Blogs from Central America Caribbean - page 2097

I will work my way back from today, Sunday, through much of a busy few weeks and back again to Sunday! Sunrise/breakfast…. Today I woke up at 5:30am—definitely early for me! However, the sun was coming up and there was barely a cloud in the sky. What a bright crisp morning it was here! Makes the move here with all of the trials and tribulations (more about that later) worth it! This has been a very busy few weeks with non-stop guests every day, touring around, finalizing some of the work around the house and finally settling into a routine. I was very happy to learn that one of our guests this past week actually found out about us from one of the flyers I put up at the English language bookstore, 7th Street Books, in ... read more

We're stuck on an island... Today is sunday, and we've been here on Utila for over a week now, the longest time we've continuously spent in one place so far. We've done everything we wanted to do here: Tamara got her 6 dives, Mette and Anna have worked on their tans, snorkeled and walked the island back and forth in flip flops (autch). This island was what we came here for: it's paradise (except for the damn sandflies, we look as if we've got the chickenpox again...)!! We arrived on a saturday evening and even though it was dark, we could feel the difference from the mainland. People welcomed us in english, or more exactly in creole, and everything seemed veeery laidback... We decided to celebrate our arrival and started etkot in our disgusting room at ... read more

We awaken early and walk down to the town for what quickly becomes one of my favorite things on our trip to Costa Rica, the typical breakfast consisting of eggs, rice and beans. Karin also loves all the fresh fruit. After breakfast, we hop into our tiny economy car which we called the “Volkswagen Speck” to begin our drive to Arenal. Driving in Costa Rica is sort of like being in the Paris-Dakar Rally. There is a general path that you follow, but as near as I could tell there are no actual lanes and certainly no rules. Drivers will routinely pass you on both the left and right and the potholes are the size of craters. You must be fully prepared to go from 80kph to 10kph in about 5 seconds and then be ready ... read more

A joint effort by Nancy and Meg to add some more pictures for your viewing entertainment. It's a random collection of pictures, actually, but they offer a pretty good glimpse into Jamaican life - poverty and beauty all wrapped into one.... read more

GREETING ALL: ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS WOW!!! BOCAS DEL TORO IS A REALLY NICE CITY. THERE ARE SO MANY AMAZING THINGS TO BUY FROM THE VENDORS IN THE STREET. I HAVE JUST ABOUT WHEN CRAZY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW HOW I LIKE TO SHOP. BUT ANYWAYS THE CLUB HERE WAS OFF THE HOOK! PEOPLE REALLY DANCE IN THE CLUBS HERE. I DANCED WITH THIS ONE BROTHER AND LET ME TELL YOU HE COULD MOVE. THE CLUB WAS REALLY NICE WITH A SEA FRONT VIEW. THE BROTHER I DANCED WITH WAS A SCUBA DIVER INSTRUCTOR AND I TOLD HIM I DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO SWIM AND I WANTED LESSONS. WE ENDED UP GOING TO THE BEACH AND GETTING IN THE WATER IT WAS SO NICE AND WARM. SIMPLY AMAZING. I TOLD MYSELF I WOULD GET INTO ... read more