Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1925

I was so nervous last night that I think I got a total of about 3 hours of sleep before I finally got out of bed at 5 this morning. We have to leave the house by 6:15 a.m. in the morning to get our dazed/tired bottoms to school every morning by 6:40 a.m. as the first class starts at 7:00a.m. This normally wouldn't be so bad except I didn't arrive home from the school until about 8:30 p.m. this evening. The story that occupies those almost 14 hours is as follows: Arrive at school at 6:40 to a classroom already half full of bustling mini-munchkins. I suppose I shouldn't really call them mini-munchkins anymore. They would probably prefer young adults. At 7a.m. they all promptly lined up at the door in two lines (one girls, ... read more

It has been several weeks since I’ve updated my blog, actually the last time was on July 29th. I had hoped to update it sooner but getting back and getting into the routine of things has taken longer than I had expected. So, from here on out, I’ll try to update it as I usually do, on a weekly basis. You have to give me some credit, however, as I’ve been updating this thing for 14 straight months! If you have been following my blog regularly as do over 3,000 of my subscribers, you know I’ve been traveling in South America for the past two months while my B&B was rented out to a terrific family from the states who spent their summer holiday here. By all accounts, they had a terrific time and I’ve heard ... read more

Saturday was a very chill day. Sarah and I went in search of a shoe store for giants a.k.a. people with a shoe size bigger than 6. However, I was given directions to look on (translated from spanish) commercial avenue. Unfortunately, the streets do not have names here. So, we took a break and stopped at a pastry shop for some cake. With my brilliant command of Spanish, I told the woman behind the counter that I was looking for shoes and asked where could I find them. She looked confused as if to say, "I don't know where your shoes are." What a shot to my spanish speaking confidence :). Turns out commercial avenue does not have a sign. Commercial avenue is where there is a lot of commerce a.k.a lots of stores in a ... read more

Ali turns 20 today! Feliz Cumpleanos! We're at the beach again to celebrate - see the photo... looking blissfully happy! ... read more

Hey guys, I hope you find this interesting... just a quick look at a few of the species we have spotted in Costa Rica, and I've managed to take half decent photos of! The highlight so far was definately watching the troop of wild capuchin monkeys - we stood about 10m away from them and just snapped away the photos I wanted to give you good detailed species info but have no time (or money!) to spend searching costa rican wildlife info on the net. So if you feel inspired, look them up!... read more