Background: Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development. Although still a largely agricultural country, it has expanded its economy to include strong technology and tourism sectors. The standard of living is relatively high. Land ownership is widespread.
May 9th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde Steve- The last night in Tamerindo was quite eventful. We went out for a few drinks when halfway through the night a Boa Constrictor was founf in one of the toilets! There was a bit of commotion fro ... 30 photos[full story]
May 8th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde After a rather difficult bus trip to Monteverde, we were keen to make the most of our stay here, and to see as much of the cloud forest and wildlife as possible... First fact you need to know about Mo ... 8 photos[full story]
May 5th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde Nach dem aufregenden Tag am Vulkan Arenal ging es per Taxi-Boot-Taxi in die Nebelwaelder von Monteverde. Zimmer bezogen wir unserer Gesinnung entsprechend in der Casa Tranquilo.
Unser erstes Aben ... [full story]
March 12th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde *For those of you I left off the first couple blogs, sorry!
I know the last blog was short and sweet. The loss of our bag and all of its contents was a definite bummer, but we decided we could n ... 11 photos[full story]
March 7th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde
We spent just over two weeks at the Rainsong Wildlife Reserve, run by the Large Texan Mary (again, exactly Kathy Bates in Waterboy) , where I got to wash some crates, move some cacti, and some roc ... [full story]
March 6th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde Into the cold mountains we go... The high hilltops are constantly in the clouds and it is wet all the time. I actually requested a second blanket, so much for my tan. The scenery was phenomenal, we dr ... 5 photos[full story]
February 2nd 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde Well, our time was up in Nicaragua, and while it had been a blast it was time to head to Costa Rica...
First stop was hoping to be Monteverde; we had dropped the rental car off and were now on foot ... 21 photos[full story]
February 19th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde Martes el 19 de Febrero 2008 (I had to look at my watch to figure this out and a student informed me that it was a Tuesday)
A day in the life of a Resident Naturalist:
Wake up a tad bit before 6am ... 1 photos[full story]
January 1st 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde We have to go to Monteverde. When the McLeod’s visited Costa Rica some 17 years ago they never made it to the famous Costa Rican community of Monteverde because they didn’t have a 4x4. Mon ... 8 photos[full story]
January 2nd 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde The first installment in the blog catch-up posts is our visit to Monteverde Cloud Forest. Steve's mom (Linda) arrived from California on Thursday the 6th and we drove up to Monteverde on the followin ... 15 photos[full story]
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