Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 2085

Merry Christmas to everyone. I am in Playa del Coco right now with Jordan, Jason, Devon, Michelle, Danielle, Mike from London and John from the U.S. Me, Jas and John got here on the 23rd and were quickly finding out that it would be extremely diffcult to get a place to stay after the 26th...apparently this place is going to be crazy on New Year's Eve. Anyway, after staying in a lady's house/hostel type thing with dogs, roosters, chickens and all, we ended up finding a studio in the same complex as Jord and co. Not as cheap as we would like, but we have it for the week and well, it's good to be staying somewhere nice for the holidays. We had an amazing Christmas, and the food - pancakes, bacon, baked goods from Vancouver, ... read more

Hello all, me again! Andrew is addicted to his book. Well, you guessed it, we saw lava which was the most amazing thing ever. We had chatted to other travellers who saw either nothing or an "orange glow" at Volcan Arenal, and I had very low expectations to avoid disappointment. But we just got off the bus and saw the volcano spitting molten rocks again and again. I was surprised at how quickly they moved down the cone. Our tour leader said we were really lucky, and we have decided we are the lucky group because we keep fluking lots of cool things. Today we travelled to Monteverde, a privately owned but protected area of cloud forest. We hired a guide, and it was sensational. We saw racoons, monkeys, a vulture, hummingbirds, snakes, massive stick insects, ... read more

From Palenque I took a crowded collectivo to Tenosique with a small girl asleep on my side, the mother seemed happy as long as I was. Frustated by the seemingly way out-of-date bits and pieces, and the general confusing nature of my guide-book, I managed to find a much cheaper, quicker and easy border crossing point than the one they mentioned. I came across it accidently by asking locals who were dumbfounded by why I would want to cross the way the guide suggested. Very much proving the point that it is only a rough guide (thought not actually a Rough Guide) not a bible. The border crossing was eventful, and funny looking back, but it pissed me off at the time. I rose at 5pm, caught a cheap bus to place called El Ciebo (not ... read more

I wish You all a happy Christmas and an awesome New Year For the dutch people, send me some oliebollen for New Year! And have fun with the New Years parties, Make the Best of 2006!! Greets and Love, Matthijn... read more

Hola Amigos, Feliz Navidad (ofwel fijne kerstdagen). Hoewel het inmiddels Christmas Eve is, heb ik absoluut geen kerst gevoel. Het is momenteel zonnig en warm en het is pas 10 uur... Gisteren hebben we (Richard, Enrico en ik) een actieve volkaan beklommen: een hele ervaring, helaas geen magma gezien, maar wel een hoop hete gassen e.d. en het was een mooie klim. Mijn derde week Spaans zit er alweer op en ik heb nog maar een week te gaan, en dan wordt het tijd om wat meer van midden Amerika te gaan zien. Ik ben benieuwd... Ik ga volgende week met Enrico verder reizen en we gaan vanmiddag de koppen bij elkaar steken om te bedenken wat we (ongeveer) willen zien en doen... Morgen kerstdiner, of nou ja soort van, om 14 uur s middags met ... read more