Blogs from Alajuela, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Comme prévu, nous avons pris l'avion pour San José, Costa Rica le 21 octobre. Arrivés au Costa Rica : la température est super (juste un peu de pluie en fin de journée). San José: comme écrit dans tous les guides, c'est une métropole digne de ce nom, avec que des rues parrallèles et toutes à angles droits. Cependant, il y a un super parc, vraiment grand, avec des terrains pour tous les sports, un anneau de course ainsi qu'un anneau de patin de vitesse. nous y passons deux nuits, le temps de finaliser les préparatifs pour l'arrivée de Ginette et Andrée, puis partons en voiture pour le Volcan Arenal. 23-24 octobre - volcan Arenal La location de voiture et la route ont pris toute la journée. le 24, nous y avons fait une toute petite randonnée ... read more

We are off on our first snowbird type holiday-one month in Costa Rica.Day one was the usual SSI get up early for the ferry gig, then to the airport and wait 4 hours… We got in to Phoenix about 630 PM and shuttled to the fabulous Econolodge-very handy place and excellent value. In the morning, I got three great bird shots with the new camera (Eurasion Collared Dove, Fan Tailled Grackle and a Northern Mockingbird) After the non-gourmet breakfast, it was back to the airport to catch the 1.10 PM US Air flight to San Jose. (5 more fun filled hours) The new air travel scam is to sell you a reasonably priced ticket, then hammer you with luggage fees. We paid about $800 each for the return tickets and then had to pay another $112 ... read more

Costa Rica: Day 1: Our 6am flight from Pensacola to Atlanta went fine, other than the fact that it was 6am in the morning! We arrived in Atlanta with over an hour to spare before boaring the flight to San Jose, Costa Rica. After getting the obligatory coffee, from McDonalds, we found out they wouldn't be serving a meal during the flight, so went back to McDonalds for carryout breakfast. It turned out that they did serve a light meal consisting of a small turkey and cheese sandwich, cookies, and drinks. Unfortunately, the in-flight movie was Guilt Trip, which we had just recently rented from Redbox. We arrived in San Jose on time, at about 11:49, their time. They are in the Central timezone like Pensacola, but they don't observe Daylight Savings Time, so the 4-hour ... read more

On our last day, we made the drive down from Monteverde. This time, it wasn't nearly as bad. The unpaved section seemed much shorter and we were much more comfortable, having driven on dirt roads all week. Despite the night's rain, the roads were not muddy in the least - quite dry in fact. However, the drive felt much longer, because I think we all wanted to get back to Hotel La Rosa de America and jump in the pool. We got back to Barrio San Jose de Alajuela around noon. The first order of business was finding lunch. Just down the road, we found Las Delicias del Maiz. It looked a bit like a tourist attraction, in the same way that Bugaboo Creek might to a non-American, but was wholely a family destination for Costa ... read more

My flight doesn't leave until just under two hours! The taxi dropped me off here about an hour and a half ago. Way earlier than I needed to. So I've walked a bunch, shopped a little and ate a typical Costa Rican breakfast at Burger King! Basically that means it includes beans and rice. For lunch yesterday Barb took me out to Fiestas de las Pupusas. I had never had a Pupusa before...I did like it. It's a typical El Salvadorean dish that's has a soft outer corn shell and it's stuffed with beans, cheese, and or pork. It's quite thin so there isn't much filling. The outer shell is thicker that corn tortillas. I also had my favorite, guanabana juice. So I've been up for some 6+ hours and haven't even flown anywhere. A nap ... read more