Blogs from Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 514

So today is border crossing day. Last night in libera I saw a wonderful cultural event that I{ll describe later but here are the border signs because you know that you have to take photos of these.... read more

I have a favorite goat at the farm. On Tuesday, I found her little ass in a huge 55 gallon feed barrel. She climbed in there because shes awesome. She stayes with the sheep, I dont know why, but she just escapes everytime we try to get her to stay with the goats. Whatever, we are gonna leave her there. I named her Chamoy. We all helped Kent distill essential oil yesterday. Lemon grass it was. Full of cuts it was as well. Last night we tried to watch a movie but the power went out. Nuts. I skipped on work today to come to the market in San Isidro. Tomorrow is a huge party. Rock. I come home in a week and a half. Sniff. But, as the Costa Ricans say every second of the ... read more

D, M and I wait in the lobby for super slow free internet access. Overall the Tranquillo backpackers hostel in san jose is the best Ive been to. a great kitchen with outside dining, a tiny but effective pourch out front and most importantly bag storage. I left a pile of things here for my return trip mostly shirts and pants that I won{t need for my trip up north.... read more

Hola! Mailing to you during my 22 hour stopover in Heredia. I left Samara at 8.30 this morning, arrived in San Jose (my first visit to this place which can absolutely be missed...my walk from Coca-Cola bus terminal to the Central Park was enough) at 2.30 and have a few hours here with my first host family before I return to Samara tomorrow at 12.30 for my last week of language classes. The past few days have been quite dramatic and absolutely crazy, and probably my worst experience so far. My fellow chicas Rachel and Alex are both leaving this tuesday, so sudden!! Alex has had medical problems ever since she arrived here 4 weeks ago and it hasn´t gotten better, there were actually two occasions it was so bad she had to go to Emergency ... read more

Lounging around talking and sipping down a few rum and cokes, wine or Pilsen with our hospitable host conrad made the 4 day stay at Vista Serena Calming and tranquil. Last night we headed down to the Reserve for Disco party night Chaos Absoulute Chaos but a fun time none the less.... read more