Blogs from Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 428

Hey everyone Happy New Year from Costa Rica. We arrived safe and tired. Headed for a beer in a minute then dinner and an early night. hope everyone had a safe new year. Reid & Christy... read more

We never made it back out of our room at Las Orquideas. I finished my book though. :-) We were up early this morning. It was hard not to be, as our room was right next to the kitchen and breakfast started at 6:30 am. We were both up a lot in the middle of the night listening to the howling wind. It had been a long time since I had heard a windstorm like that. After a breadfast tipico (rice and beans, eggs, toast, coffee, guava jelly) we were on the road to Alajuela...which was just as bumpy on the way down. We were cranky (had to pee) by the time we got to (got lost in) Alajuela and found our hotel. I have to say, I have a new appreciation for all those Amazing ... read more

We celebrated the opening of our hotel last week. We had our first guests and everything went better than I could have ever imagined. Rachel’s food was spectacular, although it is clear that she’ll need help in the kitchen which I can offer now, and we’ll hire someone to do so in the future. All of the rooms and bathrooms were completely finished and considering what many of the hotels look like here, I am sure that our guests were pleasantly surprised. The first night that our guests were here, we stayed up after dinner playing pictionary. The following day I led a tour to La Paz and Poas, which took up a good portion of the day. Our guests decided to stay a little while longer to stay for an optional dinner that they purchased, ... read more

ALAJUELA (Middle Costa Rica) - Thu 21/12 to Fri 22/12 We left San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua early on Thursday the 21st with 3 days to get to Puerto Viejo del Talamanca on the Caribbean (or East) coast for Christmas. We took a one hour bus back towards Managua (Nicaragua´s capital) & hopped off the bus at a cross roads. We hadn´t bothered to check on bus schedules as we were up & off very early. We were about 5 minutes there & were just asking ourselves how long would we be waiting when along comes a bus right to the border. The one great thing about central american buses is there are plenty of them, they may be cramped, stuffed, packed & all those kind of words but you never have to wait too long ... read more

A knock on my door. I stir in my bed. As I rise to greet my mysterious caller I speculate on who it could possibly be. Scarlett Johansson perhaps, clutching a 38mm spanner, a couple of onion bhajees and a copy of the latest edition of Private Eye? My imagination continues to outpace all logical probablities as I visualise her handing over these precious treasures whilst whispering in a breathless voice loaded with festive anticipation "Excuse me these are for you Mr Pushonnorth"... A large cockroach scurries past and pauses momentarily to shake its head, it is almost as if its feelers can read my rather optimistic thoughts. I open the door, it is a nice old man. Although he is wearing a black shirt and a large crucifix around his neck for some reason he ... read more