Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 1944

July 2nd 2006, my father and I came back here to close on the house here. Rachel still had not seen it, but I guess once your with someone for 1/3 of your life, you begin to trust that they know what you’ll like and what you won’t. The trip with my father was great. It was a true Tico (native Costa Rican) experience. We shopped at all of the local places and we almost even fit in, at least until we tried to talk to anyone. We got some projects accomplished and then we began the touristy part: My father and I as tourists: We went to Café Brit, a local coffee plantation that puts on an incredible show, it only about 2 miles from our house. You learn more about coffee than you ever ... read more

Hello to all that i haven't spoken to in a while and to those i left in san diego, greetings from Guatemala!! So we started out in Belize city which was alright, nothing really to check out but went to a few bars and had a few of the local beers, Belikin, which although expensive packs a nice punch and goes down smooth. they have a different way of serving beer here, they wipe the top after they pop the top and then cover it in a napkin, i guess that its so you can wipe the sweat off your face when your sitting outside. its not really that hot here but super humid, all of my shirts are soaked which can lead to a need to do laundry. I noticed a lot of beggers in ... read more

Mike and I arrived in Costa Rica on July 27th, tired from all the running around we did in the States during our last two weeks there but very ready to begin our new adventure. Our flight was due to leave Philadelphia at 6:30am which meant a very early wake up call at 3:30! Thankfully my folks drove us to the airport and saved us a costly cab ride. Once again, the airlines tell you to be 2 hours early for your flight, yet the lines are not even open at this time so we waited patiently, still half asleep until the US Air group arrived and opened up for ticketing. This time, we knew better than to pack our “extra” belongings in cardboard boxes so instead we had 2 very large roller bags, 1 large ... read more

The good news: our hotel, very surprisingly, has wireless internet. The bad news: our trusty Caribbean voltage adapter doesn't work here The effect: this blog is going to be very short because my computer is just running on the battery :) We've only actually been here in St. Lucia for about 6 hours (long enought to be welcomed, take a short nap, and eat some dinner.) So far, the food has been great (fresh fruit, fruit juice, good seafood, and tasty seasoning in everything.) Lauren and I will meet our host family tomorrow afternoon whom we'll live with for the next few weeks. Pretty exciting :) Lauren now, and I'm really not so sure what else to say. We'll be staying with our host family in a district/village about an hour from the capital. I'm becoming ... read more

22.07.06 Endlich war mal wieder ausschlafen angesagt. Devon hatte anscheinend mit ein paar Leuten auf spaeter abgemacht. Ich entschloss, mich alleine auf den Weg zu den Siete Altares (sieben Altare) zu machen, da ich keine Lust hatte, wieder auf andere zu warten. Zuerst ging ich jedoch noch etwas fruehstuecken. Danach lief ich erneut dem schrecklich schmutzigen Strand entlang. Nach der Bruecke kam ich an einer Hotelanlage vorbei mit einem etwas schoeneren Strand. Als ich bei den Siete Altares ankam, waren erst zwei Touristen anwesend. Der erste Swimmingpool war schon sehr schoen und machte Lust auf baden. Ich wartete jedoch noch und erkundschaftete zuerst die restlichen Wasserfaelle und Pools. Ich lief etwa zwanzig Minuten durch einen Wald, bis ich beim letzten Wasserfall ankam. Hier war auch der schoenste Pool und ich musste sogleich ein erfrischendes Bad nehmen. ... read more