APRÈS SKI Each lodge has a good après-ski scene.
Also bring a spare battery (you can't always count on electricity at your lodge) and a good lens cloth.
It is a comfortable wooden lodge with a good restaurant and a long deck over the lake.
We found the small area where the surfers hang out as well as a few other isolated tourist spots like our lodge, and a good number of "For Sale" signs, but otherwise Nosara was pretty much empty.
Some English-speaking villagers are trained guides and will lead you, on beast or foot, to places of interest nearby chief of which is Wenhai lake which, though only a stone's throw from the lodge, is a good few hours' walk around its rim.
There are plenty of other activities available these days in Australian ski resorts – from cross-country skiing in the Bogong high plains, to tobogganing tracks, to breathtaking walks around the national parks, or even just sitting in front of the fire at the ski lodge with a good book and a steaming mug of hot chocolate.
Carolina S. Henry, who grew up in Rio and now lives in Miami, thought a few days at a hotel fazenda (a working ranch that provides meals and lodging) might be a good nonbeach experience for your family.
Families with younger children often spend less time on drives, so a good lodge should keep little ones entertained with clubs or special activities including games and nature walks.
There is the countrywide network of intellectuals and professionals who flock to talk with the itinerant, semi-proscribed "I" (the author, of course) and lodge, feed and show him a good time.
The hotel and lodging sector has not been a good area to be an investor in, so we would wait to see some better signs and price action in the space before considering any potential upgrades.
