hours of fishing we decided to go to playa huevos, one of the nicest beaches in Guanacaste, to swim and relax a little. Playa Huevos is beautifull and I would suggest everyone to go there. It has this nice little cave where you can swim in, and a small hill with an amazing vieuw, you can even see Catalinas from there! After the beach we were about to head back to Coco once we saw dolphins jumping and playing behind the boat. The jumped really high out of the water and we all were very excited. Once the dolphins were done playing the captain told us there were whales around. Lets go to the whales! The whale wasn’t that playfull as the dolphins were, but it was amazing to see the whale especially with the sunset on the background. The trip couldn’t end better. Once we got back to Coco we decided to go for dinner at Coco palms. Not everybody showed up but after all this was an amazing day! Can’t wait for the next trip! Kiki
Tags: Dive Playas Del Coco Costa Rica Rich Coast Diving Fishing Whales Dolp
2 days in a row I went to the Bat islands. We planned to go to the Catalinas. but the ocean was flat as a lake, so Bat islands seemed the right place to go. Did we make the right decision! Both days were awesome. The first dive site was big scare. The name came about because it's famous for the bull sharks, and boy did we see bull sharks! At a depth of 12 meters we had about 5 or 6 just circling around us. Adrenaline rushing through your body and screams left and right of buddies trying to point out more to each other. The feeling is hard to describe. The make the dive complete we encountered a giant manta. this was a divers dream we thought. Just as we were on our ways up to make a safety stop, 3 sail fish came to check us out! What more can we want???? We decided to do the second dive at the same site, and once again, bulls everywhere. I looked at my computer and noticed we saw 2 bull sharks within the first minute of our dive. i was happy, my day was finished. The second day was Bills B-day and we went back to Bats again. The first dive once again big scare and the bull sharks were still around. On the surface interval we saw some turtles mating and this was a great spectacle as well. The second dive was Black Rock. Unbelievable, great viz and loads, I mean loads of fish. We saw every kind of school you can imagine, from grunts, Pompano, spades, snappers, jacks, you name it. At the corner of the rock we bumped into about 25 spotted eagle rays and to top of the dive we saw 2 dolphins cruise over just as we were doing our safety stop. Man these 2 days were magnificent!!! Brenda ( today we have another bats trip, hope it went just as well!)
Tags: Rich Coast Diving Costa Rica Padi
Well what can I say? The economy hasn't hit Costa Rica too hard, we are still busy and the IDCs are growing. Our next IDC is March 22nd with an IE right behind it on April 3rd and 4th. The diving is a bit cold, but that makes up for all the rays we see. So as you can see, no complains from our part of the world. Happy diving
Tags: Costa Rica Go Pro Idc Instructor Padi
 Well we finished our first IDC and Costa Rica has a bunch of new PADI pro's.
Myself, I am an IDCS instructor right now,............yeah!!! the IDC went smooth, and we h ad a lot of fun, a few staff members from different dive centers in Central America were there as well and it made it a big complete great bunch of people. Our next IDC is Septmebr 20th. Costa Rica is a great place to become a PADI pro!! Check out the details at www.richcoastdiving.com
Tags: Costa Rica Costa Rica Idc Go Pro
The first idc will be on June 9th 2008. for more info or to sing up: dive@richcoastdiving.com
Tags: Idc IDC Instructor Course Padi
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