Blogs from La Fortuna, Alajuela, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 17

Hello, Hello! Today was great, again! We moved to a new hotel, and its situated on the most beautiful beach i have seen yet. The waves are consistent, but they ate my new sunglasses. My dad found this very amusing, and teased me about it for close to an hour. Then the waves ate his perscription glasses, mine were $20 his were $200! The jokes on him now. We also visited a school today, this was great! I brought a few art kits to give to the kids, and hope they enjoyed it. The children new more english than i new spanish. My new buddy jose was a smart young kid, and we joked about video games and his many girlfriends. Lastly I DID SOME BULLRIDING! Whats that you ask? Experience? None. Horese Riding? Twice. Dangerous? ... read more

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Word of the week: Bigote-- which means in spanish mustache. You may be asking yourself, Luke what does this have to do with anything... well, just for the record, Jeffery and myself are growing mustaches while we´re here in costa rica just for yucks. I´ll be posting pictures so you can see its stellar progression. I´m going to do things a little differently this time, my thoughts are all over the place because so much happened since the last time we all had a little chat chit, and this could get very sloppy ... so here it goes; my expenses for the weekend. Bus ride to San Jose+taxi to bus station+taxi back to other bust station+Bus ride back to desamporados=800 colones.... Well it all really started friday evening, when the girls decided that we were no ... read more

Hello friends from a somewhat more chilly La Fortuna... My final days in Delicias-Montezuma, a quick recap.... I wasn´t sure when exactly I would be leaving as I didn´t yet know where I would be heading, earliest leaving date possible was Friday (the 13th...) so my ¨goodbye dinner¨was on Thursday night. There were a couple of people there I had never met before (a regular night at our house then!) and the neighbours had prepared a great lasagna and two big bowls of salad. A great change from the rice and beans regular meals (don´t get me wrong I´m still enjoying those too). My final day at school on Friday seemed to be over in minutes. It was ¨Agriculture Day¨at the escuela and two people had come to the school to talk about the importance of ... read more

Today we awoke to a lovely view of the Arenal Volcano. It is really spectacular. Our guide informed us we are now one of the 3/10,000,000 people who have seen an active volcano. We boarded the bus at 8:00 and headed to our rafting adventure on the Sarapiqui River. After a brief orientation and lots of sunblock, we were off on a 4-hour cruise down the river. There wasn´t much whitewater, but the forest and wildlife were spectacular. We saw a monkey, a toucan and many other birds. Our river lunch included fresh pineapple, mangos and watermelon - delicious! Our trip back to Los Lagos included a stop in Muella where we saw IGUANAS! Lots of them, including the one in this picture. Wish you were here! ... read more