On arrival in Cartagena , rich and I found a nice hostel near the central square called Hotel Holiday. THe old city is beautiful. Full of old restored, Colonial bulidings. The streets are so colouful and paved with cobblestones. I is easy to tell it is a very touristy area because outside the Old City there is a marked difference in the condition of the buildings. Also there are not so many police standing around on street corners. One thing we all noticed was the number of beautiful women walking around the streets. Huge improvement from Panama and Costa Rica. Rich, [View Full Entry]

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havent been internetting the past few days because we have been on a boat sailing from panama. it was amazing. white sand, single palm tree tiny islands surrounded by turquoise water. native indian tribe welcoming us and inviting us to their celebration. there were no other gringos there and it was all about getting trashed on sugar cane alcohol. what an experience. the highlight of the trip so far. such friendly people and beautiful kids following us down every street playing and laughing and waving. so i have said my farewell to central america for the moment and am looking into [View Full Entry]

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Finally! Leaving the grim sweatbucket that is San Jose behind in a trail of bus dust, Rich and I forged towards the megalopolis of Jaco on the coast. To my dismay I found it to be a dingy , uncomfortable place full of seedy locals trying to sell cocaine on every corner. As Rich was still recovering from his bout of what was apparently tonsilitis (according to the obese Dr. Jose Jiminez), we decided just to chill out for a day or two before moving on. Wow that couldn't have come soon enough! We decided a place further down the coast [View Full Entry]

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Yikes! 5 countries in 48hrs! Completely shattered and handing out dollars left right and centre to anyone who even mentioned Costa Rica Backpackers in the centre of San Jose. My body had no idea what time it was, and on inspection of the hostel books my buddy Rich hadn't been here for days. All I wanted though was a shower and a bed so I handed over 6 billion colonès or something before i dropped from exhaution. On closer instpection of the hostel common room however, i find my buddy rich has been here for the past few days and is [View Full Entry]

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