Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1739

Hi all, Sorry I've been out of touch - 2 out of my 2 fans have chastised me for running late on my next entry so here goes! For this entry I thought I would share with you some of the flowers that are thrive on the Caribbean side - Haven't got names yet...but I will work on that! The end of March (Marzo) was busy. We had a group of 10 women rent the house for 2 weeks. This meant that Andrew and I had to vacate. Preceding their arrival, I cleaned and prepped for them. We made a list of does and don't's! Even though I've been here almost 7 months, Americans still surprise me. Since neither Andrew and I were going to be here we had a neighbor serve as liaison for ... read more

Nous arrivons au petit village de Salinas sur la côte sud de Puerto Rico, Position : 17-57-39 N par 66-17-52 W. Un village où les navigateurs sont très bien accueillis - ils nous disent clairement que nous les faisons vivre... La baie est protégée par des mangroves, avec une jolie marina, piscine et tous les services ; de plus, l'eau est gratuite et à volontée. C'est un endroit de protection contre les ouragans. Pour cette raison le village a fait des investissements car les bateaux qui viennent vivre ici pendant la saison des ouragans ont des besoins particuliers; les services sont donc axés sur ces besoins. Quincaillerie, Boulangerie, Epicerie, Marine store, restaurants, piscine, motel de luxe, plage superbe et j'en passe. Hier, mon lavage a été fait par une jeune portoricaine du nom de Gina, ... read more

Viimeinen kirjoitukseni Floresista! uuu.. Joo, Lauantaina lähdettiin ajamaan kohti Yaxhaa iltapäivällä. 5 ihmistä sulloutu sisälle Arturon pickuppiin ja 4 henkeä lavalle tavaroiden kanssa. Kun päästiin perille niin kehiteltiin meille "leiri" sinne. Siinä sitten istuttiin iltaa, ja mukaan tuli myös Yaxhan arkeologeja. Yön nukuin riippumatossa! Oli yllättävän mukavaa nukkua siinä.. Sunnuntaina siellä alueella oli mm. jalkapallopelejä. Käytiin edellisyönä katsomassa keittiössä kun kokit työskentelivät yötä myöten.. Sunnuntaina piti olla ruokaa 200 hengelle. Kaikki Yaxhassa työskentelevät olivat siis sunnuntaina juhlimassa! Istuskeltiin siellä juhlahumussa iltapäivään asti, ja sitten lähdettiin ajamaan takasin Floresiin kun Muelle piti avata klo.17. Eilen illalla sen jälkeen kun Muelle meni kiinni, menin Arturolle, jossa oli porukkaa kokkaamassa! Pastaa ja kukkasia! Ne kukat ostettii... read more

Zip-lining Thru The Jungle Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Volcan Turrialba » Turrialba » CATIE By LaurenBMay 21st 2007 They call it "Canyoning" because your zip-lining over canyons. You can also repell down waterfalls. It was great! I just did it. The waterfalls are a bit tricky cause the rocks are so slick from thousands of years of erosion, they are as slick as wet marble. Its very hard to find your footing, add in the water co... read more

Well, thats it! I'm finally on board. this is the second day of my mighty adventure on the Titanic (well, its almost as big as it!) but let me tell you about the small amount of fun I had before actually sailing. Well, everything was going well, too well some might say. I'd got checked in the day before with BA and got to the airport on time. Everything hunky dory. The flight was going fine until we got over Ireland (Cork to be exact) and then the engine started vibrating. Now, this vibration wasn't any ordinary vibration, but a "if this isn't sorted out we're going to crash and or die" sort of thingy, so we did a quick U turn, jettisoned the fuel in the faces of some passing ducks and returned to heathrow. ... read more