Blogs from Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean

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It’s our final morning in La Fortuna and it rained heavily in the night. The volcano has disappeared completely behind a thick blanket of cloud and our last chance of seeing it in its entirety has gone. Never mind, it’s time to move on to another volcano – Rincon de la Vieja. Today’s drive is 80 miles, the first half of which skirts the shore of Lake Arenal. So, the plan is to go slow with plenty of photo stops, arriving at our hotel in Liberia around lunch time. By then, the temperature should be 32 degrees. Luckily, it has a pool! After a breakfast of fruit and gallo pinto (rice & beans) for us, whilst watching the birds eat their breakfast of bananas, we set off. The drive round the lake is underwhelming; there are ... read more

It was the last place we wanted to visit before leaving Guanacaste region. It's one of the hottest places in Costa Rica and I can confirm! Too far from the sea to get any sea breeze and far from any mountain or volcano. It' We went anyway, in the park and it was tough to walk more than 2 hours due to the temperature, (> 36 degrees Celsius). But the best spot during that time of year, is the visitor center!! There's a water source there, and trees are green. We saw coati troops. monkeys and beautiful mot-mot birds. Next stop, Monteverde's region.... read more

On Monday, 23rd of April, Rebecka and I left San Juan del Sur at 7AM with our taxi driver Dany who had brought us the day before from Rivas to San Juan del Sur. It was 1 hour to the border and cost us 25$US for both. At the border, there was a huge queue of trucks waiting and Dany said that it’s probably because the last days they were not able to leave Manágua or Granada and now all arrived to the border together. Fortunately, we could pass them all ! Just before the border, there were lots of shops and many people, but once we entered the border building, it got quiet. Since we were there very early (8AM), it was still very quiet and we might actually have been the first ones to ... read more

Matkustin bussilla Costa Rican luoteisosaan Liberiaan. Kävin vielä ennen aamupalaa ostamassa Ticabussilta lipun Liberiasta Granadaan ja sieltä San Josehen. Bussimatka kesti neljä tuntia. Puolivälissä oli 20 minuutin tauko. Otin hotelliin 1,5 euron taksin. Hotellin osoite oli 2,5 korttelia tietystä apteekista etelään. Otin siitäkin kuvan. Kävin syömässä. Kesti hetken löytää sopiva paikallinen ravintola. Eväitä yöksi marketista. Varasin sitten vielä lopun matkan puuttuvat hotellit eli Granadan ja San Josen.... read more