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Goodbye to Quepos.....again Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Quepos By Chris y Nikki April 6th 2007 Chris and NikkiOur last weekend in Quepos (before heading to Panama) the family took everyone up to a waterfall for lunch. It was a bumpy drive to get there, but very f [View Full Entry]

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Published: April 6th 2007 | 177 Views | [diary=148041]

Jonotan
Planning the double front flip
The lower waterfall

During our many hours of relaxation at Punta Mala we read through a local advertisment magazine and found a hotel that caught our eye. Timarai Bamboo Resort The ad had pictures of surfing, kiteboarding, paramotoring, wakeboarding, etc. Slightly more entertaining than raking, so we went to check it out on our "free day". There we met Kent and Pablo, who had just recently been hired to run the resort's activities. Kent is a pro kiteboarder, originally from Indiana. Pablo's expertise was paramotoring, and he came from Argentina. Side sto [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 28th 2007 | 127 Views | [diary=147402]

Preflight Instruction
Nikki, ready to go
Pablo, Nikki and Kent prepare for launch

Monday the 19th we had Juan drive us up to Punta Mala to begin our volunteer work. Punta Mala is about 5 km north of a small town called Estarillos, and a little bit further south than that from Playa Hermosa. Almost that whole stretch from Estarillos to Playa Hermosa is protected beach for turtles and other marine life. Punta Mala means "Bad Point" and you can probably see from a picture or two that there are huge rock formations that jut out into the ocean a couple hundred yards. They were fun to climb around on during low tide, [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 22nd 2007 | 211 Views | [diary=146145]

Rustic Showers
Bathroom Sink
Sitting Room

Waterslide Picnic Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Quepos By Chris y Nikki March 18th 2007 Chris and Nikki Before we left for Playa Hermosa / Punta Mala, our Tico family decided to take everyone to another ranchero for the day. We spent the day playing washers, soccer, [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 18th 2007 | 119 Views | [diary=146130]

N an N
N an N midair
Ignasio

Last Week In Manuel Antonio Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Manuel Antonio By Chris y Nikki March 11th 2007 Chris and NikkiOur last week in Manuel Antonio was pretty low stress. No major events or trips, just some beach time and some bar time. Although we di [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 11th 2007 | 341 Views | [diary=141304]

View from Agua Azul
Quepos
Atardecer

We decided it was finally time to see the park. We hired a guide so we'd actually have a chance to see some animals. Our guides name was Mauricio, and he knew his stuff. He also had a really nice telescope that gave us great views of the animals and some good pics too. That said, it was pretty freakin expensive for a 3 hr tour. Here are some photos from the walk. Hasta luego... [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 17th 2007 | 194 Views | [diary=139338]

Sea Turtle Rock
Greater White Lined Bat
Yaht

Tuesday morning I went diving with Jaime. He is getting his DiveMaster certification as well as taking Spanish classes. It had been almost 4 years since my last dive so I took a refresher course that reviewed some theory and had a practical in a hotel pool. That was actually Wed and Thurs the previous week, but the dive wasn't till Tuesday. Not a whole lot to say about the dive. It was fun to be underwater again. Visibility was okay, and the swell wasn't too bad. We did two dives, about 45 minutes each, with 45 of surface time between. [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 11th 2007 | 137 Views | [diary=137166]

Jaime goofing around
Estrella del Mar
The sun at 50ft below the surface

Last Saturday we went on a canopy tour near Quepos with three other students from the school. You wear a harness similar to rock wall climbing and they hook you onto a wire cable that spans from one platform to another, anywhere from 50 meters to 400 meters. The longest on our tour was just over 400. If you can zoom in on one of the photos I think it says the length. So they hook you on to the line, you sit down, put one hand on the rope and one hand on the cable to slow down and keep [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 9th 2007 | 162 Views | [diary=136332]

Nikki, Lisel and Jaime geared up and ready to go!
Chris on the walk up the hill
How to Zip

Hello All - we've fallen behind in blog entries again. We currently have 4 to upload so we're not going to do anything interesting for the next few days. Here are some miscellaneous photos we took that range from Feb 22 - Mar 3. Pretty much all from school or a hotel we crashed for lunch. Hasta luego! [View Full Entry]

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Published: March 8th 2007 | 178 Views | [diary=136270]

Frog vs Snake
Si Como No
Nikki and the View from Si Como No

We're playing catchup with photos here. We got back from the Arenal trip around 4 and shortly after our Tico family invited us out the Quepos Festival. There was some live music, rides (bumper cars was the best) junk food, and bull riding. I'll let the captions and the pictures tell most of the story. The next day we had a 3 hour surf lesson and local surf spot that took us through some pretty interesting neighborhoods to get too. The waves were bigger than in Manuel Antonio beach and there was no one else but Nikki, me and the three [View Full Entry]

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Published: February 20th 2007 | 222 Views | [diary=130823]

Bullfight Opening Ceremony
Bullriding Action Shot
Bullriding Girl Toss



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