2 days after christmas one could be known to have the christmas blues...more so if you have a cold and you cant dive...especially when the water is BEAUTIFUL! But at 5:30am I sprang out of bed knowing that I was heading to Cano Island!! Cano is about 2 hours to the south by boat from Quepos and is famous for its’ marine park for diving and snorkeling, and also for the pre colombian indian giant stone spheres found there. We had a mixed group of divers and snorkelers and we left the dock just after 7 and were at the island [View Full Entry]

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Today was a lazy day by the pool then the local beach at Manuel Antonio. Was going to go scuba diving but seeing as there is only one dive shop here, I guess their trips fill up fast. They were full for the next 2 days. We thought we may try fishing as well but they only had professional sport fishing and it was $600 per person. No thanks. We did try to get that free meal that was promised from Costa Linda backpackers, for being so horrible in service. We showed up, only for them to tell us the kitchen [View Full Entry]

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So, I recently went to Peru (Machu Picchu) and Costa Rica with my husband for our belated honeymoon. We must have took hundreds of photos on our journey and were very careful with our camera since we knew how valuable our pictures were to us. On the last night, December 4th 2009 (at Issimo Suites) we made the conscience decision NOT to take the camera out of the room that day because we had enough photos and did not want to run the risk of losing the camera/pictures. Right before we left for Barba Roja (amazing place to watch the sunset [View Full Entry]

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Last Morning in SJ found a great typical restaurant with a gracious waiter. Prices weren't too bad I think 2 large coffee ($2) and breakfast ($5) was ok for a very nice place. If the photos arent too well 'placed I think I need time to learn the set up here better. Also for those of you who clicked the Subscribe Button you may get a notice that a new report is posted when it is only me editing and learning how to set my photos correctly. I am sitting on the veranda overlooking the Pacific and the dense greenery ever [View Full Entry]

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The morning Quentin was coming I woke up super early because I was soooo excited. Went to pick him up at the airport with Cacha and waited what seemed like forever for him to finally come out. He made it and we hugged and off to buy some food for breakfast we went. More eggs and bacon and juice and then off to the bus stop to start exploring. Waited at the bus stop for awhile and Quentin got a taste of what a work day look for me. We waited, then got on the bus and hung out. I tried [View Full Entry]

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Oceans Unlimited has been bringing diving to the central pacific coast of Costa Rica for around 5 years now diving and teaching as many people as possible the joys of scuba. As this is a coastal town there are people here that have been diving for a long time yet have never had the chance to get certified. For this reason PADI offers the experienced diver program and this week we have been using this certification to get our local divers certified! As they already have been diving frequently after a quick review of the final exam, we headed up to [View Full Entry]

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Up bright and early for our free breakfast of coffee and pineapple! very local! and to catch the 8am bus to Manuel Antonio. Once arrived, we wandered up to the entrance, passing a racoon in a bin (hahaaa) and pushing aside the guide offers. We were going to do this ourselves!!!! The beginning of the trail was a bit dissappointing as it was more of a road than a path, and there were telephone wires alongside the road - not very natural! Lots of tour guides were ahead, whipping out their binoculars and working up the tourists into a frenzy by [View Full Entry]

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Beautiful morning yesterday...and yes we are in October! With myself and dastardly Drew guiding, we set off into Manuel Antonio Park to find out what delights it had to offer us today. Our first dive around long island we opted for peaceful, relaxing as most dives should be to get everyones feet wet slowly! The first dive was pretty quiet . with some nice puffers, a small ray and lots of reef fish. During the interval we relaxed and decided to head over to one of the more adventurous sites " Geos' Ridge" named after yours truly ; ) ( it [View Full Entry]

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Advanced class, dives on the schedule Deep and photography. Deep up first, played around with our colour changes down at 95 ft and then made a nice multi level dive, watched some snapper and jacks before hitting the surface. Dive number 2 was supposed to be a first taster of underwater photography for my students. As an avid photographer myself its definately one of my favorite specialtys to teach. Underwater photography is so very different from photography on land. Whilst the fundamentals remain the same you have to deal with controlling your buoyancy as well as focusing on your subject! We [View Full Entry]

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Manuel Antonio is a national park on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. Our first day here the park was closed so we spent the day in our hammocks reading on the beach and swimming in the pool at our hostel. The next day we went to the park with our new Dutch friends, hiked though the forest and saw tons of wildlife. A group of 20 squirrel monkeys followed us around for a bit, every few minutes we'd see sloths in the trees, howler monkeys howled above us, white-faced monkeys darted in front across our path, raccoons tried to steal [View Full Entry]

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