Blogs from Cartago, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 5

I left camp this morning full of happiness and a contented peace. Unfortunately the Miami International Airport, particularly the customs department, took approximately 36.7 seconds to rip any joy from my soul. Just to rub things in, I was forced to pass a banner proclaiming this god-awful place to be the 2008 Best American Aiport, according to the TSA. Good for them. But now, FINALLY, I am in the air and quickly jetting hundreds of kilometers in escape. Let me close my eyes and try to remember back to happier times…. Ahhh yes. I am back at Camp Iztaru in a beautiful setting with a beautiful view. I am surrounded by new friends from every corner of Central and South America. I have learned to consider the cold showers “refreshing” instead of “tortuous.” I have new ... read more

Wireless internet has been down all day. I just couldn't take it, so I snuck in to the administrative building, found an unplugged ethernet cable, and jammed that sucker into my laptop to get my fix. So many e-mails! Anyways, I wrote a blog entry in Word earlier this morning which I'll throw up here quickly while I can. I'll try to write another entry tonight reflecting on the day's events, but it might not get posted until tomorrow (or later, if word gets out about my sweet find and they shut it down). --- This morning’s entry is getting typed in Word, to be uploaded at a later time, because the wireless network seems to be down. I can’t complain, though. The fact that we have any internet connection up here in a Scout camp ... read more

Salut a tous Nous avons quitte puerto viejo pour revenir dans la belle province de Cartago. Ce nest pas que puerto viejo nous a deplu mais disons que cetait le temps de quitter Flaky et les multiples crabes de lhotel, squattant un peu trop notre chambre, si on peut appeler ca une chambre... Guillaume dit les crabes se promenent sur le cote dans le genre flippant je ne vois pas ce que vous pouvez trouver de pire. A puerto viejo, nous avons profite des plages paradisiaques de la cote caraibe et nous sommes alles dans le parc national Cahuita... tres beau en passant !!! Cest dans cette foret dangereuse ou une meute de singes denteles sest attaquee a Maggie et a une certaine dame quebecoise qui le meritait bien. Pour faire changement de plusieurs touristes stupides, ... read more

Excuses voor mijn afwezigheid, ik hoop dat ik het met deze blog goed kan maken. Nadat ik mijn blog in Leon had geschreven was zo ongeveer het eerste wat we besloten te gaan, omdat we lichtelijk verveeld waren, sandboarden. Dat houdt in met een massief houten bord een (actieve) vulkaan afgaan zónder beschermende kleding (hebben ze hier nog nooit van gehoord). Wij namen natuurlijk geen genoegen met gewoontjes dus besloten we er full-moon sandboarding van te maken. Eén probleempje werd echter duidelijk toen we daar aankwamen: er was geen maan zichtbaar. In ruil daarvoor hadden we onweer en harde wind gekregen, dat dan weer wel. Echter, het mocht de pret natuurlijk niet drukken en met en overdosis optimisme gingen we alsnog de berg te lijf. Eenmaal boven, na een uur klimmen, was het optimisme van sommigen ... read more

On Sunday we got up leisurely and the the girls all ate fruit and granola while Tim decided he needed the more substantial breakfast that was offered downstairs by the kitchen there. While we sat on the balcony and nibbled, Tim received fruit, juice, gallo pinto, eggs and bread. When we arrived the night before we discussed with the manager that we wanted to go to the Volcano Turrialba and also the Archeologic Discovery Guayabo. The driver called his colleague who had a 4 wheel drive Diahtsu (?) and we made an arrangement that he would take us to the two places for 40,000 colones which was about $80 for all of us. We decided that was okay and we loaded into his mini SUV and headed for the Volcano. It took a long time to ... read more