Blogs from Montezuma, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 4

Well our morning started off pretty good as we wandered down to the market for breakfast. After buying a bunch of stuff we headed back to the hostel and cooked a huge breakfast for two bucks each. Following that, we switched hostels to one right on the beach and got our gear ready for a day of hiking. Our first stop was a waterfall in the jungle. The five of us headed up to them and spent a few hours jumping off rocks into the pools and wandering through the many falls. Our photography skills were non existent but a different tourist got some good ones of us jumping through the waterfall. It was super fun other than Morris breaking his sandals. After the falls we headed back to the hostel to refill water bottles and ... read more

Even though Tamarindo and Montezuma are both located on the Nicoya Peninsula, with Tamarindo near the northern end and Montezuma by the southern tip; getting from one place to another was not the simple line drawn in the Lonely Planet itineraries. In reality, it is quite difficult to travel between the various beach towns on the Nicoya Peninsula as most roads are muddy, unpaved, and only accessible by 4WD vehicles. The one paved road ends in the town of Nicoya, mid-peninsula, and connects across the ¨Friendship Bridge¨to the mainland. Of course the option of paying for direct shuttle services is available, but that would have been too easy (i.e. pricey). The only sensible way by bus was to go back to our favorite town of Liberia and down south along the Pan-American Highway to Puntarenas, cross ... read more

Had a very brief explore of the village this morning, brief as it´s absolutely tiny!! Just a crossroads basically with a few bars and restaurants and one club...Chico´s!! Would definately be hitting that for Tashas birthday evening extravaganza. A guide book even described the atmosphere at night as "banging". This we had to see. Em bought a book from the local store as her last one got RUINED by the stupid tidal wave (which we shall refer to it as), and the ex-book was no longer exchangeable at hostels as it was cover and backless. Grabbed Tasha from the hostel and headed to a gorgeous long, white sand beach for some tan time. There were good waves for surfing but it seemed quite rocky to us!? Guess we aren´t surf pros, so we wouldn´t know! On ... read more

Yet another early start, and a very stressful one at that. We barely made our bus despite staying just a few minutes drive from the Coca Cola bus station, and collapsed into our seats just as the doors were closing. It was a few hours drive to Puntarenas, where we had to get off the bus and onto a ferry to cross the sea over to the Nicoya Peninsula. It was a beautiful day and the water was very still so we didn't really want to get back onto the hot bus - with fake aircon vents - and travel another hour or so. Half an hour later, however, the bus stopped and we were told to get off and wait for a smaller Chicken Bus to pick us up as the bus we were on ... read more

So for those of you keeping track, my freckle abundance has doubled due to the sun. It is still so hot and humid, even when it rains (which it does every few days as booming thunderstorms), we sweat or get wet from the rain and our clothes stay wet, never dry and start to smell sweet and damp. We were supposed to get our own rooms at a local’s guesthouse but no one is organized at Rainsong so we ended up having to stay at a hostel; we have to share a hut outside, which is fine, there is more room in the huts we share than in the rooms. And people stay up all night inside the hostel anyway so it’s better we are secluded. Most days we get up before 7 am, eat stodgy ... read more