Greetings from Costa Rica! Today was a beautiful day, hot but beautiful. I woke up around 6:45am, everyday it gets earlier and earlier. Before you know it i will be up to hear the rooster crow. When i was getting out of bed i figured Myles wouldn't be up for a while so i decided to be lazy and read out side in the hammock (again!). I got bored so at one point i walked around our property (again) and took pictures. By the time we come home i will have the whole place photographed from top to bottom. FINALLY around [View Full Entry]

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Hello everybody. So, today was nice. We took it easy again. Just kinda hangin out and whatnot. I woke up around 7:45am to the bright sun peaking through our shutters (yes, there are shutters to keep all the bugs and craziness out.) Anyways, this has been the first day it was really sunny for a substantial amount of time. I sat on the porch for about an hour and read my book (i have already finished one, and so has Myles, i haven't seen him read this much in like, forever), and watched all the little geckos run around. There are [View Full Entry]

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Our last fews days in Costa Rica and we've been enjoying our stay at a Ramada Hotel. Soft fluffy mattresses, duvets and 4 pillows per bed!!!! Also, a jacuzzi bath!!!! Amy has asked if we can stay longer. We haven't ventured into San Jose city as rumour has it that it's not particularly nice. However, we did have a fab day yesterday at a place called InBio Park, just 20 mins from the hotel. There were butterflies, beautiful gardens, huge green iguana, turtles, crocodiles, white-tailed deer and also some wild birds that we'd not seen before. The Blue-Crowned MotMot bird was [View Full Entry]

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So after waking with a slight hangover we headed straight for Mojos again for a yummy buritto breakfast! yumm!! We then checked out of our hostel and lugged our bags (which we believe somehow are getting heavier - maybe from all the bugs that are crawling into them every night) to the bus stop. Going by our trusty travel bible we thought we would only have to wait half hour for the bus. Turns out we arent as bright as we thought and the bus wasnt for another hour and a half! so we made ourselves comfortable and waited! As the [View Full Entry]

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So today was an early start! we wanted to go to the national park before catching a bus to San Jose. When we got to the park it was pretty quiet and we only had to pay a donation which was really good too! We wondered along a trail that followed the beach which was cool as we got to see the waves and the sand but also the jungle. First Sighting, claimed by Sandra: Monkeys! We could just about see a couple of them above us in the trees having their breakfast! Second sighting, claimed by Tasha: TOUCANS!! Tasha spotted [View Full Entry]

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Big breakfast start to the day today, looking out on a balcony over San Jose - its probably not one of the most picturesque sights we´ve seen so far!! Headed to the bus station to catch the 12.30 bus to Quepos. 3 hours of a hot and steamy bus ride later, we were nearing our destination. As we pulled up to a bus station and the word Quepos seemed to be on a few signs outside, we assumed we were in the right place!! Off we got, went to get our luggage and we were told to get back on by [View Full Entry]

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Hello readers! Today has been soooo much better then yesterday. Myles and i woke up around 7:30am to the sound of the ocean and the wide array of birds that live here. After several attempts to go back to sleep we decided that the noise (being still enjoyable) was too loud. Since we hadn't eaten yet we started getting dressed to head to town. As we were finishing up we ran into the man who manages the property were we are staying. His name is Hernan, and he is really personable. He was more then happy to answer any questions we [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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Today was another day set to moving to a different area of the country. After another yummy breakfast of pinapple and coffee ( We are definatly in need of that cup every morning now!) we headed to the bus station to catch a bus to Puntarenas where we planned on getting a boat across the Golf of Nicoya. After 3 hours we arrived at our destination (along with Jo and Mark - the honeymooners who were also heading to the same place) but realised that the dock for the boat was the other side of town. The bus driver waffled something [View Full Entry]

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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 [View Full Entry]

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