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 [View Full Entry]

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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 Ric [View Full Entry]

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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, [View Full Entry]

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