Blogs from Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 492

Well folks I'm trying to do a big blog update today! My apologies for not getting something out more Christmas related, closer to Christmas! First of all, I'm excited to anounce that I have a camera again! So from Costa Rica onward I will have photo's for everyone! Once Frank shows up here for New Years with all the photo's from the mosquito coast and the corn islands I will go back and add lots of those for you to see. Ryan and John and I arrived here on December 23rd, met Jordan, Devon, Michelle and Danielle. We had a big Christmas eve with lots of sharads (literally) in which Ryan expected us to somehow act out Tomato aspec. Apprently it's Christmas related. Big tradition. Was pretty funny acting out christmas related items, traditions etc. Especially ... read more

Merry Christmas to everyone. I am in Playa del Coco right now with Jordan, Jason, Devon, Michelle, Danielle, Mike from London and John from the U.S. Me, Jas and John got here on the 23rd and were quickly finding out that it would be extremely diffcult to get a place to stay after the 26th...apparently this place is going to be crazy on New Year's Eve. Anyway, after staying in a lady's house/hostel type thing with dogs, roosters, chickens and all, we ended up finding a studio in the same complex as Jord and co. Not as cheap as we would like, but we have it for the week and well, it's good to be staying somewhere nice for the holidays. We had an amazing Christmas, and the food - pancakes, bacon, baked goods from Vancouver, ... read more

Hello all, me again! Andrew is addicted to his book. Well, you guessed it, we saw lava which was the most amazing thing ever. We had chatted to other travellers who saw either nothing or an "orange glow" at Volcan Arenal, and I had very low expectations to avoid disappointment. But we just got off the bus and saw the volcano spitting molten rocks again and again. I was surprised at how quickly they moved down the cone. Our tour leader said we were really lucky, and we have decided we are the lucky group because we keep fluking lots of cool things. Today we travelled to Monteverde, a privately owned but protected area of cloud forest. We hired a guide, and it was sensational. We saw racoons, monkeys, a vulture, hummingbirds, snakes, massive stick insects, ... read more

We arrived in San Jose in the evening of the 28th October, flying via Panama City. It was funny to go back to the hotel I had stayed in on my own when I had been there previously. After a day in San Jose we went down to the Caribbean village of Puerto Veijo de Talamanca, where I had also been before. It is a great place, but it rains a lot, so we ended up spending a lot of time in our room. During the sunny days however we made it to the beach and walked along the beautiful coastline. It was great to be in a place where we could relax, just the two of us. We ended up staying there for quite a while, hiring out a moped one day and driving down ... read more

Hello all. Andrew is asleep right now so you will have to put up with me again. Yesterday we got in to Fortuna on a packed local bus. It is a small and breath-taking town surrounded by mountains, which still continue to surprise us with their size. Our mountains are so small by comparison. Last night we visited the hot springs up the road. It is actually a complex with at least 8 pools with water of varying temperature. I definitely smelled chlorine so I don't know how "fresh" the water is. It was very relaxing and had swim-up bars. We drank cocktails and enjoyed the warm water. Conveniently, I managed to spill half my pina colada in the springs and I was so embarrassed I swam away after pretending I hadn't noticed for a few ... read more