We woke up ready to start our vacation. We went into Quepos to get some food and check out the town. We ate at Cafe Milagro and had the best breakfast that we have ever had. After some shopping we went back to our hotel to get ready for the beach. It was the first time I have ever been to the ocean and I had a great time. After Christina and I got some good sunrays we rented some boogie boards instead of going parasailing(too expensive and afraid of heights). I had so much fun until I took a big [View Full Entry]

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Once we made to San Jose we had the task of getting to Manuel Antonio. It took us forever to get out of customs and we had to catch a cab to the bus station. We met this nice man who took us there, we barely made it alive. The traffic was horrible (Rush Hour) and there were motorcycles that flew in between the cars. Over here a blinker means nothing, if you want to get over you have to make some moves. When we made it to the bus station we were a bit scared. The ticket office was closed [View Full Entry]

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I was at a loose end at the dive shop, a student having left me hight and dry, as I pondered between surfing the web and getting wet... I spotted a Project AWARE coral watch slate and decided to head to the water. There was a local dive trip going out so I grabbed my gear and headed to the boat. As we left port, I listened to the other divers in the group swapping dive tales of Manta Rays and BIG fish as I prepared for my dive spotting something a little less mobile. As we entered the water and [View Full Entry]

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A couple days I was diving with Trudie, an Open Water student, at the Aquarium just off the coast fo the Manuel Antonio National Park. We were nearing the end of our dive and I noticed out the corner of my eye an unusual movement on the sea bed. It looked like a sizable rock about a foot in diameter was moving up and down. I got closer and peered underneath the rock and there was a mesh of legs and suckers, but what was it and what was it doing?! I signaled to Trudie to have a look, and we [View Full Entry]

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Apologies - currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and save/publish. There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored - only small. [View Full Entry]

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Lately I've gotten into this blog thing, therefore, I really want to share my scuba diving adventure when I was in Costa Rica. I visited alot of the country. I tried scuba diving for the first time while I was in Manuel Antonio with Manuel Antonio Divers. It was so cool breathing underwater with all this equipment. The instructor was right there to offer all the help that I needed. I saw turtles out in the ocean, white tip sharks, zebra eels it was so cool. Now I will go ahead and get my certification so I can dive any where [View Full Entry]

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Saturday 15th - Wednesday 19th Just a brief run down as i'm on the clock! Will fill in more details soon! Saturday - long day of travelling to San Jose, Costa Rica. Just chilled at a hostel. Sunday - Met up with my cousin Jon and we got a tiny but colourful plane to Manuel Antonio near Quepos on the south west coast of Costa Rica. Afternoon was spent in the sea and watching the sun set followed by a great meal of Wasabi and Mahi Mahi (fish! i usually hate it!) and drinks at a local bar listening to some [View Full Entry]

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tica or tico= costa ricans gringo's=white americans beth...havent bought anything yet---oh wait...except a bracelet down at the beach market. that was it...it was a cheap one made from cocunts and beads definetly needed you and mommy here to shop....you know me...i get bored doing it...lol. well...going go now and log an entry from yesterday---the canopy tour. love ya.... jill [View Full Entry]

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jill here typing... WELL. what an adventure....wholly crap!! it began with us signing up for the tour at the lobby...and being told that 2 of the hottest guys at our hotel (bruno and frank---from Paris) were to be our partners!! TRES MARVELOUS!!! we began speaking---them with their french broken accents...about the day ahead of us...and me telling them i was a bit afraid of the speed of the canopy...to which they replied sheepishly..."we will push you!" they then laughed as if it was cute....not so much. they bus picked us up and we traveled up the main drag and loaded the [View Full Entry]

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Danny Here.... We just returned from another wonderful day at the beach. Jill went early on her own excursion to the beach market to find BONITA...and on the way she bought the two of us coconut earrings...They are Way more cooler than they sound JIMMY. Shirts for her boys and real estate for the rest of you. They had a sale and you know How our Jill can get what she wants. So pack your bags-you got ocean front property. Mark, Peter and I went on an exursion. Nearly imprisoned after trying we trespassed onto private propertyas we were trying a [View Full Entry]

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