Blogs from Samara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 7

Posted by John A week of class has passed and the weekend is greatly welcomed. I taught Friday night and it went extremely well. My class was very responsive and we all had a lot of fun. Being Friday night and the end of a somewhat stressful week, all of us in the TEFL program decided to go and have a beer after class. The other students have found a favorite local bar to frequent near the house they are staying at. This bar, “Pablitos”, is a true Tico bar. We were the only gringos there. The bar offers a bowl of what they call “boca” with every beer that you order. This boca is a bowl of thick stew with lots of huge chunks of beef or chicken on top. Some of the best stew ... read more

(posted by Megan 11-26) I NEED FOOD!! I seem to be always hungry lately. Even right after I eat…We’re trying to live off $100 a week total, and I’m not sure it’s going to be possible. We went to Nicoya for groceries and spent almost $80 and almost all we have left in the fridge are pasta, eggs, potatoes, rice, beans, a carrot, some celery, a couple onions, and a half a red pepper! I’ve probably never eaten so healthy: tonight for dinner, we had three small diced potatos, ½ red pepper, one celery stick and one tomato all stewed together in a skillet. But I’m an AMERICAN!! I have to have MORE FOOD!!! I need big juicy burgers and portions three times too big for me!!Joking of course... but I’m still hungry after dinner, and ... read more

So we are now winding down on our trip and we are spending some time chilling out on the beaches. We're still keeping busy but its now a mixture of national parks with surfing, swimming and reading on the beach for an afternoon here or there. Here are our highlights: Nicaragua We decided to spend a few days up in Nicaragua and we visited two locations - Granada and Isla Ometepe. Granada is a really small town (100,000) which still retains a Spanish colonial feeling. We spent a couple of days here hanging around and soaking up the atmosphere. Nicaragua is also refreshingly cheap after spending US prices throughout Costa Rica (and also considerably poorer). Isla de Ometepe is a small island formed by two Volcanoes (one still active). The island is shaped a bit like ... read more

Posted by John Where do I start?! I apologize for the lack of photos as of yet... they will come. -We flew to Costa Rica yesterday with a short stopover in San Salvador, El Salvador (say that three times fast). -The goodbyes at the airport are always harder than you think they will be. -Went through security and they said I was chosen for the naked scan. Wished I could have seen that one!! -Megan got sick and started a two day headache on the plane from who knows what? She feels a lot better tonight. We are settling down in Samara, unpacking and finding a place for everything. -Last night we arrived in San Jose around 8:30 PM with no incidents with immigration…whew! Although today we see that TSA did go through our bags at ... read more

English at the bottom Nous avons decide de voyager en style, alors nous avons reserve un mini-bus pour nous emmener de Montezuma a Samara, notre prochaine destination- toutefois, c'est autant du a l'itineraire TRES complique que l'on aurait du emprunter qu'a notre envie de luxe... J'ai eu l'impression qu'il faisait encore plus chaud a Samara qu'a Montezuma; je ne pense pas qu'il fasse plus chaud, c'est simplement plus humide je crois. Samara est un joli petit village, moins touristique que Montezuma, et la plage est tout aussi belle, encore une fois, une plage avec la foret tropicale qui descend jusque vers l'ocean... Donc mardi a ete un autre jour a la plage, et je devine que je peux dire que j'ai quelque peu brule... Pas partout, mais mes epaules m'one fait bien mal pendant quelques jours ... read more