Pre-canopy tour

May 27th 2008
I got an early bus from Puerto Viejo to Monteverde, towards the North West of Costa Rica. Monteverde and Santa Elena are two towns in between two huge cloud forest reserves. Monteverde is a quaker settlement founded by 4 American families who moved to Costa Rica after being imprisoned for refusing to fight in the Korean War because it was against their Quaker beliefs. They started dairy farming in ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development. Although still a largely agricultural country, it has expanded its economy to include strong techn... ... read more

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Nicki Goh

NickiG

This travel blog will contain short diary entries and as many photos as possible over the 7 months that I am travelling. I will be starting off in Mont Tremblant and Montreal in Canada where I will be improving my skiing and learning some funny Quebecois French. In February I head off to South America to do a whistlestop tour of 6 countries before venturing North to Cuba, Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras. I will be back sometime in June but don't even want to think about booking the return flight for the time being! Sorry if the blog is quite boring - i can't be both... full info

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