Blogs from Liberia, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 5

Getting to Costa Rica was easy enough no hassle at the border crossing and for a change the border area was closed off to the public so only people crossing was aloud inside, this made it a lot easier as you didn’t get the usually people pestering you to buy this, that and everything and money exchangers pestering you to change your old currency with them, it was all nice an orderly and reminded me a lot of when your in an airport. A storey for you. As we were waiting for the bus to Liberia in Costa Rica. An American girl and English guy came over asking if we speak Spanish, so I pointed them to Michelle! They were a bit distressed, they had just put their bags into the luggage compartment on the bus ... read more

Since the first travel blog we sent out on our first few days in Costa Rica did not include pictures (we did not publish them properly), and are included in this blog. Since we came back to the same place, I have included what we missed in this blog. Our last 4 days are spent back at Playa Del Coco at Rancho Armadillo, the estate we started our trip from. This place is great and our host/owner, Rick is terrific. Originally from Detroit, and a retired chef, he bought this estate over 7 years ago. He is well known by the locals as a great guy. He even sets up your tours for free. There are 3 bungalows that have a fantastic view of the pacific. The centre of the grounds you have the pool, bar, ... read more

I have officially lost my first battle with nature. After spending the last week and a half in San Carlos and trekking through multiple rainforests on more than 20 farms, the heat, mosquito bites, spider bites and poisonous plants have finally gotten the better of us. My 30+ insect bites have now turned into 89 welts that are driving me bonkers and Mike’s quick brush with fire ants have encouraged us to take a break from the woods. Don’t get me wrong. San Carlos is an awesome area. We’ve met some really great people and seen some beautiful sites, however San Carlos is quite a large area and we now know that the lowlands are probably not for us (Muelle, Santa Rosa, Buenos Aires, etc.). There is still hope however that the mountainous area around Juan ... read more

NU ff wat foto's van onze normale dag indeling. Duiken! Now some shots of our regular days. Diving!... read more

Finally found sometime to explore Costa Rica. Melissa is here, so we took 3 days off, enjoy the pictures! We went to Santa Rosa, Rincon, Palo verde en Arenal. This will be our picture website and you will receive an email so you can look at them. Our 'where are you' will probably still stay, but you'll receive an email as well every time we post something. You can place comments here as well Eindelijk tijd, Melissa is hier dus hebben we 3 dagen vrij genomen. Geniet van de foto's! We zijn naar Santa Rosa, Rincon, Palo Verde en Arenal geweest Deze website is voor onze foto's en jullie krijgen elke keer een email als er iets veranderd. Onze 'waarbenjij.nu' blijft waarschijnlijk wel, maar ook hier krijgen jullie mail als er een nieuw bericht geplaatst wordt. ... read more