Blogs from Golfito, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 3

Nous avons quitte Monteverde pour aller voir le volcan Arenal, un volcan en activite depuis 1968. Il crache des pierres et de la lave presque chaque soir et nous voulions aller admirer ce phenomene. Finalement, apres avoir passe 2 jours dans cette ville, nous n'avons reussi a voir le volcan que pendant 30 secondes, entre deux nuages...a croire qu'il n'existait pas! Nous avons quand meme pu aller nous baigner la nuit dans des eaux thermales et avons marche en foret (pour finalement ne voir qu'un paresseux et des dindes volantes, mais bon...). La premiere nuit, notre hotel a ete attaque par un ou des voleurs. Chaque chambre a ete touchee, sauf la notre et celle d'un autre Canadien...haaaa...le Canada veille sur nous a l'etranger! Le voleur a defonce des vitres, s'est introduit dans des chambres, a ... read more

So by now we were sure we would be woriking away at an established organic farm with several other interesting wwoofers. Scarfing back delicious raw food cusine while having in depth conversations about different aspects of non religious spirituality and than in our leisure time taking part in the yoga workshops that were advertised when we agreed to stay at RAWTREAT for the first two weeks of the summer. Instead we're staying with a wonderful man named Robert who couldn't be happier to host us on a whim. Being a little silly as we both are from time to time we forgot to take into account the fact that ehre in Costa Rica it is wonter time, meanign the sun doesn't wait out untill 8 or 9 pm like it does in Canada's summer months, but ... read more

Phase II was back on environmental project in Piedras Blancas but with a new group and new fellow project manager Kris. Kris is a trek leader but didn't want to do a trek all three phases. We were due to build the second accommodation cabin and continue with trail building. It was a tough phase, with some interesting characters who developed a habit of preferring sunbathing and reading their books to working... but when they applied themselves a great deal was achieved. We built the second cabin but again couldn´t paint because the generator failed to give us enough power to solder the roof. We also finished the loo, septic tank and drainage alongside the classroom and built about 300 metres of trail. The weather became more challenging as it started raining more but I had ... read more

The title of this entry says it all. I´ve gone too long without updating. I´ll try to pick up where I left off. I was in David, Panama the last time I updated and now I am in Golfito, Costa Rica. This is what I did in between: Tom and I went to Pedasí a small town south of Las Tablas on the Azuero Penninsula in Panama. If you look on a map Azuero is the bulge on the south and center part of the country. The plan was to find a place to stay during Carnevales. Las Tablas has the largest and most authentic Carnevales in all of Central America. So since we were close we thaught we´d check it out. We took a day trip up to Las Tablas (1 hour north). All of ... read more