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Coral and Steph's Big South/American Adventure - Costa Rica (On a wing and a prayer)
Published: March 23rd 2009Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Guanacaste » Rincon de la Vieja Lodge
March 23rd 2009
Costa Rica - a real culture shock after Colombia - full of Americans !! The pictures probably tell the tale better than I can but here is a brief summary of what we have been up to since we arrived. We arrived and sailed through the arrivals procedure. A driver was waiting to collect us and the only difficulty we had was getting the baggage to him through the over officious 'trolley guards'.We drove through rush hour with a magnificent sunset showing us the way. We had one night in a hostel (although we would return here after the tour) on the edge of town and a wonderful dinner in an Argentine restaurant a few blocks away. Next morning we had an early start for our flight to Tortuguera on the Caribbean coast. (We thought we ... read more
Costa Rica - Rincon de la Vieja und Playa Hermosa
Published: December 28th 2007Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Guanacaste » Rincon de la Vieja Lodge
December 23rd 2007
Weiter geht unsere Reise in den Süden, ins letzte unserer Reiseländer: Costa Rica Zum ersten Mal haben wir an der Grenze Probleme und werden von der Polizei nach 1 Stunde Busfahrt wieder zurück geschickt, um den fehlenden Einreisestempel in unserem Pass nachtragen zu lassen. Wir lassen uns nicht unterkriegen, haben eine nette Fahrt (per Autostop) zurück und erwischen dann einen halb leeren Bus, in dem wir viel gemütlicher als zuvor bis nach Liberia reisen können. In den wenigen Stunden, in denen wir in Costa Rica sind, haben wir pro Unterhaltung mindestens 5 mal den Slogan von Costa Rica zu hören bekommen: "PURA VIDA!" Das ist anfangs noch etwas seltsam, doch man gewöhnt sich so dran, dass jede Unterhaltung mit pura vida beendet wird, dass wir es nach einiger Zeit sogar schon selber benutzen. Rincon de la ... read more
The Rincon Lodge
Published: September 10th 2006Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Guanacaste » Rincon de la Vieja Lodge
September 2nd 2006
Rincon De La Vieja 9/02/06 Saturday OK then! I got to the destination, Rincon de la Vieja Lodge. Another old ranch turned tourist trap. Lots of open space here, horses, MORE yard geese! website: www.rincondelaviejalodge.net/photos.htm Its midday and the hammok is waiting for me. Well, that was refreshing! No NOISE! My body went to sleep, kinda like your leg does, but my mind was aware of everything around. Could they be twins? Nice athletic, thin, blonde of course, but, not talkative. Then, this place got full, all the other rooms were suddenly occupied. Its about 5:45, the bar is open, but not the restaurant, Magdalina(Magda) is behind the bar. A bus load, 19 Dutch, singles on a 3 week wirlwind tour, based here for 3 days. Robert stopped at the bar for a cervezsa... proceeds to ... read more
