Today we slept in, went to the supermarket, got breakfast and lunch and just chilled on our balcony reading, chatting and watching the world go by. It has been lovely!! Off to San Jose tomorrow when the tour finishes. I can´t believe how quick time flies. [View Full Entry]

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Another travel day... Thankfully left at 8 so not too bad, a 2 hour bus trip, 1 hour boat ride and a 30 min bus trip to La Fortuna. We arrived lunch time. So all in all not too bad!!! We went to the activities office to see what we could do here. Rafting has been cancelled due to the result of the earthquake last week. Not that I was going to!!! Signed up for the viewpoint of the volcanoe and the hot springs!!! Went for lunch with Aimee, Heather, Amy and Carol before chilling on the balcony in our room [View Full Entry]

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The day I had been looking forward to for a while!!! Heather, Amy, Kate, Aimee and myself had booked in for zip lining and suspension bridge walk through the cloud forest. We got picked up at 8.30, driven up into the cloud forest further. We were kitted up in harnesses and set off with 4 guides who attached, un-attached us to 12 zip lines, the longest being 600m where we went through cloud and had complete white out. Aimee went with a guide the entire time but still had fun. There was also a tarzan swing, which was great fun. And [View Full Entry]

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Early start at 5.45, to get a 40 min ride to the ferry, hour ferry ride and then bus to the bus station, followed by a chicken bus to the border. The worst border crossing since we´ve been here (2 hours) and then our bags being "searched" (we opened them and they prodded our clothes and then a chicken bus for 2 1/2 hours which was stopped 3 times by police needed to see our passports and then a private bus for 2 hours to Monteverde. I can see why some tours miss this part as it´s hard to get to!!! [View Full Entry]

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It was an early start so we could do the 3km hike not in the mid day sun. It took about 40 mins to drive to the volcanoe bottom. The other side of the Island was a lot carmer than the side we were staying on. The 1st km wasn´t too bad but the heat was picking up, the 2nd km almost killed me and so the 3rd km I walked really slowly. The joy of malaria tablets!!! It took 2 hours to get to the waterfall and as soon as I got there I swam under the waterfall. It was [View Full Entry]

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Work up feeling awful which is never good on a travel day. Serves me right for those 2 glasses of wine... Went to the smoothy place and Aimee had a lovely breakfast where I went for the safe option of just a drink!! We left Granada at 10, walking 15 mins with our bags to the market to get on the chicken bus. Wasn´t impressed with this!!! Toucan were on the same bus so chatted away to them, saw their photos and videos of zip lines! Looked good. They´d made it to some hot springs that looked good... We get to [View Full Entry]

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Had a lazy start again to the day and went to the Garden Cafe for breakfast with Aims and Carol. This place was so pretty and peaceful. We then did a tour to the Markets of Masaya and to the Masaya Volcano. The Markets were not nearly as impressive as ones we´d been to previosly and they weren´t letting us beat down the price! We went with Toucan, the group that Aimee should have been with. Was interesting!! We then went onto the National Park to see an active crater and an inactive one. There was lots of smoke!! The inactive [View Full Entry]

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Had a relaxed start to the day and we went for waffles at the waffle house. They were really good. Heather had organised our own walking tour today through Granada so we went to the bell tower and got a nice panaramic view of the city and went to the 2 other main churches there but as it was mass we just looked in the doorways! The buildings are brilliant bright colours and really stand out. We also say the memorial to the heroes of 1811. Next to this was a little art museum of the modern day artists in Granada. [View Full Entry]

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So day 2 of a 12 hour travel... So started with a taxi to the bus station, a bus to the border with a relatively painless crossing, and then 2 chicken buses. Thankfully it didn´t rain as our bags were on top of the 1st chicken bus. We stayed in Cocibolca which had a lovely courtyard, swimming pool and fountain with 3 turtles living in it! We got in latish, went to the tourist office to see what tours were available and then went to an Italian Don Peros for dinner. And crashed early as everyone was a little grumpy from [View Full Entry]

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Left at 6 to get the 6.20 ferry - the proper ferry this time thank god!! Heather made a friend, a farmer in Gloucheshire who'd been travelling for 11 months, returning back to the farm. Then taxi to the bus station and then an 8 hour bus trip to the capital of Honduras. We got in at 5, got a taxi to the Hotel (horrible traffic, no real system for driving), Grenada 3 and we ordered in pizza and watched con air :-) We're up and out at 5 tomorrow but get to chill for 2 days after this.. Thankfully!!! Chicken [View Full Entry]

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