Blogs from Cahuita, Limón, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 5

Hola! Hope everyone had a happy Columbus day off of school in the states and maybe a day off of work too! Here they don’t really celebrate that day as a holiday from work, but my brother, Juan Diego, did dress in a Native American Indian costume and all of the kids dressed in different costumes of other cultures to learn about them. I hope everyone had a great weekend as well I did some really interesting things this weekend and learned some things too... I learned about technology, different socities & cultures and the environment... So, let me recap my week... Thursday - Espanol Exam & Class from 8-12noon. Then I went to find out the prognosis of my camera - it broke 2 weeks ago! And like I thought it was going to be, ... read more

The first stop was to Tamarindo which is pretty touristy. The surfing is good but the town is abit too developed for my liking. Any town with a pizza hut and subway fails the benchmark and you can expect pretty heavy prices for food and board. I would say on average meals here cost $8 and board $30 or $15 if you can find a roomate. The town is still in development but it will only get worse as more malls and expats move in. I would describe Tam between a less developed resort but almost at resort prices. You can easily find $80 to $149 rooms here. We ended up staying here for 3 days and wanted to go to Mal Pais further down but heard the roads were too bad for buses so instead ... read more

So after my grand adventure across the border I stayed in San Jose for a day recovering. I wandered around the markets of town and enjoyed some local cuisine. The next day I took the quick four hour bus ride to Cahuita. This beautiful quaint town is bubbling with Carribian culture. I have spent the past few days here relaxing on the beach, exploring the jungle of National Park which is a block from my cabina,and doing some much needed laundry. The slow pace of Cahuita has been a welcomed change. But the slower pace has not kept the adventure away. My most recent adventurous encounters have been with the animal kingdom. In my past two days I have come within four feet of a sleeping sloth, walked under a band of howler monkeys, chased off ... read more

Our Central American adventure began last week when we arrived in the Cahuita national park, in north-east province of Limon. The national park is the site of one of WIDECAST's many sea turtle conservation projects in the Caribbean. The park is breathtaking, and we see new species of wildlife every day, including toucans, howler monkeys, whitefaced cappuchin monkeys, leatherback seaturtles, lizards, black vultures, pit vipers and most importantly nightly visits from the resident raccoon, if you can believe it. Our work here consists of 14km nightly patrols of the beach, for seaturtles coming to nest. Although the walk and the hours can be grueling, seeing the turtles makes it truly worthwhile. During the day, if we're not sleeping, we try to enjoy the park's many trails, beach and coral reefs. Our first night out we got ... read more

Day 200: The Caribbean Coast Arriving at Cahuita's brand spanking new bus terminal mid-afternoon, I walked in the direction of the beach looking for somewhere to stay, ending up at a lodge that's only about ten metres from the sea. On the downside, nothing seems to work in my room. The electric cable going to the shower to provide hot water looks like it caught fire a while ago, the fan is thick with rust and dust, the plug socket is hanging out of the wall, and the toilet flush doesn't work. All of this is easily compensated for by the fact that I have the room to myself with a double bed and I can hear the sound of the sea with my door shut. I'm slightly annoyed that I seem to be rather sunburnt. ... read more