Blogs from Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 10

A while ago Isaac Garcia, one of the directors of Tropical Adventures asked me if I wanted to join him on a trip to the projects in Puerto Viejo and Bambu. The main reason for this trip was to inform the people in Bambu about the Children Incorporated project in a town meeting. After the terrible flooding in November 2008 and February 2009 Tropical Adventures has formed a partnership with Children Inc. to create a farmer’s market for the community. Off course my answer was yes straight away. So Thursday morning a little bit later as planned (but hey that’s Costa Rica) we left the office. After picking up Harold a friend and a visit to the grocery store we headed south. As we were getting closer to Puerto Viejo we could see a lot of ... read more

Puerto Viajo - feb 20 Recap. Went up the volcano Irazu the day before yesterday. 3400 m!! Got a little altitude sick when trying to run up a 100 m trail. Do not jump into exercise at that altitude!! lol. It was beautiful but boring. No trails to go on, etc. Just a long bus ride there and back and 20 bucks later... but i´m glad i went. Really beutiful vista. Yesterday popped onto a bus to Puerto Viajo, was suppose to stay somewhere but couldn´t get a hold of the person- some lady selling a farm on the internet?? long story, don´t ask... so we waddled around town with my 40lbs!!! grabbed a bear. got really dark. waddled around more. until we settled on a 5 dollar dorm. still there now. coming into the town ... read more

so i have been really busy and havent wrote in almost two weeks!!oops alright so here is a big update for you all..alright two weekends ago we went to puerto viejo a city on the caribbean coast.it was by far my favorite place of all and possibly i have ever been in my life.it was beautiful.it is a really chill town with a jamaican feel reggae music and this music called regaton is really popular down here it is like reggae/hip hop kinda i guess is the best way to describe it.we got there friday night and we ate at a caribbean restaurant which this guy told us was really cheap but that ended up being a huge lie because my meal cost 7.000 colones or like $14.and when im used to being able to get ... read more

The best break on the Caribbean coast is right here, The "Salsa Brava"! As soon as i read this in my lonley planet, I decide that this has to be our next destination. I was on a mission to find some surf and Costa Rica certainlly didn't disappoint! We bused it to the very dodgy capital of Honduras then flew to San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. We met up with Kev;s misuses (who flew from oz because they were missing each other 2 much, after only a couple of weeks!) We stayed a night then bused it to the east coast & the famous surf spot at Puerto Viejo (Salsa Brava). As soon as we dropped our bags off at J's, we went to scope out salsa brava. There were only a few lads ... read more

Jawel, omgekeerde of andere kant van de wereld: om 5u zat KingZ al rond te gapen in bed. Tegen 6.30u opt gemak gedouchet, rugzak wat omgetast en gaan ontbijten:typisch ontbijt "gallo pinto", wie eet er nu bonen en rijst s morgens vroeg? Nog wat gezeverd met Ignacio aka de sloef: San Jose blijkt onveilig te zijn en probeerde ons nog een ritje met het toeristenbusje te verpatsen voor 80 USD per persoon. UIteindelijk toch maar voor het gewoon openbaar vervoer te gaan en dus 60 USD uitgespaard: deze zullen we ons naar alle waarschijnlijkheid later wel weer terug laten afzetten... Met de taxi naar Estacion Carribe gevaren, onderweg hebben we een van de mindere delen van de stad gezien: sloppenwijken, veel afval, verkeerschaos ... en alle huizen lijken hier superbeveiligd te zijn. Op het station nog ... read more