Spent the week with the very nice folks (Mary, Peter, and Debbie) at Panacea de la Montana near the beach town of Tamarindo in Costa Rica. A long week (Saturday through Sunday) of daily yoga (2 hours every morning) taught by Mary, delicious vegetarian meals prepared by Debbie, reflexology (Peter), massage, and afternoon surfing in Tamarindo. I met four women (Janina Olszewska and friends) from Canada on the second day at Panacea, who were interested in exploring the countryside. On Tuesday, we did a local zip line tour, and on Wednesday we hired the Panacea driver for a tour of area around Arenal. Left very early on Wednesday morning, drove around Lake Arenal, toured the La Fortuna waterfall park, stopped in a local village for lunch, enjoyed an afternoon snack at a dessert and coffee place overlooking the lake, had dinner on the way home, and arrived back in Tamarindo around midnight. Came home to a foot or so of new snow.