Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1887

"Pura vida." It's about the good things in life that come from what's natural, and Ticos (Costa Ricans) love saying it. And I've loved living it for the past few days. (Mav, because I know you're reading this, I just wanted you to know that they also say "man" exactly like in Scarface. It's awesome. And I say it every chance I get.) As my last foreign stopover before making it back home, I landed at the international airport in San José, Costa Rica, on Friday afternoon and was prompted greeted by rain, which begins like clockwork every afternoon--2:00 in San José, 4:00 in Quepos. (Speaking of rain, it just began to downpour outside of my little internet café.) Leaving the big city, I grabbed a bus directly south to Quepos and the Parque Nacional Manuel ... read more

Buenos, Its been another amazing week for me. I love the ocean. I spent the last six days on Playa Longosta. It is part of the very expensive touristy town of Tamarindo. We spent our days comfortably tucked away in our tin shack between the huge hotel to the left and the enormous condos to the right. It was quite the humbling experience. The beach was incredible and beautiful shells were scattered everywhere. By day, we worked clearing the beach and swimming and by night we walked up and down the beach in three hour shifts. I saw four turtles, Black turtles and Lora turtles. Unfourtunatly, no one saw a Leather Back. I did see their tracks though, HUGE!!!! At one point, I was overcome with determination to clear a certain area of beach. We were ... read more

Vraiment , je manque à tous mes devoirs ! Je ne vous ai même pas fait visiter "mi casa" ! Je vais donc y remédier sur le champs . Suivez le guide ..... PS : Vous avez droit à une petite visite guidée virtuelle. Certains se sont payés le luxe d'une petite visite bien réelle : nous avons été cambriolé jeudi ! En ce qui me concerne , notre maison n'a pas été "touchée" . Ouf !!! Mais ça reste inquiétant . Tous les profs étrangers , soit 11 au total, vivent dans trois maisons. Le grillage électrique a semble-t-il été endommagé , et visiblement il ne fonctionnait plus depuis quelques temps ( La reparaciòn ? Si, mañana ! Ah , ça ne fonctionne plus depuis un an ? OK !! ) . Il est donc ... read more

Hi everyone, particularly those thinking of traveling to Xela in Guatemala October 2006 I lived in Xela studying Spanish. After a couple weeks I decided I'd write about my experiences to provide more of a balanced view rather than the one-sided positive stuff I read before going. All I found before I left was either warnings about robbers & pickpockets or positive stuff. who is writing: I'm 56, male, an RN with a Master's and two Bachelors. I've traveled to Australia/New Zealand (1 month), western Europe (2 months), Mexico (numerous times for up to a months each time), Canada (numerous times for up to three weeks each time), Belize, Honduras, and Tahiti. I'll try to be brief and objective. I'll start with an analogy then use numbered points to illustrate. Xela is like a human being ... read more

Jetzt haben wir vorerst den Club fuer 8 Tage verlassen und haben uns auf unsere Rundreise begeben. Vor unserer Abreise mussten wir noch unbedingt bei einer Familie einkehren um richtig gut essen zu koennen. Havanna ist eine traumhafte Stadt. Man sieht Leute, Autos, Gebauede,..es ist einfach super. An die neuen Kollegen der Rundreise haben wir uns sehr schnell gewoehnt. Am ersten Tag spazierten wir durch die Altstadt, haben uns den Friedhof angesehen. Dieser fasst 600 000 Graber. Ein bekanntes Grab davon ist das von Ibrahim Ferrer. Dann waren wir noch im Hemingway Museum und in seiner Bar. Hier laufen so viele Touristen herum, das ist gigantisch,.. Das Wetter, ist so wie man es sich in der Karibik vorstellt einfach super, und der Rum schmeckt mit der Zeit auch immer Besser. Wir werden uns in dieser Woche ... read more