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Just arrived last night in the tiny, tiny little town of Cairo, Costa Rica, outside of Siquirres. Cairo is not even a town, I don't think, just one long dirt road with a rafting company's headquarters at the end. I arrived late in the afternoon after a series of long busses from Puerto Viejo, becoming very confused and lied to in Limon, then finally to Siquirres and up to the operations center for Rios Tropicales. I am staying in a cabin with 1 other American, four people from Canada, and one from Chile. We have use of a 1980 Continental station [View Full Entry]

seadubtraveler - Brian Mayfield | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe
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Published: January 24th 2006 | 119 Views | [diary=37419]


Alright, so I'm not really sure where to begin, the last 3 days have honestly been some of the best of my life. From San Jose, we drove a few hours over to the town of Turrialba, got some groceries, then headed up to our amazing accomodations at the Pochotel, a mountaintop villa with views like I have never seen before! High atop a mountain overlooking several volcanos, this tiny place was just what we were looking for. The restaurant has glass walls with panoramic views of the sorrounding river valleys. We all hung out in a treehouse above the restaurant, [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 9th 2006 | 212 Views | [diary=34726]

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If you want to explore ones of the most beautifull places of Costa Rica where the quetzals are an every day part of the ecosystem this its the place [View Full Entry]

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Published: January 12th 2006 | 62 Views | [diary=34636]