Blogs from San José, San José, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 10

Being a minority in San José has its ups and downs. At least 90% of the Ticos/Ticas stare at me. Some good and some bad. Many people love to ask me where I am from. After I tell them I am from New York, they all start to tilt their heads and say.....but you don't look American? And then I sigh and have to say "My parents are from South Korea." It kills me every time I have to say that. Don't get me wrong, I am proud of my Korean roots, but ignorance kills me.... read more

We like volcanoes and running and here is a bit of both We are now, in this the third and last of our blog entries from Costa Rica, going to write about San José and the day trip we made to Volcán Poás. Since we visited another volcano when we were in Liberia we thought we could squeeze in the photos from that volcano trip here too. So there will be a few volcano pictures here. But it wouldn't be much of a Costa Rica blog entry if we didn't throw in a few pictures of wildlife and the compulsory waterfalls. If you like wildlife and waterfalls you can see more of those in the first and the secondblog entry we made from Costa Rica. We like volcanoes, boiling mud pools, boiling water ponds and geysers. ... read more

Getting an afternoon flight is sometimes a good thing. Packed the night before just had to get up and sort out the last few things before the Taxi came to pick us up at 10.30 am. Charlie's the Taxi company were bang on time as they always are and we had moved the bags down to the bottom of the garden so we cold be away quickly. Left Fred and Barney working on the new "shed". Be interesting to see how they've got on when we get back. Leaving from Terminal 4 was an absolute pleasure - checked in on line so just baggage drop. Wanted to be reasonably early as the plane was over booked and I didn't want them bumping us onto another flight. No queue to drop bags - yes that's right no ... read more

It's only been just over a week, but I figured I post my first blog as it might be a while til I have internet access again. The second I step off the airplane in San Jose, Costa Rica, I already broke one of the major travel rules. Me and two other backpackers joined together to find a taxi, to save some money instead of going individual. Out of the 80 people trying to convince us to step into their taxi, we picked a guy. We followed him to his taxi which happened to be a private car his friend was driving, parked away and behind the airport exit. Being late at night and just wanting to find a hostel, we decided to take it anyways, hoping that I could outrun the two girls that where ... read more

¡Saludos! Streaming to you (not quite live) from Costa Rica! After spending a couple of weeks here, I’ve slowly begun to appreciate rice and beans. No, really, I’ve had 1,000 opportunities to practice Spanish and I’ve taken advantage of 998. We’ve met some great people, the host families are wonderful and we have visited several interesting places. Of particular interest to me was the National Museum in San José. As a student of both Spanish and History, I felt right at home during the visit. The pottery, stonework, carved figurines, and grave sites provide insight into the lives of the indigenous people. Evidence of pre-historic peoples is scattered all throughout the world, and the development of the indigenes in Costa Rica fits perfectly into the expected mold of human development. The pre-Colombian findings suggest these collections ... read more