Blogs from Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 4

After Masaya we headed to Granada where we walked around all day exploring a reconstructed colonial city. We checked in to a seemingly empty hostel right across the street from the main market, however the whole scene later livened up a lot. The hostel keeper lady struggeled with me in English, until i answered her in Spanish, and she asked me if i spoke it. I, of course, responded yes, Bless your Heart! She exclaimed. From her we got a great map and directions to lots of helpful places. We dropped our stuff and headed out along the market up the street and hung a right toward the central park. We took refuge in the shade while talking about what to do. We decided to check out the town museum a few blocks away. It was ... read more

I hope everyone had a great X-mas? We had a great time. We organized a bbq and everyone made something, so there was loads of food. Then we had a quiz. 5 teams competing for a bottel of Tequilla. The town is very busy and we have 4 boats out today. At the final moment we had our 2 new boats in, so loads of stress, but once again we managed. Have a Great New years party, we have open house, so if you wanne come and join us????...............See you next year! Martin & Brenda.................................................. Ik hoop dat iedereen een gezellige Kerst heeft gehad? Wij hadden het reuze gezellig. We hadden een bbq en er was genoeg te eten want iedereen moest iets mee brengen, super gezellig. We hadden een quiz georganiseerd en 5 teams waren ... read more

So the IDC is finished and we can start to organize for the new shop. We are still waiting for the approval of my demands, so, lets hope it's soon. The boats are waiting for the paperwork......................pura vida, things can't be done over night here in Costa Rica! Staff members are droipping in on a regular base and in a few more days we should be complete. I did not have time to take pictures but I did take some of hte staff for our website, so I'll give you a pre-view, and ofcoure.......................our zoo expanded again. Hopefully we will have puppies in a few months as well. The dogs have been practising! haha, this is just a short news update, so you guys know I am very busy and once everything is rolling I'll post ... read more

Hi People, Yes we have finally moved away from our little house. We found a great place with ocean view. It is up a hill and 2 stories high, we are slowly getting used to running the stairs again, man, did we have soar calfs the first 2 days. haha. We are enjoying every moment, waking up with the sound of the ocean and the monkeys howling and the birds trying to win from the monkeys. Our zoo, is as happy as can be, no more cage for Jippie, she climbs that mountain like it was hers sinds day one. Now that we have setteld in and feeling alot better, (we actually don't mind the rain anymore) we are getting ready to prepare for the next IDC. The course will start on Septmebr 15th instead of ... read more

We had a little Curacao reunion this month, Jean Paul came over to assist in the IDC as well as Gerben (both intructors who used to help us out on Curacao once in a while) then Tim, Jill and their son James came over (customers form Curacao) and now we have Paul Tielemans here for 3 weeks (former Dutch marine;bloys boy and regular customer from Silent) As you can see, people are not forgetting us! World Ocean day was 1 day before we started our first IDC, lots of excitment, but Carlos Hiller managed to finish the great mural on our wall. Together with volunteers and local kids we are proving a point that we are against the shark finning. Well after hard work we finished the IDC and Rich Coast Diving has 2 new instructors ... read more