Alexandre Oliveira

Hi all, Last day in San Jose: It’s cold and we are hanging out at the hostel. Perhaps tomorrow I can do the last day trip around San José. I finally meet two Swedish native speakers from Skåne. :-) Finally I could introduce myself and practice a little bit. I was nervous but they had patience with me :-) I also could clarify some doubts that I had. Curiosity: They’re going to Brazil for the carnival. They’re so lucky! Because at that time I’ll be on the Belgian cold winter :-( Alexandre... read more

Hi from the rain forest. (no I’m not tarzan!) A nice 2 days trip to Tortuguero, it reminds me a lot of the Amazon rain forest Finally I meet a Belgian citizen. Yes! Or better ‘Ja wel’. On the bus to Tortuguero, I meet Dries (from Hasselt - Limburg). We will keep in touch! The trip was long but it was nice to see the rain forest and we have stopped at Del Monte (banana plantation) and at a beautiful garden with a lot of flowers, butterflies and red frogs. During the boat trip starts the rain and I was pretty wet after few minutes because I didn’t bring my jacket :-( The channels on Tortuguero are larger than the ones in the Amazon but we could see some crocodiles, frogs, caimans, a lot of birds ... read more

Hello all, When I first heard of Granada, I must at the same moment, thing about Granada in Spain. The city is very colourful and the streets are very clean. It’s easy to go around and enjoy a lemonade or just to grab a beer and stay outside, because it’s too damn hot! 3 days are totally enough to stay here. I went to Laguna de Apoyo, Pueblos Blañcos and Isletas. Besides you still have Granada itself to discover and it’s really nice. It makes me remember of Salvador or Manaus in Brazil. I always have a déjà vu feeling :-) Next stop: San Juan Del Sur (Pacific Coast) and going back to Costa Rica. See ya... read more

Hi from Nicaragua my friends! A long trip, another long trip with the boat, hahahaha, I think that you expect the word "bus" but this time is boat! It's quite choking to arrive in San Carlos, I got the same feeling when I first arrived to Ciudad del Leste in Paraguay. Both are pretty the same, chaotic, a lot of traffic with people trying to sell you something. A lot of hi-fi made in …. who knows :-) To get to Boca de Sabalos, I took the boat and stopped on the way to sleep one night in a lodge. The place was quite nice actually and made easy to get to the fortress on the next day but when I arrived there, the fortress was closed! It’s first of November so they close also on ... read more

Hi all, Apparently I’ll always write ‘it was a long trip by bus” 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 José. I already saw toucans, woodpeckers and a lot of birds on the garden of the hostel. There isn’t much to see here but I decided to go in a tour to the national park not far from the hostel. The guide explained about the project in the park Braulio Carrillo and I could see some animals and a lot of exotic plants. I also could spot a bat hanging in one tree. The guide explained ... read more