Yapanqui Airport B&B Alajuela

... loving and helpful with the younger children. Some of them actually call him “Papa” because he is like a father to them. He has such a gentle nature and he is just an all-around nice young man. He knows quite a bit of English and often helps the tias and I communicate when we cannot understand one another. I learned today that Edgar would like to be a pilot. I immediately thought he would ...

In the States and in Mexico, I have been mistaken for a Mexican. Now, I am being mistaken for a Costa Rican. On the plane ride here, one of my seat mates asked me if I had family in Costa Rica. She thought I was Costa Rican. When I arrived at the home base, the staff spoke to me in Spanish and could not believe that I did not speak it. They said they thought I was ...

We got up early and went for a short trip to Poas. We thought we would not get there in time to see the crater. Coulds come in and obscure it, but we were lucky. We had a great clear view for about 10 minutes before the clouds rolled in. It is active with a big steam vent and a beautifil volcanic lake. It was quite cold so Emma and Megan returned to the museum and gift shop. I took a hike. Could cover was total ...

... is perfect, very close to the airport and comfortable. She rode with us in the Avis shuttle van to the off site location which was nice as she was able to translate for us as the shuttle driver spoke very broken English. We arrived, signed the rental form and we were set with a Nissan Tiida, a nice 4-door car (a bit smaller that a Chevrolet Cobalt) that would suite our needs just fine. All the cars (mainly all) in ...

... we had a group of 9 people, and so we walked outside and met Erick, who helped us get taxis to the Hotel Cacts, where we stayed. We waited around for a while, then got a bite to eat at the complementary breakfast upstairs, which was delicious. I ate about 5 plates of pollo pinto, which was just rice and black beans, and huevos. They were ...

... trip is over (which I donīt want to be over! Just loving travelling!) and compiling everything. Thereīs going to be shitloads of photos! Anyways, we landed in San Jose in the afternoon to start our next GAP Adventures trip in Costa Rica. Itīs so funny that this place looked a bit like Edmonton ... Calgary ... when we were driving from the airport to our hotel. We would past by an area and say ...

... called the Rapa Nui & famous for reasons still guessed upon for carving giant statues out of volcanic rock called the moai. The moai range from 2 - 21 meters in height, weighing up to 100 tonnes. Erected on an ahu, a ceremonial platform. Some bearing top knots. Thought to be the hair style's of the day, carved out of reddish volcanic scoria. Moai lay scattered all around the Island. But the one thing ...

... me tingle. My sixth grade teacher kept one as a class pet. Lunch today was interesting. We had rice, black beans and a choice of veggie, chicken, or beef. I went with the chicken. I am starting to think the food here disagrees with me. It tastes wonderful but I am not a happy camper later. I will live though. After lunch we headed to this hot springs and on the way we saw some toucans. I wish I had been able to see them more clearly. I only saw a beak and them ...

... hebt natuurlijk), hoeven we daar niet lang over na te denken. Hanny, Olivier en Kiymet (familie van Eduard) waren met vrienden op vakantie in Costa Rica in dezelfde periode dat wij er waren, en dan moet je natuurlijk iets afspreken. Ons gezamenlijke diner in een pizzaria in Santa Elena was supergezellig, en uiteindelijk zijn we de volgende dag zelfs met hen meegelift naar Manuel Antonio, waar het kleinste, populairste en dus druk bezochte nationale ...

... thus far. Four of us gals ventured off trail right after breakfast to hike through old growth forest, trek over wobbly suspension bridges, and tramp through the swamps in search of more caterpillars (and photo opps, and animals, etc.) I quickly spotted a silhouette high on a shrub, and managed to slog through quicksand-like mud and grip vines to pull down a branch. Luckily it was a nice, big, fat, hairy, red/black/white caterpillar that we hadn't previously caught! It gave us false ...