Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1743

Copie du message de France : Nous avons fait l'essai du pilote ce matin et refait les ajustemments, tout semble fonctionner normalement. Nous sommes très heureux. Nous avons réinstallé l'ordi du pilote nous-mêmes hier soir, car il nous a été livré à 17h30. Pour ce qui est du flox gate sur le mat M. Brown nous a demandé de le placer plus bas.. Il nous faut donc repositionner et riveter le support. Dans la baie en ce moment il y a un vent Est de 20 noeuds . Notre position : 18-01-264 par 67-10-618 Donc le départ sera pour demain soir je crois vers 16h30 Par la suite, notre route se dessinerait ainsi : R2 Cabo Rojo 17-53-6 67-15-3 R2 Las Pardas 17-55-2 66-54-6 G1 Ponce 17-56-0 66-38-2 Muertos 17-54-4 66-28-8 RWLM 17-53-9 66-10-6 Pascuea 17-57-0 ... read more

Last night was a big disco night and getting up this morning was difficult. While a big group of us had planned to enjoy a beach day in Grand Cayman, only Emma (dancer), Marvin (showband pianist) and I actually made it off the ship this morning. We went to Treasure Island, a hotel on Seven Mile Beach. No fee to go to the hotel. They have a small spot of the beach. Really pretty, but the water was rather rough so we didn't stay down there long. Mostly we stayed by the poolside bar enjoying free internet and nice food. NOTE: When Travelblog crashed in summer 2007, this entry was lost and I was unable to recover it. I wasn't journalling very consistently at this time either so I can't fill in the blanks from there. ... read more

Costa Rica & Panama Route Eigentlich wollte ich gar nicht nach Costa Rica, aber nach dem mir einige Freunde davon vorgeschwaermt haben, hab ich es doch in Angriff genommen und dazu gleich noch Panama. Fuer beide Laender hab ich mir jedoch nur wenig Zeit genommen, auch weil die Idee auf einem Segelschiff nach Kolumbien ueberzusetzten immer mehr Formen annahm. 2 vielleicht interessante Fakten: Costa Rica hat keine eigene Armee (dafuer verstaerkte Polizei) sondern laesst sich vom grosssen Bruder aus dem Norden beschuetzen. Und: Nicht zuletzt durch Costa Rica´s Inititaive US Stuetzpunkte zu schliessen und zwischen Nicragua und ersteren zu vermitteln, wurde der fast 10 Jahre waehrende Krieg beigelegt und Arias Sánchez, Präsident Costa Rica´s bekam dafuer schon 1987 den Friedensnobelpreis. Nach dem bisher buerokratischsten Grenzuebergang - Nicaragua ... read more

Flores  Central America Caribbean » Guatemala » Flores Tikal By lynzMay 15th 2007lyndsey We happened to pass through Flores several times. From what i gathered it's mostly an island specifically geared towards tourism, but we had fun there. There was a nice bar right on the water that we would frequent for sunsets, and often we'd go for an evening dip in the lake. (sort of gave me unwanted dreadlocks and itchy skin, but at the time it was pleasant.) I don't really have much else to say for it other than it was a jump off point....although we did have a nice rooftop gathering one night with people from all... read more

Hey!! Well, Im here!! I arrived safe and sound and now im sitting in an internet cafe in Turriabal. Carlos (the driver from the company) met me at the airport. Took me to the bus station where I waited fr the bus to Turrialba. The ride was very much like the ride from the airport in Dominica to Ross (for those of you who have been in Dominica--very narrow and curvy) My tico mother met me at the bus station and took me home. She is a cute little lady, doesnt speak a lick of English! Communication was a little dicey, but she is very patient. KEYBOARDS ARE DIFFERENT HERE IN CR, SO BEAR WITH MY ODD PUNCTUATION My tico mama, has a son nelson who stays in the house and has a little boy ... read more