Blogs from Samara, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 9

So...school´s a bit harder than we expected. Oh well, solo 3 dias mas!! And it´s by the ocean, so when we get bored with class we can just watch the waves. At least chad can, his class is outside. Carrie got stuck indoors (but at least she has a/c :-)) so she just stares out the windows at the crazy fighting and jumping squirrels. They´re bright orange with gray mohawks..way cool. Sorry we haven´t uploaded any pics yet, but we have been taking them. The internets are sooo slow and we pay by the minute, so it hasn´t really been worth it yet. When we stay somewhere with free internet tho, we´ll try to add some. We hit the beach today. Montezuma had prettier and more deserted beaches, but the waves here are smaller (aka ... read more

If It Ain´t Broke, Don´t Fix It Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Samara By TicoTime May 16th 2007 Dolphin, off the Port Bow! They were just too cool.Hello All, We´re still loving our time on the beach here in Samara, and when we realized how sad we were about having to leave, we decided to stay another day. The thought of camping amid torrential downpours, mud, humid tropical heat and most of all, bugs that are out of this world, we made the decision to abort our planned camping trip to Corcovado. Which is somewhat disappointing but we figured after being forced down from Cerro Chato we could end up having a similar experience. And it takes a day of travel on the bus from San Jose to get there (after staying overnight) and ... read more

We left the comfort and convenience of the Maccormac home in Playa Hermosa to start exploring the rest of Costa Rica. Since we had been to CR once before in Dec. 2003, we wanted to check out some different sights this time. We decided to head south, down the coast, to a town called Samara. The trip was about 100km and required 3 different buses, it took 4 hours and cost about 5 dollars for both of us. Once there we checked into the first hotel we came across. It also happened to be the cheapest one in town at $10/pp/night. It was cheap for a reason. All the mosquito screens were broken out, the door was a few slabs of wood with enough space in between to see through, it didn't lock in any ... read more

Sámara is located on the western Pacific coast between the beaches of Nosara and Montezuma. It is said to be one of the safest and most beautiful beaches in Costa Rica. Wildlife here abounds and not a day goes by without us seeing monkeys, lizards and birds from the deck of our condo. We’ve also spotted in our back yard a crocodile who has become quite famous around town for his survival skills. The “lot” next door to our condos apparently has only recently come into existence. To the dismay of locals, what used to be an estuary was destroyed in the middle of the night by folks dumping dirt to create what now looks like a “lot”. The owner figured he could get more money if he sold this section of his land to developers ... read more

Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore! Or at least, we're not in Round Rock Independent School District in Austin, Texas anymore! This week, I had the opportunity to visit the elementary school here in Playa Samara as well as interview the principal. It was something I've wanted to do since last summer so when my Spanish teacher gave us the homework assignment to interview someone in town, write a paper on it, and then do an oral presentation of what we learned, I jumped at the chance to visit la escuela AND have it "count" for my homework! Instead of sharing with you my very butchered Spanish version of what I observed and concluded, I thought I'd relay what I learned in a slightly different manner. Thus, I have compiled the following synopsis of my experience: ... read more