http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Central America Caribbean , Costa Rica en-us Sat, 05 Dec 09 00:04:02 +0000 Sat, 05 Dec 09 00:04:02 +0000 h2Uvita small tranquillo surfh2I was told the best way to Panama was to go back to San Jose and then take the direct bus. Luckily I decided on the local bus Local Bus means almost like a school buspulling off the highway often to go down gravel roads to service locals in the area. BUT CR is a small country. Even local buses can get me to Panama in 6 hrs.I got up without alarm at 0615 s mo http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Uvita/blog-457840.html Last Morning in SJ found a great typical restaurant with a gracious waiter. Prices weren't too bad I think 2 large coffee 2 and breakfast 5 was ok for a very nice place. If the photos arent too well 'placed I think I need time to learn the set up here better.Also for those of you who clicked the Subscribe Button you may get a notice that a new report is posted when it is only me editing and http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Manuel-Antonio/Vista-Serena-Hotel/blog-457506.html Nice day today cloudy tiny bit of sun and warm didn't do much... would have liked a tour of the city. I decided to wait on Fredrico who was busy today. He said 2 or 3 hours should be enough and he would charge 20 I said can we cover the city so quick and he said as is getting to be a theme a lot of the city we wouldn't return from if we went there. Prices here are like back home for proce http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/San-Jose/blog-456822.html Trip log.Vancouver to Costa Rica with 2 hr. layover Dallas flying time 7 hrs. 1085 round trip return mid Feb from San Jose. Taxis airport to downtown 20. I walked a block and got a bus within a min. for 500 colones 1 CND. The bus went within 3 blocks of the hotel and a very friendly beautiful CR lady on the bus told me about CR during the 30 min. ride. She suggested I get a taxi for the 3 bl http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/tranquilo-backpackers/blog-456609.html Greetings to all of you old bloggers and to all of you new enlistees. Many of you have asked about the blog and why you haven't heard from us for so long. Well to tell you the truth I though that since we were both back in the states we would see or talk to most of you at some time durring the summer and Fall months. As it turned out that was the case for most of you. It is now November 21 an http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Puntarenas/Jaco/blog-453544.html Hi from La FortunaAfter another long trip by bus I arrived here. Now Irsquom tired and it's raining.I cannot see the Arenal volcano but it's there somewhere.La Fortuna The luck is a nice town. Pretty small and organized. There is a lot of places to go around and grab a coffee or a milk shake batido.In the afternoon I went to the Arenal Volcano with group tour till the view point and wersq http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Alajuela/Arenal/blog-453371.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 Hi allApparently Irsquoll always write lsquoit was a long trip by busrdquo on my posts.I think that in this trip most of the time we will be on the bus going somewhere or trying to get somewhere.Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui is really green. I'm loving to hear the birds and it's a quite place comparing with San Jos.I already saw toucans woodpeckers and a lot of birds on the garden of the host http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Heredia/Puerto-Viejo-de-Sarapiqu-/blog-453143.html First postI arrived finally in San Jos after months planning this trip. San Jos reminds me directly of So Paulo city big chaotic and with a lot of people going to work full buses and nobody has time for anything else.I walked a little bit in downtown to see the city and went back to the hostel to leave on time to Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui on the first bus travel here.To get there we need t http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/blog-453142.html Alright....so the story I left you wanting to hear. We got to Tamarindo at dark so we were happy to have help finding a place to stay. A guy on the street showed us this hostel we checked it out and for 8 a night in expensive gringolandia the place looked alright. We put our stuff down made friends with our roommates for the night and then headed off for dinner. We came back and hung out w http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Tamarindo/blog-453013.html Costa Rica is located according to the Ecuador in the Northern Hemisphere and according to the Greenwich meridian in the Occidental Hemisphere. Its geographic coordinates are 10 north 84 west. Costa Rica is part of what is called Central or Middle America main land. Because of its geographic location Costa Rica has a strategic value in communication and commercial relationships climate an http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/San-Jose/blog-452816.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 Our worst border experience as of yet was crossing from Nicaragua to Costa Rica. Many countries in Central America have an open border. Residents of these countries cross freely between the borders and only the touristas need to show documentation. The situation is quite different on the NicaraguaCosta Rica border. Costa Rica has quite a bit more money and many Nicaraguans come into Costa R http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/Guanacaste/Penas-Blancas/blog-452071.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 Ive traversed more hills today than I ever cared to. But the rewards were huge...great conversations wonderful food deserted private beaches...I attatched myself to a girl from Holland who just finished two months volunteering at a turtle conservation and we went for what turned out to be quite possibly the worlds longest walk. Taking advice from the hostel worker we took back roads and steep http://www.travelblog.org/Central-America-Caribbean/Costa-Rica/blog-451246.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