Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1919

So Friday night was fun. A bunch of us started walking to the party. Donray came to the party later. Chris, Jenna, and Nadia all felt sick and stayed home. Anyways, we start walking and we're about 1/3 of the way there when it started to drizzle a little bit. Leah and Jill decided to take a taxi, while Kari, Jeff, Alissa, Julie, and I decided to keep walking. We walked under roof-tops for most of it and managed to keep fairly dry until it started to pour and we ran out of roofs. I'm sure it was the funniest thing to see... a bunch of white people running through the streets. This rain was a downpour too. We're talking buckets and buckets of water; one after the other. We were running and laughing the whole ... read more

I have officially lost my first battle with nature. After spending the last week and a half in San Carlos and trekking through multiple rainforests on more than 20 farms, the heat, mosquito bites, spider bites and poisonous plants have finally gotten the better of us. My 30+ insect bites have now turned into 89 welts that are driving me bonkers and Mike’s quick brush with fire ants have encouraged us to take a break from the woods. Don’t get me wrong. San Carlos is an awesome area. We’ve met some really great people and seen some beautiful sites, however San Carlos is quite a large area and we now know that the lowlands are probably not for us (Muelle, Santa Rosa, Buenos Aires, etc.). There is still hope however that the mountainous area around Juan ... read more

Zo hier ff een klein berichtje zodat iedereen weet dat alles eigenlijk prima gaat. Het laag seizoen is begonnen is mijn verteld, maar op de boot kunnen we er eigenlijk weinig van merken. De Nederlands duikers beginnen ons zo langzaamerhand aardig te vinden. Elke week wordt er nog wel Nederlands gesproken. Gisteren zijn Kees en Willeke uit Tronodara een nachtje gebleven en die zijn nu ook op de boot en Martin is bezig met de Nederlanders om hun het duiken bij te brengen. Dus Nederlands genoeg. Natuurlijk hebben we hier Oscar lopen, een stagiare uit Nederland. We hebben weer lekker calve pinda kaas, hagelslag, drop en speculaasjes.mmmmmmm Onze Dieren tuin is ook aan het verkleinen. Helaas heeft Dino Rocky (onze kat) te pakken gekregen en ons vogeltje gaat vanmiddag met Kees en Willeke mee. We zijn ... read more

Ok guys, I know a few of you have been waiting for a few of these photos so here goes... We're staying at an amazing hostel called 'Brunela' (which is the spanish, feminine version of the name Bruce, and also the name of the leading lady in a novel written by the owner - go figure..). Since we're here for a few weeks Juan (the owner) is only charging us $4 a night, for which we get the BEST coffee in the world free every morning, a cosy room which we share with one other guy, Todd - American, (we get the whole mezzanine upstairs), free use of the surf boards and a WHOLE LOT OF FUN. Brunela is basically a bachelor pad for surfers (mostly from argentina and uruguay at the moment) and Ali and ... read more

To those of you that have contacted Richard or I requesting a new journal entry...HERE! OK! IIT TOOK ME FOREVER BUT DON´T YOU GO WORRYING ABOUT THAT!!!! And so we reach the last leg of our trip. Richard doesn´t like me saying that or starting any sentences with the words "when I get home...". So I won't! MEXICO CITY I was a little scared of Mexico City as every time we mentioned it to someone they´d do that sucking through the teeth thing and then tut and shake their heads before saying "You must be so careful, Mexcico City is a dangerous place.."¨etc. etc. We arrived at a much nicer than scummy LA airport and found everybody to be very helpful. Tourist Info at the airport kindly arranged a hotel for us for $30 per night. ... read more