Blogs from Arenal, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 10

Only me and peta left now, had so much fun in cost rica did lots !! just a few pics to keep u all updated with wat was happinening!! love ya ! oxox... read more

Costa Rica 13th to 27th May 07 by Dan’s Mum Barbara Before meeting up with Dan,. I too didn’t see turtles in Tortuguero and wondered if the 14 year old looking pilot really knew how to fly… Anyway, great excitement on Friday 18th may when I took a 5 hour journey (which hugely improved my non existent Spanish), to meet Dan whom I hadn’t seen since January. I attended his Spanish certificate presentation (bit different from speech days) and we set off for our first night camping in the rainforest with poisonous green and black frogs, red frogs wearing blue jeans, tarantulas, toucans, army ants up your trousers and scorpions in the loo (pit)… fantastic… I love all this and was impressed that Dan too only wanted to squash the dengue fever mosquitoes - with ... read more

Ginnie and Dan arrived on Saturday (after battling with a flight cancellation, etc). We celebrated Ginnie’s birthday with a belated Happy Birthday cake. Grayson was really excited to “help” her blow out the candles. We spent the night at the condo and started toward Lake Arenal the next morning. The drive to Lake Arenal was pretty uneventful. The roads were paved most of the way so it was a smooth ride. We did encounter one of the precarious bridges that made Dan and Ginnie shift in their seats a bit (hee-hee). We stopped for a snack at a soda we saw on the side of the road. Dan and Ginnie loved the salsa! The Arenal Lodge owns 2,000 acres. The brick driveway into the lodge was ~3/4 mile long. The lodge itself was rustic, but the ... read more

Here are some photos of our trip to Arenal.... read more

Today was the fabled "Christmas Present Biking Trip." We met our Bike Arenal guide, Hector (or maybe Edgar, we weren't sure), at the front desk at 8 am and picked up a couple of teenagers at the Montana de Fuego hotel. From there the four of us were driven out to the turnoff into Arenal National Park where we began our bike ride. The terrain was a little rough - mostly small hills with lots of rocks and bumps (and the trademark Costa Rican potholes). But the bikes were great and helped minimize the jolts. Everyone was patient with me as we travelled to El Castillo, and then on the river and back to our picnic spot. We enjoyed bananas, watermelon and wafers at the edge of Lake Arenal with a nice view of the (still) ... read more