Blogs from Alajuela, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 4

Happy to report everything went smoothly on our trip from Tampa to Miami via Amtrak, and on our flight to San Jose. We cruised through immigration and customs very easily with no lines. We were able to get to our hotel very easily. We spent our first day getting to know the neighborhood we are staying in. Our hotel is nice and basic, and we settled in right away. We decided to book a few tours for our first days here. The past couple of days have been jam packed abosolutely fantastic. We spent Wednesday heading to Parque Nacional Volcan Irazu, Cartago and the Orosi valley. We had a very nice tour guide and 2 ladies traveling from Venuzuela were also on the tour. The volcano is inactive and is the highest volcano at 11,000 feet. ... read more

- wake up - catch bus - arrive 5 hours later - find hostel - watch tv - visit supermarket twice. - make dinner - watch tv - sleep ... read more

We all wake up at 03:50 and pack the SUV for the airport. We leave the SUV in the airport parking with the keys in the glove box (strange way to return the car). We all check in to our respective flights and go through airport security. Airport security confiscates my metal cutlery (knife and fork). Nuts! I forgot about those in my carry on, but they leave me my metal spoon. They also confiscate my hand sanitizer. That's a bit of a surprise as I made it through so many airports with it. I find the security check point is too much like going to the US. Guess that's to be expected as there are a lot of American tourist. We see Jayne and Adam off first as their flight leaves first. Cisco sees me ... read more

After spending two nights in Jaco, we head back to Alajuela and the Mi Tierra hotel. We go on a tour of a coffee plantation. Yes, yes, I still hate coffee, but I did try some and my opinion still hasn't changed, so, all you coffee lovers :P. I did learn a few things about coffee, such as, the strength of coffee doesn't affect the amount of caffeine just the acidity level. And also, the caffeine in soft drinks comes from coffee. If you are a coffee drinker and have an upset stomach, you need to drink a strong coffee like espresso (least amount of acidity). In the afternoon, we take a road trip to San Jose. My God! The traffic nightmare! We get lost several times, but finally make it to the mall. On the ... read more

Hola amigos! First of all this is my LAST blog from Costa Rica! All I can say is WOW, I can’t believe 3.5 months later I’m still writing and at that, my final entry! And I just finished my 5 page final report in Spanish - and yes and I proud of that! Needless to say I have many hopes of traveling elsewhere in the world, so hopefully this will just be my last blog from CR! My internship at my school has continued to be amazing. I have met some incredible teachers who are committed to education and others who are truly the epitome of care givers. I have made some great friendships with the teachers. I thank them for taking the time to get to know me as well as have patience in helping ... read more