Didi's Bed & Breakfast Manuel Antonio National Park

... this as a payment option,. The Airplane Restaurant was a plane that was shot down over Nicaragua during Reganīs presidency. It was a pretty big controversy from what I gather quickly reading on the menu. This restaurant claims to have bought the actual plane. I am not sure if itīs true or not, but it was nonetheless a pretty cool place. We ate up our rice and beans and accompanying meat. We drank our Imperial and headed back to Floraīs...with my arms still burning from the dayīs activities.

... going the other way.

The Parador Hotel is actually located in Punta Quepos up a very rough and potholed road. The state of the road was a surprise because most of the better hotels were along it but it appeared that no one wanted to spend money improving it.

The hotel is modelled after the traditional Spanish Paradores and has great views over the ocean to the small islands off the coast. By the main entrance there is a beautiful Roman water feature and the ...

... the pool and Peter, David and I are just hanging out with drinks in our hands (in the pool.... yeah - life is hard). As usual once 4 p.m. comes around so do the Capuchin Monkeys. A sight we never get tired of. Evelyn and I are playing volleyball in the pool until dusk and then Evelyn made a great French Onion Soup for dinner. We watch some Planet Earth on DVD and fall asleep.... another day in Paradise.

... pretty much bang on where the epicentre was, and we'll be camping at sea level. So, the fact I'm a geek and know about these things does come in handy sometimes. Links enclosed for you're pleasure. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/rec enteqsww/Quakes/us2008zpan.php http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americ as/7736933.stm 4 Iguanas. Most of them are the same darn things as ...

... food and good Latin music every Tuesday and Friday night at 9 pm. Lots of fun. We had our last two Spanish lessons on Saturday and Sunday for 3 hours each. Marinet has been very patient with us as we struggle to learn all the irregular verbs, when to use 'por' or 'para' and what is masculine or feminine. I know we understand more than we did when we arrived but we're a long way from speaking the language. Buenos noches.

... hidden as much as possible. That's when I know it's really affecting me, since I don't care to live my life hiding. But I know that in a country that is 95% Catholic (or something like that), this is just one of those things I can't be honest about and not expect to have my relationships change. But I'm a terrible liar, by omission or otherwise. And being false makes me tired.

... a ***long*** time to load the pictures.) But here's my life in a nutshell: The first few days I generally went to bed around 9 p.m. and woke up around 4:30 a.m. to the roosters. Then I'd go back to sleep. Most mornings so far I've gotten up at 5:30 as does everyone else (except dad, who for 2 of the 3 weekdays so far has left for work at 2:30 a.m.). Today I slept until 6:30. In the mornings I do some studying, take a cold shower (it was actually warm this ...

... Maya religion sits beside the Catholic here but isn't really integrated. 20% of the population don't speak Spanish but one of the 23 or so Maya languages which has consequences for literacy, jobs and voting levels. Real poverty is again the big issue. Here in Antigua most people have jobs thanks to tourism and language schools but tomorrow we're heading out to some mountain villages where things are a bit different. Still savouring every minute of our travels but ...