Blogs from Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 14

I´ve never been to Costa Rica during the rainy season before and now I know why. The rain stopped for five minutes my first morning in Puerto Viejo...long enough for Wendy, Leah and myself to have coffee on the beach. The beach is just a few steps out Wendy´s front door and they have coffee on their favorite log every day. By the time we headed back into the house, the rain began again and did not quit once during the entire rest of my stay. I´m not exaggerating when I tell you the clouds opened up and literally poured buckets of water on us! I was completely unprepared for the amount of water with which I was confronted. I had only one pair of sandals with me and the trek into town each day (about ... read more

Hi All, This entry has one purpose and that is purely to make you all jealous. We are still on the caribbean coast of Costa Rica and the bad weather associated with hurricane Dean has past us by, let me tell you how we are spending our time...... We awoke yesterday morning in our tree house like room on the top of the hotel, due to the weather being so agreeable there is no need for windows and the walls were only chest height so in all directions we could see the beautiful blue sky. After lolling around for a while we got up and made our way down to the beach (one street away) for breakfast. We sat in a cute little cafe and had croissants (selection of ham and cheese, jam or chocolate) and ... read more

Hi everyone, firstly thanks very much to everyone who has been sending us messages and posting comments, it has been great to hear from you all! Nice to know what's going on at home too! Quite a lot has happened since the last time we wrote, which was on our first day in Cahuita on the caribbean coast of Costa Rica. Luckily the day after we wrote the weather did clear up, and we had our first scorching hot day of caribbean sun, yay! We decided to have a bit of a relaxing day on the beach, but unfortunately ended up as the typical brits do.... totally sunburnt! Even being covered head to toe in factor 30 didn't seem to help, and after just two hours we had transformed into nice pink lobsters. Think there ... read more

Kaere Allesammen! Taenkte, at det var rimeligt med en ganske kort(yeah right, Nynne) hilsen her fra Puerto Viejo, foer det hele ligesom...lakker mod enden...agtigt. Argh. (Tro mig, vi er nogen, der fornaegter paa livet loes:) Dagen i dag er heller ikke til saa meget andet end at gemme sig indenfor, drikke kaffe og gaa paa internettet, thi Vorherre lader sin vrede stroemme ned over os i staenger. Dagen i gaar var ellers faenomenal med sol og surfing ved Playa Negra, men henad aftenen blev foeromtalte Herre aabenbart pissed og startede et tordenvejr uden lige. Nete og jeg fik en mindre naerdoedsoplevelse, da gigantlyn slog ned i naerheden, og jord og himmel rystede som ved et jordskaelv. Det foeltes og loed som om det slog ned i baghaven, fuck - vi var skraemte... Ellers gaar livet sin ... read more

After spending the week in San Jose, I was definitely ready for a little change of scenery last Friday. Although San Jose is a little more relaxed than the cities I'm used to at home, it's still a city nevertheless, and the giant plumes of black smoke from the buses were starting to get to me.... The 4 1/2 hour bus ride to Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean coast was made so much better by all there was to see: misty mountainous rainforests, banana plantations, and beaches to name a few. The town itself is tiny and the locals seem to know everyone they pass. Surfers, hippies, Rastas, Bob Marley and tourists fill the place, making it seem more like Jamaica than Costa Rica. We went to at least 4 restaurants/businesses in less than 48 ... read more