Blogs from Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Limón, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 7

Hey Everyone, Today was awesome. As i mentioned in the last blog Myles had been really wanting to go snorkeling, and since our last attempt did not work (it was the day Myles was deathly ill.) yesterday we signed up for a tour to Cahuita National Park and some snorkeling at the point there. Cahuita is one of only two living coral reefs in all of Costa Rica, and it is supposed to be beautiful. We woke up around 7:30. Our bus was supposed to pick us up at 8:00am. We had a little toast (and tried the new peanut butter. Its weird) with some fresh fruit and we were ready to go. We sat around and waited, and waited. Finally the bus showed up 30 minutes late. But, at least it showed up right? We ... read more

Hey Everyone! So i think today was my second favorite day here so far. We woke up around 7:45 because Myles set his alarm so we could get to our plans. We got up and headed to Banana Azul to rent some bikes again. We got on the road around 8:45. We were heading to the Jaguar Sanctuary just south of town. The sun was shining, which was nice because the past couple of days have been kind of over cast and rainy. When we got up we did not want to put on any sunblock or bug spray because we heard that you can not hold the animals at most of the sanctuary places because its bad for the animals skins. So we jumped on our bikes and peddled quickly into town trying not to ... read more

Hey guys, Sorry there hasn't been a blog for the past couple of days. When i was trying to upload some pictures to my last blog the internet stopped working and it would kind of flicker on and off for the past couple of days. Today is the first day that it has worked normally (keep your fingers crossed.). Even though i have not had a chance to write, you haven't missed much. Myles wanted to relax and recoup the past couple of days so that is what we have been doing. He finally feels back to normal this morning, thank god. On Tuesday when we woke up Myles felt a lot better but not back to normal, he still had a slight fever and he was very tired. But, he wanted to try to eat, ... read more

hello all, Where to start. Yesterday was Halloween and as we found out, not many people here really care. We got up early and heading into town for the local farmer's market. Got some great stuff for really cheap. Some good fresh bread (which sadly the ants got into already), a pineapple and some grapes. We finally got to try out some fresh coconut. For 300 colones they cut the top off of a coconut with a machete and give it to you to drink. The milk is cool and refreshing! We also bought a kilo of some weird fruit that I can't even remember how to pronounce. Very delicious though. We also picked up some green jalapeno hot sauce too. Stuff is amazing! So after the market we head back to the cabin and lounged ... read more

ello again, Sorry about the hiatus yesterday. Myles and i were both really tired by the time we got done cooking. We also had to get up early so we wanted to get to bed. Yesterday afternoon we signed up for a tour. We were going to have a local guide take us to the iguana reserve, then to a local cocoa farmer who makes organic chocolate, then to a shaman of the local BriBri tribe to see some local medicinal plants, and last but not least to a waterfall (finally). We woke up around 6:45 to Myles' cell phone alarm. We both slowly got out of bed and went to get dressed. Just shorts, our bathing suits, hiking boots, some sunglasses, a shirt, and we were ready to go. We had to meet our guide, ... read more