Blogs from Montezuma, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 9

Well, when were in Monteverde we met a guy who had bought this T-shirt, with a cartoon depicting a scary cliff side drive, with Monteverde as the location and a slogan ´´I Survived the road to Monteverde´´ As we had arrived with the Jeep-Boat-Jeep trip we thought that maybe it was the route the local bus took to get there from La Fotuna.....because we had not experienced anything to warrent buying such a Tshirt. We soon realised that it was the route we were now travelling on to the beach! After two hours of bone jarring and a bit of cliff skirting we were so grateful to hit the tar road that would take us to Pontareus, the ferry port for the Nicoya Peninsular. We had to wait a couple of hours for the next ferry ... read more

Hey, another day in Montezuma. It´s getting better everyday. Yesterday Antoni showed me the best spot to get mangoes. There are tons of trees and they´re all loaded with yummy mangoes. So you just walk down there and load up and your set for the day. I´m so tan now, I didn´t know I could this dark. Don´t worry mom, I use lots o´sunscreen. I look like quite the beach bum now, lots of fun jewelery, and blonde hair, and a great tan. It´s awesome. A couple more days to go here, if I can make myself get on a bus one of these days. It can be really cheap here to if you want it to be. I usually buy one meal of gallo pinto in the morning and then just eat mangoes the rest ... read more

Hola amigos, I´m still in Montezuma and it´s really beautiful here. I´ve met some great people that I´ve been hanging out with for the last few days. One of them is even from Prince George, haha sucker. My tent on the beach is great, not that I really spend much time in it. I usually get up around 5:30am because my tent is in the sun. But it´s great, the beach is deserted at that time of day so I can get in some sunrise yoga...oh yeah. Yesterday we went on a pretty intense hike up to a crazy waterfall and did some jumping. It was nice to get into some fresh water and not be trashed by huge waves every couple of minutes. The hostel is run by a bunch of crazy Italians, I think ... read more

What a difference it has been in weather from La fortuna out here on the coast! We made a stop in Monteverde, a town created by some quakers from Alabama in the '40s that wanted to avoid getting drafted. Very nice and expensive hotels around there. We went on a canopy tour where they fire you down steel cables across valleys...it was awesome, such a rush! We were en route to Montezuma on the bus and ended up in Putarenas, a tiny penninsula that used to be a major port about 10 years ago i think. Since then the port had moved and the town was needless to say "run down" I wouldn't walk around after dark there. We took the ferry and it took about 2 hours and we met Daniel, a guy from Switzerland ... read more

Update :) Vi stannade hela helgen i San Jose hos Mette och Frantz...detta var ej i planerna..men pa natten till lordagen vaknade Fredrik och de var Montezumas revenge, Delhi-belly...eller helt enkelt som vi sager i Norden, turist sjukan.. Jag fick fiksat lite medicin till han och de blev bettre utover lordags kvallen. Jag blev dock forkyld och hade lite feber..natterna i San Jose ar veldigt kalla.brrr. Pa sondagen akte Mette, Pam, Kira(Frantz kusin) och hennes dotter Luciana och jag till San Ramon, en stad ca 1 h fran San Jose...farden dit var kul..fina landskap. Vi besokte en familj dar och mannen i familjen visade oss processen med att laga kaffe...ganska intressant. Pa mandag morgon bar de av till Puntarenas och Montezuma. Vi tog forst buss, sedan en ferje och en buss igjen... avstandet fran San Jose ... read more