Blogs from Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 104

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

Here some friends and I found a comfortable wooden dormitory with a nice breeze and only some protection from the strongest deluge I've ever seen, with water to the knees in the streets, quickly draining into the sea, echoless and forgotten by the next morning.... read more

Hi everyone- sorry it´s taken so long to add an entry. Martina and I have been in Monteverde since Saturday and tomorrow we´re heading for the beach town of Samara. Saturday, June 10th: Martina and I signed up to take the ¨Jeep-Boat-Jeep¨from La Fortuna to Monteverde. ¨MiniVan-LeakySkiff-MiniVan¨was more like it. But we made it and ended up staying at Pension Santa Elena, a half hour bus ride from the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve. We soon found out that Montverde´s weather is very wet- it´s sunny in the morning and rainy all afternnon. So when we arrived at noon, it had just started to rain. We checked out the Frod and Toad museum and saw some truly weird- and one quite frightening- examples of amphibian life in Costa Rica. Martina went to bed early while I headed ... read more

Things have been AMAZING here in Costa Rica. The week in San Jose went well. Me, Tamara, Cathy, Pablo, his brother and girlfriend are going to Daddy Yankee on June 8th! We got VIP tickets and I´m so excited! This past weekend we went to Manuel Antonio and it was so much fun. We arrived Friday around noon and swam at the beach and pool all day. One of the coolest things happened, when we were sitting at the pool drinking, a monkey was jumping around the trees right next to the tree. It was the first time I had seen a monkey in its own habitat and not in a zoo or park. That night we went to eat at El Avion and everyone left but me, Katie, Christie and Bob. We stayed behind and ... read more

Travelling to the Monteverde Cloud Forest area from San Jose is like a two hour trip on Mr. Toad's wild ride. A big part of the road up the mountains is a rocky, gravel, narrow road which shares space with tour buses and locals, even very young kids herding their brahma cows up the mountain and vaqueros on horseback. Very harrowing; everything I read before the trip said don't try to drive the road and I'm glad I didn't. Omar has made the trip tons of time and he is a very cautious driver. It may have taken us a little longer but we were able to see some wildlife along the way, including a rare sighting of a laughing falcon. We would not have spotted it on our own. We also saw a pair of ... read more