Blogs from Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 429

A special thanks to everyone for the kind words posted to our blog over the past couple of months. we have been getting a kick out of them and apologize for not being able to respond individually... we simply haven´t learned how. i know, sad. recent event.... with all of the memorable new year´s we have had in seattle, this year we were blessed to have seattle delivered to us in costa rica. colin, keith, mel, paul, howie, micah, and lalo made the journey down to enjoy tropical drinks on the beach as an alternative to the blustery northwest weather. the week flew by with each day packed full of sand and surf followed by evenings of catching up over bottles of imperial and pilsens. for us, the simple joy of sleeping in real beds with ... read more

Our friends Will, Mark and Ruth came to visit from Atenas so we could take them to the thermal waters with us. Callista and I've been anxious to get back for another volcanic mud mask and facial. We pass thru the town of Zarcero on the way to the hot springs so we stopped to stretch our legs. The last time our friends passed thru it was cloudy so they didn't get to see all the beautiful topiaries. The topiaries we strung with lights this time but we visited during the day and didn't get to see them lit up. We'll make a point of visiting at night next Christmas, I bet it's spectacular all lit up. At the thermal waters we began talking to other foreigners which is natural for us. We like listening to ... read more

Hi everyone There is not much to tell, except that I am still having a blast back in Santa Teresa and enjoying spending more time here with friends. Im currently living and working at the Funky Monkey Lodge. The house we had paid for happened to be moved in by a bunch of other people while I was in Ecuador and my friend was in Mexico. The landlord seemed to think he could get away with the two sets of rent. Hah. We let it go anyway because we got offered jobs at Funky Monkey straight away and are able to live there for free. There is a wonderful atmosphere there. I work with 3 other girls and we share reception jobs. Basically all I do is hang out with the guests! We join them every ... read more

We awoke early this morning to a steady amount of rain. Neither of us slept very well - our AC didn't work and it was hot, humid and (due to the wide open window) buggy. We both woke up with a fair amount of welts. We ran straight to the car to start our day only to discover that I had left the lights on (where are those annoying car warning sounds when you need them?!?!?!?!?) and the battery was dead. Deader than dead. Attempts at jumping the car failed, as no one had jumper cables except the hotel next door, but they were with their car a few hours out of town and not due to return anytime soon. Christmas morning car problems = bad timing. We tried pushing and starting it that way, but ... read more

Today I was weatherstripping the new front doors of the hotel. I realized after a while that I was not working alone. I had attracted a teeny tiny friend standing on the sidewalk next to me watching my work-I can only assume that he wanted to see if I was doing a good job :)Unfortunately for him, now that the weatherstripping is up, he's locked outside! I put him on a rock a bit farther from the doors and he seemed to be just fine with the new accomodations Orchid Lodge's Website - http://www.theorchidlodge.com Click here to read our blog - http://blog.theorchidlodge.com... read more