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Wochenende in Monteverde Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Monteverde By CostaRica2007April 6th 2007NadineVom Freitag, den 06. April bis Sonntag, den 08. April war ich in Monteverde, genauer in Santa Elena. Dieser Ort ist fuer seinen Nebelwald beruehmt. ... read more

So, we were pretty excited to go to MonteVerde and check out the cloud forest, get a little rain, yada yada. Well, I think this was the dryest place so far. They are supposed to have 2 seasons....wet and more wet. We didn´t see a drop of rain. Nor did we see a forest in the clouds. OK, first the drive there. It is advertised as a Jeep Boat Jeep tour to get from LaFortuna to MonteVerde. Sounds pretty fun? Well, there was no Jeep to be found. It was more like Van Boat Van. And the roads! Wow! We were driving on the side of a cliff for 2 hours. It was the craziest road that I have been on so far. The locals keep the roads in rough conditions to try to keep people ... read more

So we left nicuragua and ometepe island and headed for costa rica at 5:30 in the morning. We took a ferry to get back to the mainland, and i should call it a chicken ferry, we were sitting inside the boat and we were getting loaded up with animals and all the pineapples you would ever want to eat. The boat looked like it was going to sink at any minute and i truly thought that was going to happen midway through our ride because there was water filling the bottom of the boat! but no one seemed alarmed, its just a regular thing in these parts. When we arrived on the mainland we didnt even dock, the boat pullled up alongside another boat and through a plank down and we had to skimmy across it! ... read more

So, this weekend I went to Montevrede. I think it's supposed to be a rainforest but I think cloud forest is more appropriate. The trip there was the most beautiful yet, so beautiful that the bus actually pulled over at one point so we could all talk pictures and just soak it all in. I was in awe...I saw a sunset I have only dreamed of. I just sat on the bus listening to my music and staring out the window. It is hard to convey how amazing it felt...it was almost like a moment of clarity. It's unreal to be so close to perfection. That night we stayed at a hotel on a mountain and it was FREEZING! There was a bonfire, which was great, though, and we had a perfect view of the stars. ... read more

Voila maintenant trois jours que nous sommes au Costa Rica, un pays qui differe totalement du reste de l'amerique centrale. Tout d'abord, les gens y sont nettement plus eduques, nous nous sommes meme surpris a faire des blagues intellectuelles durant une soiree accompagnee de trois Ticos. Le pays est aussi beaucoup plus riche, les gens ont une auto, les routes sont generalement pavees et les maisons possedent des vitres, une premiere depuis le debut de notre voyage. De plus, le Costa Rica est un des seuls pays dans le monde a ne pas avoir d'armee et une certaine rivalite sevit entre ce pays et le Nicaragua. Il y a plusieurs annees, le Nicaragua a essaye d'envahir le pays et l'armee s'est fait repousser par des paysans armees seulement de machettes et de pierres. Chapeau! Notre premiere ... read more