Blogs from Samara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Salut! Je vais vous parler de l'iguane vert. C'est le plus gros des iguanes au MONDE! Il peut mesurer jusqu'à 2 mètres. Ici, des iguanes verts, il y en a partout! Il y en a un gros qui vit dans un arbre près de chez moi. Je l'appelle Iguano. Je le vois à tous les jours. Il est impressionnant. Chaque mâle à son territoire, son arbre à lui. Il lui sert de maison, de garde-manger et d'abri. Si sa queue est coincée et qu'il est en danger, il peut s'en séparer pour fuir! Elle repoussera.... Pas mal ;). J'ai lu qu'il passe 96% de son temps à rien faire, 3% à s'accoupler et 1% à manger des feuilles. On peut dire qu'il est vraiment paresseux!... read more

Ok this is my first entry and I hope you find this information useful as I was looking for this information allover the place before I began my Journey. Santa Teresa and Samara are not really far apart so if you got a car great, but for some budget traveller, like myself a $70 car a day or a $50 shuttle is not an option. So we imbarced on this journey at around 11:30 in Santa Teresa. The Bus leaves Santa Teresa at 11:40 but this varies from where you get on. We got on at Playa del Carmen at 12:15 towards Cobano. In Cobano another bus waits for you to get to Paquera, where you take the Ferry at 2. If you get the 5 p.m. Ferry it will be very tight so get at ... read more

So after a 4 hour mini bus journey from Monteverde we arrived in the small beach town of Samara. Here we had booked into a new hostal called El Cactus. We are staying in our own bungalow as we plan to cook all our food ourselves here. The plan is to relax and chill out for 4 days, catch up on reading and take walks along the beach. The beach is nice, dark sand and long cresent shaped bay. We walked along it and played in the waves which are great fun to jump. Some are very big and take you completely off your feet which is fun. The afternoons are spent swinging in a hammock and reading. Eating homemade Guacamali as the avacadoes are lovely here, plus we have a garden with fresh chillis growing ... read more

Karen and I decided that 4 by 4'ing without a 4 X 4 is not the right way to see the less traveled sections of the Nicoya Peninsula so we rented a little Suzuki and headed up to Santa Cruz and then down to Nicoya. The town of Nicoya is smack dab in the center of the peninsula, from there we headed west towards all the "Playas" (beaches). The road is paved all the way to Samara. Quite a curving, narrow, hilly road through farm lands, plantations and jungles. The road is the main thorough-fair for every little town and village and as you go through each town you must NOT hit the small children, bikes, chickens, dogs, cattle or motorcycles that are in your path - Keep in mind that some farm vehicle loaded with ... read more

Geo: 9.87991, -85.5715Thunder storms rolled in around around 1am. It was still raining when everyone woke up but Dad headed out in search of fish anyway. He didn't find any takers, but Alex did get some for his long-awaited game of Monopoly. While everyone else was wheeling and dealing, Mom worked on picking a destination after our trip to the Tree Houses Hotel near the Arenal Volcano. She finally settled on a house through the AirBnB web site that is situated on property that includes many volcanic thermal hot springs pools. It looks very low key, peaceful and fun. We will finish up with a couple days in San Jose to see what the capital looks like and to have easy access to the airport for our return trip.After pasta for lunch we trekked down the ... read more