Monte Real Bed and Breakfast Alajuela
Barrio Fatima Alajuela, Province of Alajuela, 4013, Costa Rica
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Costa Rica Mission Trip 2011
... Thursday, July 28:
- We wake up and enjoy and incredible breakfast cooked by Daisy and her staff around 7:00 a.m. and then morning devotional at 7:30 a.m. each morning.
- We arrive at our work site and work from 8:00 a.m. until 4:30 to 5:00 p.m. Our work includes installing electrical wiring, hanging sheet rock, mudding, plastering, and adding a ...
El primer dia en CR
... are tons of neighborhoods and a unique character to each. Like in the US, there is creative graf under freeway structures...but it's different in that I have seen more "art" then tagging...there seems to be a creative uprising bubbling up from the cracks in the broken sidewalks of San Jose. Definitely an urban scene I would want to connect with if I ever live here. There's also something else here I haven't quite been able to put ...
The tired photographer plods on
... on the return leg.
Went to the Gold Museum in the afternoon: not bad, at least coupled with the Numismatic Museum.
Chilled in the late afternoon. Linda returned from her day of white water rafting. We went for an early dinner. I drank the better part of a mickey and really didn't feel it too much.
A farewell to Linda and an early bed with a 0400 wake ...
At Home with Jesus & Volcanos
... is a long-shot, Mom.) I have yet to see the top of Platanar, and not a spec of Arenal due to clouds, but all in good time.
The local people seem friendly, but a little stand-offish as we are the ONLY gringos in this town. There's really no reason for tourists to be here and with the popular La Fortuna an hour away, most miss San Carlos. There is however, a Kentucky Fried Chicken and a Pizza Hut, which is apparently where you take ...
Volcan Poas
... around quite a bit to find somewhere to eat, and eventually went to a really local place where all the workers from a nearby factory seemed to go. It was a bit awkward when we walked in (they obviously don't have tourists going there, or to Alajuela as whole it seemed!) but once we had spoken to a waiter and ordered some food it was fine. For the afternoon we had arranged to meet our friend Milton who lives in San Jose (the Mexican guy we met ...


