Sallys Travels

Well, what a great way to end my holiday in Costa Rica. On Saturday we got the bus down to Puerto Viejo on the caribbean coast. It is every bit how you think it should be, palm trees, beautiful weather, people riding on bikes and a general relaxed and non hurried vibe going on. We stayed at the infamous ¨"Rocking J´s" hostel on our first night in a tent and although cheap and hassle free we both decided that we weren´t 18 anymore and wanted to live it up a little for our last few nights. The next day we found a really lovely cabina with a beach view and our own little patio and hammock. It was really nice and great for relaxing, I think our hostel days are over!!! Yesterday we hired bikes and ... read more

This morning we set off in the morning for a jeep boat jeep ride to the next door town of La Fortuna. I say next door, we went the quick way which took about 3.5 hours and is the favoured tourist route. If we had taken the local bus it would have been 8 hours because instead of going over the lake you have to go round it. While we were in La Fortuna we went to Volcan Arenal where we saw lava spilling out of it, as it was dark it was a spectacular sight, like fireworks on a mountain side. We were very lucky to see it because when we arrived there was a cloud covering the volcano but after about half hour it had been blown away so we were able to get ... read more

On Thursday 9th August I left Antigua in Guatemala and made my 2 day journey down to Costa Rica. The journey was fine and over pretty quickly considering the distance. After spending a day in the capital San Jose and looking for my friends lost luggage we set off the next day to the little village of Montezuma on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. We got the bus to a place called Puntareanas where we then got a ferry then back on the bus the other side for the 2 hour drive to Montezuma. Montezuma is a tiny village consisting of two roads. It is the original hippy town and there is a very laid back feel about it. We spent the next three days sunbathing, swimming in waterfalls and generally lazing around in hammocks ... read more

Attached are some more photos of school and some of the rain we had today....... read more

Last weekend I spent just over 24 hours in the beach resort of Monterico. We left on our shuttle at 8am and in just over 2 hours arrived in the tiny place of Monterico. It is known for its "playa negro" and huge waves. And they are HUGE! Within half hour of arriving and booking in at the hotel I was on the beach in the beautiful boiling hot sunshine, it was lovely. After relaxing all day with some of the other volunteers we then meandered down to a great restuarant called "Pelican" which actually had 2 real pelicans in its grounds. The food was lovely and we had a really great night. Waking up the next day the sun was shining again so it was back out to the beach again for some more ... read more