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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Manuel Antonio um 4:15 quälen wir uns aus unseren Betten, kaufen Frühstück und düsen mit dem Bus in Richtung Parzifikküste weiter. In Puntarenas müssen wir umsteigen und überbrücken die einstündige Wartepause mit einem netten Brunch, bestehend aus Fisch und Schrimps. Beim Ticketkauf für den Bus nach Manuel Antonio bekommt Lukas einen Zettel, mit der Warnung, genau auf dieser Busstrecke sein Handgepäck gut im Auge zu behalten, da es auf dieser Strecke schon mehrere Pickpocket-Fälle gegeben hätte. Wir bemitleiden noch einen anderen Backpacker, dem vor wenigen Tagen sein ganzer Rucksack ges [View Full Entry]

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Busy, busy , busy at the shop. As well as trying to keep up with all the clients coming in they keep moving the fan which means that my main daily snooze keeps getting interrupted. This week was very environmentally active with a port cleanup. With teh help of budding volunteers we managed to get some good sack loads of stuff from underwater. mostly fishing line but it feels good to know that we're doing our bit for the environment. Afterwards everyone hung around the shop for the BBQ which was a nice event. Local club diving activities are good fun [View Full Entry]

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I'm writing this from a different perspective as I unfortunately did not get to play in the latest escapade of Oceans Unlimited due to a recent mishap with a sharp object (say no more)! However, I did get to witness the fun that was had by everyother person while I'm hobbling around on crutches.....much to the amusement of others! This port cleanup was organized by our ever industrious Kath striving to save the environment in every which way that she can. Saying that....its definately harder somewhere like here where many people still seem to think that its ok to throw whatever [View Full Entry]

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Hitting the open road on my own! Friday 23 to Saturday 24 de Febrero I had spent lots of time traveling with peers or with family friends around Costa Rica, but I knew it was time to discover some of the country for myself. I chose Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio because I had heard that it was basically an incredibly beautiful park that has been turned into one of the top five tourist spots in the country. Some one wrote that it was to Costa Rica as Main Street USA is to Disney World, just with more animal life, forest, and [View Full Entry]

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Hola, this is Sam. Since my brother Kyle got to do a blog entry, I wanted to do one, too. So, I am writing about our trip to Manuel Antonio a few weeks ago. First, we had to take a long car ride. This included driving over a really old bridge that swayed when we went over it. Even though Mom and her friend Robyn were a little scared, I thought it was cool. Then we stopped at a river where there were tons of crocodiles. Some were gigantic; they were laying in the sun not moving very much. One did [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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Night diving…hmmmm something I have been postponing for about 2 years. On a recent stint in the states I did a couple but to be honest they were more like dusk dives. Its not that I dislike the diving at night, its more the trips out at night and the whole washing of equipment afterwards and breaking stuff down. I always said that if I could snap my fingers and be in the water, and then snap my fingers and be dry with a beer in my hand I would probably be a bit more enthusiastic. However, that being said this [View Full Entry]

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The sun was a massive orange ball on the horizon as we headed out of the port we waved to the the tipsy merry makers on their sunset cruises heading abck to land. Meanwhile our little merry band of flash light welding thrill seekers headed out of port all very sober, but with the adrenaline rush of a night dive ahead. We all excitedly got ready, I breifed a couple of first time night divers whilst handing out the flash lights, they look excited though a little tense as they listened to me telling them not to shine the torches in [View Full Entry]

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Diving is something that you must have a passion for to be a successful instructor. You have to be able to pass that drive and passion on to your students so that they can take the most away from their course. I have been teaching now for 4 years and I still enjoy every moment in the water and sharing with people my passion. After all that though I’m not saying that the job is not difficult. It is hard both physically and mentally , especially in an environment like the pacific ocean. Sun most of the year and a great [View Full Entry]

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