We were picked up at the Occidental Grand Papagayo on Sunday at 12 noon by Gustavo for our journey to the Paridisus Playa Conchal. The ride should be right at an hour and he asked if we were in any hurry and said no. For the next 2.5 hours Gustavo gave us a scenic ride through the countryside and showing us some pretty cool places.
This next pic at the top of the hill you can see some condos being built that were for sale.
It was amazing driving through these small towns. I did notice one thing in common with all of them, they all had "parks" with green benches everywhere. He said at night and on weekends, people would come out to visit. He said there were 3 other things that also were common, that a school, park, church and a CANTINA were all in the same area. As we passed each town we were picking out all four items that were exactly as he stated.
This small town (forgot the name) reminded me of PdC @ 15 years ago.
Here are some of the beaches that we started seeing, the beaches got nicer the farther away we were from the Papagaya beaches.
This next picture (not of the Port-a-potties)
I was trying to capture the house in the background. The house you see way back on the hill is owned by Linda Carter. Gustavo was driving out as we snapped the pic.We ended up driving towards there and I snapped a few more pics.
This might be a better shot !!!
This pic was taken close to Linda's house (or at least in her neighborhood). The street going up the hill was walled on both sides and only one car at a time could go by.
Our last stop before getting to the Paridisus was at the infamous Camaron Dorado (Golden Shrimp). We were introduced to the owner of the restaurant, Jaime. From what Gustavo said, this same land had been in the family for almost 300 years. After talking to Jaime, he invited us to come back for a romantic dinner served on the beach at night and to watch the beautiful sunset which we readily agreed to do after we got settled in.
