Speaking of Domincal, Is The San Clemente restaurant still there. The owner, "Spicy" Mike is a bit of an azz. One year, I noticed his ice machine was making thin cubes. I asked him about it while eating and told him I'd look at it. He had thrown away an essential piece that kept water from spraying out. I fabricated a new curtain, then left. Next day I saw him and his wife gave me the bill for the night before. 8,800 colones, 20 bucks at that time. I wrote on the bill, after subtracting my fee, Para reparando machnina de hielo. They never got over it. It would have cost more than that to get a Tico to drive there and fix it.

I didn't even have to leave the county for my first rocky bottom broken board encounter. I can't remember which hurricane swell it was.. My buddy and I surfed that first boardwalk N of the Pineda Cswy. It was the only spot that was breaking up the mile long white wall lines. Well we hop in, the water was up to the dunes, I hop on my brand new BAT and start to paddle out and the water sucks out and my buddy and I are literally dry docked on a pile of rocks. New board is toast.. Didn't even get to surf!

Shallow and exposed rocks around there. Not surprised at all.