After a couple of days of independent activities, we decided to book a couple of tour activities. We did some research and decided on the Los Canones Canopy tour. Canopy tours are the zip lines that go over the tree tops and canyons, giving a different perspective of the rainforest. There were 15 cables covering a distance of about 3km, going from platform to platform. We woke up to a rainy day - but as I mentioned before, nothing stops tourism here. So off we went. We arrived and were suited up in our gear - harness, helmet and a leather [View Full Entry]

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Hi from La Fortuna! After another long trip by bus, I arrived here. Now I’m tired and it's raining. I cannot see the Arenal volcano but it's there somewhere. La Fortuna (The luck) is a nice town. Pretty small and organized. There is a lot of places to go around and grab a coffee or a milk shake (batido). In the afternoon I went to the Arenal Volcano with group tour till the view point and we’re supposed to see the lava coming out from the volcano but after two hours the tour guide decided to bring us back to the [View Full Entry]

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Hallo allemaal, Ondertussen heb ik weer een aantal plaatsen aangedaan, en weer heel wat kiekjes geschoten, dus heb ik weer het een en ander om te schrijven. Ik zal het proberen kort te houden per plaats. Helaas kan ik niet van alles een foto tonen, aangezien ik een beetje lomp ben geweest tijdens het wissen van overtollige foto´s. Net voodat ik ging slapen wilde ik nog een paar foto´s deleten, helaas stond de verkeerde functie geselecteerd (alles in de map wissen) en automatisch drukte ik op de knop. Gelukkig heb ik met Arno´s hulp nog zo´n 80% van de foto´s terug [View Full Entry]

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I'm starting the blog with some pictures from last years trip to Costa Rica [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday was Day 2 in Costa Rica. Volcano Lodge, the hotel where we stayed is a wonderful place. The hotel is almost empty due the green season, but the staff is super friendly and service is excellent. Yesterday was our time for horseback riding in the morning and zip line canopy adventure in the afternoon. We rode up to the waterfalls on horseback while the rain came down up on us heavily. The ride itself was a treat, one and half hours through fields, settlements and some steep climbs and descents. When we reached the waterfall we were greeted by a [View Full Entry]

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Today was our first day of the week long vacation in Costa Rica. We arrived in San Jose yesterday and stayed in a hotel just outside the city. Today morning we were picked by the tour operators (pre-booked) from our hotel for a day long visit to Arenal volcano and surrounding areas. The drive from San Jose to Arenal is about 3-4hrs long and on the way we passed through Grecia, Sarchi, Naranjo and San Ramon. We saw a beautiful church in Grecia. The tour guide told us the structure was metallic and was made that way to withstand earthquake tremors. [View Full Entry]

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Buenos Dias Chicas and Señoirs! Well, I joined my group in a really posh hotel in San Jose last week. Everyone seems really cool, there are 15 of us. There are 3 Scots, 2 Londonish, 3 Californians, 2 Canadians, an Aussi, a Dutch, a guy from Liverpool and a guy from Birmingham. Everyone seems to be getting on really well, apart from one really annoying guy called Peter (one of the Canadians, so from now on I shall call him Canada.) I want to scream at him sometimes, and everyone else does too! Anyway. We left the shit hole that is [View Full Entry]

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de retour de Monteverde... La fortuna, volcan Arenal Buenas dias on est de bonne heure ce matin car nous avons une journee de bus a faire. Attention !!! Maggie, pas deau avant le depart... hier, on a eu une journee completement folle. Nous sommes alles visite, apres 2 heures de marche, la cascade de La fortuna. On vous explique, la Fortuna est le village ou se trouve le splendide volcan Arenal, en activite depuis 1968. La cascade est dune eau bleu turquoise en en coupper le souffle. Guillaume en a meme fait un video vraiment pas tres long !!! et [View Full Entry]

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23rd May 2009 - ARRIVAL IN FORTUNA We were so pleased to finally arrive in Fortuna after another 2 bus journeys. There had been far too much time spent on buses over the last few days. We arrived at around 5pm and it seemed like a nice little town upon 1st impressions. As we got off the bus, a lady stopped us and asked if we were looking for somewhere to stay that was cheap and close to the town. We definitely were and she pointed us in the direction of some cabins just across the way. We went to check [View Full Entry]

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I honestly don't understand how she does it... the bartender doesn't speak English and Aimee doesn't speak Spanish yet the two have become quite good friends, haha! It's quite amazing!!! Today was a pretty busy day! We started off doing our ATV tour. It was quite cloudy this morning and so Aimee and I decided to do the Farm ATV Tour instead of the waterfall one. The way the guide made it sound, it sounded like we'd be able to have more fun with the ATV on the farm so we went with it. It was so incredibly scary haha! Aimee [View Full Entry]

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