http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Costa Rica , Limón en-us Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:33:15 +0000 Sun, 03 Jan 2010 19:33:15 +0000 After a few weeks of holidaying it was time for work again oh the hardship I spent 5 weeks living and working in Cano Palma biological station in Tortugero National Park on the carribbean coast in Costa Rica. Tortugero is the second largest rookery of green turtles in the world and I was planning to be there for hatching season. As well as the turtle work they do a lot of work with birds and jag http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Parque-Nacional-Tortuguero/blog-460843.html Hey allI am doing one blog entry for both yesterday and today. We haven't done a whole lot and there aren't a lot of pictures so it would be easier to condense it. Yesterday we woke up around 730am to the sound of rain pounding on the roof. Cindy and George were getting ready to leave. Their taxi was supposed to get here at 8am. As they were finishing up last minute things Myles and i got up to http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-453209.html Hey thereSorry i haven't written in a while. I just wasn't feeling it the pat couple of days. But since we will be leaving soon i decided to catch you up. On Wednesday we woke up and it was very nice outside. The previous day it had rained so we were happy to know that our adventures would be happening on a pretty day. At around 615 am the boys Myles and George left to go on their fishing trip http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/blog-453153.html Hey thereSo we had a lot of plans today that kinda got shot down because of the rain. We woke up around 530am to Myles blaring alarm clock on his phone. We weren't sure that we would get up that early without help so we set it last night. Fishing is early business. The boys Myles and George had a fishing trip set today and they had to meet their captain on the other side of town at 7am so we g http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-452348.html Sorry this is late but we were all feeling too tired last night to mess with the blog. Yesterday was a lot of fun We started off the day by getting picked and driven into town not having to walk into town is always nice and getting dropped off at the Terra Adventures place. They had our ATV's ready and waiting for us. Our guide was a very nice guy name Raul. He showed us how to use the ATV http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-452341.html Hey EveryoneToday was awesome. As i mentioned in the last blog Myles had been really wanting to go snorkeling and since our last attempt did not work it was the day Myles was deathly ill. yesterday we signed up for a tour to Cahuita National Park and some snorkeling at the point there. Cahuita is one of only two living coral reefs in all of Costa Rica and it is supposed to be beautiful. We wo http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-451863.html Hello there readersToday was fun. We have been here now a little over two weeks and since Cindy and George have arrived it has been nice to show someone everything we have seen and learned. We all woke up quite early to make it to the farmers market before all the food was picked over. We got into town at about 815am or so. We warned Cindy and George that the farmers market was really small but http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-451518.html Hey EveryoneSo i think today was my second favorite day here so far. We woke up around 745 because Myles set his alarm so we could get to our plans. We got up and headed to Banana Azul to rent some bikes again. We got on the road around 845. We were heading to the Jaguar Sanctuary just south of town. The sun was shining which was nice because the past couple of days have been kind of over cast http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-451271.html Hello friendsToday was not that eventful. But it is the calm before the storm. Cindy and George are arriving tomorrow night and i am sure we will be very busy showing them around to all our favorite places. I woke up around 845 and hung out on the porch waiting for Myles to wake up. I wanted to let him sleep because i know he has been going to bed very late. He got up around 1030 and we decide http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-451052.html Hey guysSorry there hasn't been a blog for the past couple of days. When i was trying to upload some pictures to my last blog the internet stopped working and it would kind of flicker on and off for the past couple of days. Today is the first day that it has worked normally keep your fingers crossed.. Even though i have not had a chance to write you haven't missed much. Myles wanted to relax a http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-450942.html How goes it peopleSo today was interesting. Not exciting but interesting. I woke up this morning around 4am to the sound of Myles getting sick in the bathroom. When we had gone to bed he had been complaining of felling sick. And i knew that i had fallen asleep well before he did. Ive been taking benadryl because i have an ant bite on my foot that has caused my whole ankle to swell. But of cour http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-450334.html To whom it may concernToday started out alright. I woke up around 730am feeling a little hungover after last nights festivities. We finally arrived home some time around 1am which isn't really that late but here where the sun goes down at like 430 1am feels late. I got up and decided that i wanted to go to the beach. Myles was still sleeping and i didn't want to force him to get up so i fig http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-450069.html hello all Where to start. Yesterday was Halloween and as we found out not many people here really care. We got up early and heading into town for the local farmer's market. Got some great stuff for really cheap. Some good fresh bread which sadly the ants got into already a pineapple and some grapes. We finally got to try out some fresh coconut. For 300 colones they cut the top off http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-450043.html So Crista's tired tonight so I'm taking over the blog this eveninghttpwww.youtube.comwatchvOG6v4lXsqEohttpwww.youtube.comwatchvuNKsWPEACW4httpwww.youtube.comwatchvzRGKVXGl3Uhttpwww.youtube.comwatchvoZQEXTCwN2Mhttpwww.youtube.comwatchvwLwoEYe5hNshttpwww.youtube.comwatchvszuuOHTHWf4httpwww.youtube.comwatchvjwrQUdgmqAHere are the urls to the videos of our http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-448786.html Greetings friendsToday has been my favorite day in Costa Rica so far. I woke up around 715 to the amazing sound of the ocean and birds. Our alarm was set for 740 so i knew it wouldn't be long before Myles was forced to rise as well. I was so excited about our zipline adventure that i decided to start getting ready. While living here i haven't been doing much in the mornings to get ready. Typica http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-448460.html Dear Friends and FamilyI mentioned in my last blog that we were headed down the road to a hotel out here for some drinks. Well it turns out that you can only go to that bar if you are staying at their hotel. We walked over sat down and ordered. We both got a mixed drink call a pura Vita its triple sec tequila and the local alcohol called Guaro. which is fermented sugar cane. The girl brou http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-448232.html Greetings from Costa RicaToday was a beautiful day hot but beautiful. I woke up around 645am everyday it gets earlier and earlier. Before you know it i will be up to hear the rooster crow. When i was getting out of bed i figured Myles wouldn't be up for a while so i decided to be lazy and read out side in the hammock again. I got bored so at one point i walked around our property again an http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-447966.html Hello everybody. So today was nice. We took it easy again. Just kinda hangin out and whatnot. I woke up around 745am to the bright sun peaking through our shutters yes there are shutters to keep all the bugs and craziness out. Anyways this has been the first day it was really sunny for a substantial amount of time. I sat on the porch for about an hour and read my book i have already finishe http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-447648.html Hello AllToday'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 som http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-447357.html Hello readersToday has been soooo much better then yesterday. Myles and i woke up around 730am to the sound of the ocean and the wide array of birds that live here. After several attempts to go back to sleep we decided that the noise being still enjoyable was too loud. Since we hadn't eaten yet we started getting dressed to head to town. As we were finishing up we ran into the man who manages http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Limon/Puerto-Viejo-de-Talamanca/blog-447128.html