Blogs from Limón, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 10

It's been a few days since I was last in Puerto Viejo, but as my hostel had no laptop and the app for this website does not work on my ipod I have been unable to write anything. So I write this from La Fortuna, at the base of the Arenal Volcano from a small hoste called Bueno Bonite Barrato Hostel. Monday I took my first public bus. Everything went fine, it was more or less a direct bus to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca from San Jose. Puerto Viejo is a pretty big party city on the Carribean coast so half the people on the bus were tourists heading there to hang out. Luckily my seat was next to Chantal, the Dutch girl I was travelling with, as Anita had quite the ordeal sitting next to ... read more

Wow…I don’t even know where to begin. The past couple of days have been very eventful. I finally got to see the Costa Rica I have always imagined. My dad and I have been having an amazing time. Yesterday we went white water rafting! Yeah, I know…crazy. The Pacuare River (Río Pacuare) is a gorgeous, completely natural, and constantly changing river. It is located on the east side of the country where its Atlantic slope begins in the Talamanca mountain range and runs approximately 108km into the Caribbean Sea. Unfortunately I didn’t take any pictures because everything gets soaked. The river and everything surrounding it was incredibly beautiful. There are waterfalls on both sides of the Pacuare spewing crystal clear, fresh water from around 30 feet above us. We wo... read more

Seeing giant turtles, cuddling with sloths and touching a caiman After having spent a few days in the area north of San Jose we decided to make a quick visit to the east coast and the Tortuguero village and Tortuguero National Park. Tortuguero National Park is, as its name suggests, known for being a nesting place for giant turtles. Each year thousands of turtles nest on the beaches of Tortuguero National Park. At the height of the nesting season it is almost a guarantee to see a turtle if you take a turtle watching tour. The turtles lay their eggs at night. They come up on the beach and try to find a good spot. When they have found a spot they start digging a nest for the eggs. The turtle then lays maybe as many ... read more

So a short summary since our last blog is this: we left Granada and went to San Juan del Sur, we stayed there for two nights, honestly: its little America. You will meet mainly American tourists there and there is nothing to do but party. We didnt like it. So we ran off to OMETEPE. It´s the biggest island on a lake Lage de Nicaragua. The lake itself looks like the ocean. Its beautiful. Located on the island are two volcanos. The landscape, the peacefullness and the absence of crowded places make this island so special. We loved it, however we had horrible weather, storms and a lot of rain, so we basically relaxed for two days and ate amazing fresh fish :) After Ometepe we headed straight to Costa Rica, we underestimated the trip to ... read more

Dear Blog Readers, We were excited to move up through the highlands of Costa Rica and on towards the Caribbean coast. Before getting there though, we stopped in La Fortuna, famous for being in the shadow of one of the most active volcanoes on our trip, Volcan Arenal. The journey from San Jose is a 5 hour stretch but if you fancy a beautiful spot for some lunch and to break up the journey then we can fully recommend Zarcero. A little town whose centrally located church has a magnificent pathway where a toparist has gone mad with the garden shears and crafted out some phenomenal hedges! Well worth a look! Once in La Fortuna, we arrived at Gringo Pete's, probably the cheapest place to stay in Costa Rica! Don't be expecting anything fancy - in ... read more