Today was a terrible day. Terrible. The word can´t be repeated enough. Lets start at the beginning. Got up at 5am (!) to catch the 6am bus next to the hostel. Saw a lovely sunrise, but the bus was half an hour late. 1.5 hours and one incredibly whiney child and smelly man later, our bus arrived at Paquera, dropping us to catch the Ferry, which was fine fine fine and we arrived at Punta Arenas on mainland at 10.15. Now, riddle me this; why would the harbour arrange for a boat to come from south of the peninsula to mainland [View Full Entry]

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Hello All! Today's entry is probably going to be significantly shorter then the last two because we didn't do much today. We woke up sometime in the early morning to some howling type noises. Since we have yet to see howler monkeys we decided to go check it out. but alas, no luck. After a thorough investigation we concluded that the noise we heard must have been birds :( i know, but we will see some monkeys for sure next week. I believe we are going to go either to Cahuita to go hiking, or to the sloth sanctuary on Monday [View Full Entry]

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Happy after finally receiving the right stamp Just when I was about to leave Leon in Nicaragua I met a guy from the U.S. He liked my plan of taking the local buses to Costa Rica. So he decided to join me. We had to change bus several times before we got to the border with Costa Rica. At the Nicaraguan side we got the exit stamp and on the Costa Rican side we received the stamp to enter Costa Rica, at least that is what we thought. From the border we took a bus in the direction of the town [View Full Entry]

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I am going to start off this blog with telling everyone that i can not spell for the life of me. Sorry if you run into some grammatical errors or mis-spellings. Its just how i am. lol. Alrighty so we left last night at about 6:30pm to go to LAX. After being denied for 2 flights (we were flying stand by, thanks to my amazing Aunt Pam) we were the last passengers to be boarded on the last flight of the night to Dallas Texas, and from there we were to catch a flight to San Jose Costa Rica. Once we [View Full Entry]

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Woke up in our steamy tent bright and early this morning - bright as the sun rises at 5am-ish and early because other people are NOT quiet in the morning!! We went for breakfast at a gorgous cafe called Mojo's where tasha had a breakfast burrito and em had sweet french toast. We are officially in LOVE with Costa Rican coffee it is so good!! We gulped this down and then headed further into town to hire bikes. Got them cheap from a friendly old man, who teased us about our useless Spanish...must learn more!! Initially a bit wobbly on bikes [View Full Entry]

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On the first day of Spanish class in Zapote, Costa Rica, Alisa and I were supposed to arrive a half hour early. So even though we are on vacation, we got up at 6:30 to adequately prepare for our first day. Alisa spent an hour and a half putting on makeup. I actually showered. The mornings in Costa Rica are amazing. At 7 am it is an intensely sunny 75 degrees. Every morning. Our walk is so short we can hardly begin a conversation before entering COSI, which stands for Costa Rican Spanish Institute. My confusion in trying to figure out [View Full Entry]

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Leaving Bocas this morning meant an early boat across to mainland, followed by a shuttle bus with 2 other people to the border town of Sixaola.. WHAT a hassle the crossing was! We had to queue on the panama side to get our passports stamped, then walk across what looks like an incredibly rickety bridge to the other side. baring in mind this bridge supports hundreds of passing cargo trucks, we didnt feel particularly safe as you could see down through the planks to the huge brown river below!! Very hot and tired, we joined a second queue at the other [View Full Entry]

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Hallo allemaal, Ondertussen heb ik weer een aantal plaatsen aangedaan, en weer heel wat kiekjes geschoten, dus heb ik weer het een en ander om te schrijven. Ik zal het proberen kort te houden per plaats. Helaas kan ik niet van alles een foto tonen, aangezien ik een beetje lomp ben geweest tijdens het wissen van overtollige foto´s. Net voodat ik ging slapen wilde ik nog een paar foto´s deleten, helaas stond de verkeerde functie geselecteerd (alles in de map wissen) en automatisch drukte ik op de knop. Gelukkig heb ik met Arno´s hulp nog zo´n 80% van de foto´s terug [View Full Entry]

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Het laatste wapenfeit op deze site, zo zocht ik net op, dateert alweer van 7-8 maanden geleden. Springlevend is deze man echter nog steeds, tenminste leven doet ie zeker, springen af en toe, eerder de hangmat. Respect voor de anderen (Theunissen en co) die iets frequenter schrijven. Bij deze een kleine update in de vorm van een vogelvluchtige maar meer dan ooit verzorgde herfstspecial aangezien er niet alleen aan een nieuw hoofdstuk wordt begonnen, maar ook een nieuw boek... Nederland Wat gebeurde er sinds maart. Enige tijd heb ik de hangmat en ladiesnight van Bocas del Toro o [View Full Entry]

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Costa Rica - Lake House We zijn intussen alweer ruim een maand in Costa Rica, hoog tijd voor wat nieuws van deze kant. Via vrienden (makelaars) kwamen we in een huis terecht met uitzicht op het meer. Er zijn veel buitenlanders die hier een huis bouwen/kopen/verbouwen en er slechts een aantal weken per jaar verblijven. Het is prettig als een huis bewoond is, aldus gingen we huis oppassen. Alleen de electriciteit en water moeten we betalen, ongeveer US$ 30 per maand, goed te doen dus. Het is een klein en knus huis, groot genoeg voor ons en lekker makkelijk om schoon [View Full Entry]

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