Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1740

GREETINGS ALL!!! YES PUERTO VIEJO IS THE PLACE FULL OF FREE LOVE. I AM GLAD TO ADMIT THAT I HAVE NOT YET FELL INTO THAT CATEGORY. SO IF YOU COME HERE YOU BETTER KNOW WHATS UP. THERE IS A LOT THINGS TO DO HERE IN PUERTO VIEJO. THE BARS ARE OPEN PRETTY LATE AND YOU CAN GET DRINKS FOR REALLY CHEAP. WHICH WOULD BE HEAVEN FOR PEOPLE LIVING IN THE STATES. I COULD DEFFINATELY GET USED TO A PLACE LIKE THIS. IT IS GOING TO BE REALLY HARD TO LEAVE. I HAVE MET SOME REALLY BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE HERE. THIS MORNING I AM GETTING READY TO HEAD OVER TO BOCAS DEL TORO IN PANAMA AND THEN I WILL COME BACK PUERTO VIEJO TO END MY TRIP. EBONY... read more

After a night in strange Omoa, we decided to sleep one more night on the lovely caribbean coast of Honduras before reaching Utila, one of the Bay Islands. Tela didn't turn out to be as "caribbean" as we would have hoped it to be, but another wild, chaotic, small honduran town. As the german hippie in Omoa had told us: this country is wild, and we could clearly sense the difference from indigenous Guatemala. After looking for a hostel for quite a while, getting more and more irritated... we finally found la posada del sol in the centre of town. The best thing about that hostel was that they had a collective TV!! After having checked out the city (took us about 30 min or so...) we bought some coconut bread, some liquados that we mixed ... read more

Yesterday I began my trip to Tajamulco, after bussing for 4 hours I came at the starting point of the ascent. Only a couple of locals around who were surprised that I would try to climb this vulcan solo. Not only of going up solo but also with the weather conditions. Clouds everywhere, the cold temperature and ofcourse the strong winds. After 2 hours I really was thinking what am I doing here, not the cold, but the visability especially. The last 30 minutes lasted so long. I just got a glimpse of the summit a bit before, It did´t look that far anymore, but just the altitude was killing me. With the pack on my back, I only could like 10 steps and than I had to catch my breathe again for a couple of ... read more

Yet another week has come and gone here in Jamaica and the following are just a few of the slightly odd/ridiculous/frightening occurrences that have come to pass. 1. The Mother Superior was in Jamaica this past week to visit, so we had a gathering at our house as kind of a Welcome-Sister-Judith-And-Thank-You-Mr.-And-Mrs.-Monroe-For-Giving-Us-The-House celebration. All the big wigs in the religious community were invited so, of course, we were graced by the presence of the current Archbishop of Kingston --Larry -- and the previous Archbishop -- The Edge -- among about 25 other guests, from friends to other sisters and several local priests. After a blessing we sat down to dinner and I was privileged enough to be seated between the two Archbishops. Needless to say, dinner was one of the most interesting in my life. The ... read more

Hello everyone, Please excuse the long hiatus from blogging. I have been very busy with working and traveling and find myself at a loss when I try to write something down. Not even my personal journal has been seeing the light of day. This is compounded by the fact that I am making attempts to immerse myself in the language further....only listening to spanish music, reading spanish novels and magazines, speaking spanish as much as possible. With that in mind, occasionally I feel my English devolving. So bear with me! Work continues to be challenging and exciting. Today my high school job changed because of a lack of correspondence between the school and the company. I am now working at an elementary school that I had coincidentally been slightly desiring I could work at before. It ... read more

GREETINGS ALL: TODAY I DECIDED TO LEAVE CHAUITA AND TAKE TRIP TO PUERTO VIEJO. PLUS I HAD TO GO TO THE BANK BECAUSE THEIR IS ARE NO BANKS HERE CAHUITA . IT WAS ONLY A 30 MINUTE BUS RIDE. THESE BUS DRIVERS HERE REALLY BE DRIVING I AM BLESSED TO SAY THAT I HAVE NOT YET BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT. WELL ANYWAYS THE VIBE IN PUERTO VIEJO WAS A PEACEFUL ONE. I IMMEDIATLEY GOT LOVE FROM THE LOCALS. I MET THIS ONE RAS SISTA SHE WAS COOL. I CHILLED OUT WITH HER AND SOME OTHER RAS BROTHAS. THEY WERE JUST CHILLIN SMOKIN HERB LIKE THERE WAS NO TOMORROW. I WISH IT WAS THAT EASY IN THE STATES. I RENTED A BIKE FOR 3 DOLLARS WHICH WAS A LOT CHEEPER THAN IN CHAUITA. I CRUISED THROUGH THE ... read more

So we paid our guide today for the 6 day excursion into unknown jungles, and were quite happy to find we have a genuine guide who in fact does not speak a word of english. Should be interesting. Guess well push our spanish learning into high gear. We were all happy to find out we leave at 5 am tommorow...NOT Anyways, we have a donkey and were not sure what to name it yet, somebody to manage the donkey (havent figured out a name for him yet) and our guide. We bring prettymuch nothing with us besides two pairs of pants (even though i only brought one) and our cameras. We go through mud and swamps and everything else somewhere north of where we are now. The ruins were visiting are called El Mirador. Im convinced ... read more

Hey everyone...sorry I have been out of touch for the last 2 weeks. I really have been busy and the down time I have had seems to have been in places with no internet access. The last time I wrote I was in the surfing town of Tamarindo on the north west coast of Costa Rica. After Tamarindo we headed to the capital of Costa Rica... San Jose. San Jose is a typical modern metropolis, but not without its own charm. There are lots of parks to walk through, the people are warm and receptive, and there is a very active night life. I had a lot of fun there but unfortunately I had to say goodbye to some good people there. The way the tour is set up people are given the option to continue ... read more