National Park (Parque Nacional) San Jose

After the earthquake the power was out so we walked to the restaurant for brunch. My Spanish is pretty bad but I understood the kitchen staff was discussing death, destruction, and the end of the world. They kept bringing up Nostradamus, the prophecy, and "the end is near". All of the happy thoughts and the realization that there were probably …

... the rocks below, you could also see the beaches to the right which we visited the next morning. The beach is part of the National Park and we wandered along the path running parallel to the beach and set in the jungle. The heavens opened again but it ...

... chemicals and pesticides we have in/on our food. The trail took us along quiet golden sandy beaches and bays, this is a beautiful national park. After a few days with Ursula and Duc it was time for them to return back to Holland. They had been here ...

... saw a young Northern Forest Boa and a river turtle among other things) and yet another day traipsing around Manuel Antonio National Park which is a small, but very beautiful area of green, verdant rainforest that spills down to meet the pacific at ...

Op zaterdag 28 oktober ben ik vanuit San Juan del Sur met de TICA Bus naar SAN JOSE, de hoofdstad van [B]COSTA RICA[/B] gereisd. In San José wilde ik direct een ticket voor de TICA Bus naar Panama City kopen. Het bleek echter dat de TICA Bus voor de ...

... , an ultra modern sports stadium and a volcano.  Our driver, Chuz, and tour director, Bernal, took us to the Poas National Park, early Thursday morning, hoping to view Poas Volcano without cloud cover.  He explained there is only 30% ...

... on the Pacific coast. I had visited here one time before and liked it so much (it´s a beautiful beach that is bordered by a national park) that I went again with a different crew of travelers. We had a good time despite a lot of rain--thankfully on our ...

... to which their response was "a mouse in your room? too bad!!". The next day we did a day trip to Tortuguero which is a national park on the Caribbean coast. We were picked up early from our hostel but while we were waiting we saw a thief get chased ...

... . the kids also got autographs from some football (soccer) players from one of the local clubs. 9-10 november: manuel antonio national park the next week we worked with the wheelchair project, and the week after that we housesat for rhoda and ...

... , with a picturesque hummingbird background; a drive on the road to the Caribbean coast which cuts through the Braulio Carillo  national park (provided the aerial shots for Jurassic Park); er, then it kind of stopped delivering on what we expected. ...

... the day to come to Costa Rica with us and attack a tough 2 day hike to the highest point in Costa Rica a top of Mount Chirripo in the Chirripo national park. 08/08/11 Bags packed and ready to go we left San Juan catching a couple of buses to the ...