Blogs from Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 430

As with everything else our first year here, Christmas has been a time of learning. Old traditions have been challenged and new ones given the test. Our Christmas tree is adorned, in the front yard. No tree inside this year nor stockings hung, anywhere. It's another year in transition. Noticeable this year is Callista's maturity. Her path has started from innocence to young adulthood. The way she looks at Christmas this year is not the same. Gone are the days of Santa Claus and my baby. We are not harassed by Salvation Army bell ringers, to our best recollection we heard only 5 Christmas songs this month. No Christmas cookies for friends and neighbors. Only one Santa sighting. We didn't hit the mall once for shopping. The lack of Xmas commercialism in our lives this year ... read more

Wow, So its been ages since I have posted a blog, have been so busy doing stuff and I´ve now just arrived at a quiet little beach called Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica so thought i´d take my time now to write a little bit of what I´ve been up to. So first off Dougs has decided to leave me, a bad case of love sickness or home sickness, i can´t quite figure it out, no entiendo 'i don´t understand´, it makes no sense to me! So anyway we parted our separate ways a week ago, so i´ve been busy rafting and seeing the volcanos around San Jose. So a brief ittinery for you all, think i left off in antigua guatemala First we headed to Lagos de Atiklan, 10- Dec 'Santa Cruz´ 11th Dec ´San ... read more

From the Great White North to the Land of Coffee, Pineapple's, Bannana's, Volcanoes, Jungles and Beaches. This is were we have decieded to spend Xmas and New Years. Come and join us on our journey as we travel through this wonderful place.... read more

It's starting to get pretty busy again, the high season is here and the rain has stopped! We have same new members in our crew,and some new instructors are arriving at the end of the month. So we are totally prepared for the diving! Remember there is a deive festival from May 1st till the 6th. This is just a little update what happend here the last month. Of course Martin had his B-day and he received some original presents. Enjoy and have a great time during the holidays. Start off with a great 2007!!! Nou maar weer ff een opdate. Tegenwoordig is deze site ook gelinkt aan onze website, dus vandaar eerst in het Engels. We zijn hier wat aan het schuiven met personeel, maar verder gaat het prima. Gisteren de 13e maand betaald en ... read more

Well, the trip has finally winded down to a close here in San Jose. What a journey it´s been. I feel like I´ve seen more in the past ten weeks than I have my entire life. From the friendliness of the locals, the organic beauty of the landscapes, the mystique of the ancient traditions; the trip has been both completely satisfying and hugely surprising. Half of me never wants to leave. He wants to forget the plane ticket home, and move south through Panama, hop to Latin America and tour the continent. Stay in one city for a month, really get to know the place, the people, and the life. He wants to finish school, well, later. There´s so much to see, so many increadible places that are only imaginable through impassioned stories from fellow backpackers. ... read more