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Garmish James and Greg Kamphouse
This is a top pick! ... "is not important" But standing in line for hours is! I finally ended up in Playa Flamingo where my friend James lives. There is not a whole lot to report about 7 days here because I decided ...
Surfs up
... 100m in the air. Really, really fun. We didn't spend long here and moved on to La Fortuna. La Fortuna is the home of Costa Rica's most active volcanoes - Arenal. Maggs and I took a 'Volcano Tour', we walked thru the jungle at the base of the volcano and ...
No pain no gain, and, This is the life!
... ; And took off my post-op shoe! I still have a limp, which everyone has been asking me about, but oh well. Costa Rica definitely feels different this time around, more like a friend, more real, more genuine. After a quick stop at the ...
Foster and the Golf Cart
... it but decided to let it be what it is. But truly, ouch! PMS maybe.... ok, so I am at the only place in Playa Flamingo that offers internet access, which is a blessing despite the slow dial up connection. It is at a funky cool nautical hotel and ...
Will Work For Board
Playa Flamingo, Costa Rica THINGS WE LEARNED: 1. The bus schedules in Costa Rica have their own agenda, just ask at least 3 locals, then show up ½ hour early and plan to wait at least 2 hours...patience, you'll get there eventually! ...
Leaving Flamingo, heading south
... (Estaben) was good with us. He spoke Spanish to me and English to Sonny. We went there for breakfast before heading out for Playa Samara today. Now we are on our way, quickly stopping to check email and see if there is any word about Sonny''s ...
Spanish and more
... managed quite well. This is a very interesting country. Very kind, very welcoming and very mixed in terms of gringos and ticos (Costa Ricans). There are many many new things here, that are shared by both cultures. There are lots of 4x4 cars driven by ...
Spanish School
We got here yesterday and we are staying in a place completely run by Italians, including gelato!!!! However we were given a room with twin beds! So I think we are moving to another villa in the same place. Always an adventure. Today was the ...
School is OUT and Sonny's been exploring
Well Spanish school ended today and has been wonderful. I have learned much but mostly have learn confidence. I am glad I made the choice to come here to learn and jealous of Sonny's adventures while I was in school. We are including some of the ...
We're on a boat and
... aboard the boat so it will take a while to figure out the ones to load. The cruise anchored just offshore of Playa Flamingo where we spent about an hour and a half swimming, sea kayaking, floating on noodles in the Pacific and generally having ...
Bored outa my brains!
Arriving in Costa Rica on Saturday afternoon wasn´t a good idea as the airport was so so busy and my pick up wasn´t there to meet me :( ! Talk about bad luck I keep having with these stupid arrangements! Anyway I managed to get a taxi man to lend me ...
Blog entry, November 5th 2003
... so, when I'll go back for a couple of days. Now I'm in Costa Rica, since about 10 days. I live with a tica family at Playa Flamingo, which is a beach resort in the northwest of the country. I'm going to school for four hours a day and the afternoons we ...
Playa Flamingo
... ten days. We have been staying at the apartments owned by CPI again, this one called Villa Panchemalco, just outside of Playa Flamingo. The apartment complex is a little bigger and half filled with other students. In addition to the apartments there is a ...
Dag 5 - búsqueda de una playa
... verloopt echter moeizaam en we vinden niets dat ons aanstaat (zeker niet Tamarindo, lokaal bekend als Tamagringo). Laatste kans is Playa Potrero, waar wel een tof sfeertje hangt, maar we nergens accomodatie lijken te vinden. We besluiten het te gaan ...
The Play 4:00 P.M.
At last! the day of the great production has arrived. I will be so happy when today is over! I went to the A.M. office at 1:00 and finished printing the program. at 3:00 we had the final rehersal. I used my best Spanglish and ordered, ...
On the beach and bird watching
... yellow flycatchers swooped down to get water from the pool. The white throated magpie jays came and posed for pictures and a Costa Rica squirrel ran by. The largest of the iguanas went off through the grass and parrots flew overhead screeching, but never ...
Intro to The Legend of the Phoenix
A large group of kindergartners came, about 15. They sang songs in English – the days of the week, the months, hand and finger games. They sang the alphabet song and today's lesson was the Letter D. D is for Doll. ...
La Escuela
Here is the school where I am working on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. I teach a beginner group class and an intermediate private class. ...
Beach Bums
... nbsp; The day started with an early morning call from Alberto (the driver who drove us from the airport to the Flamingo Beach Resort & Spa). As promised he had brought us homemade corn tortillas and a fresh cheese-like thing called ...
Last day at the Beach
This was our last day at the beach so we got up early and took advantage of walking the beach and going into the ocean, before the intense heat of the day hit. We packed ...
A Looong walk to the classroom
A Looong walk to the classroom. Meradith had left us an orientation package with a map of Potrero and instructions to meet her at 10:00 the following morning at the A.M. (Abriendo Mentes) office. We arose early and were grateful for the meager supply ...
Mariscos y Cerveza 'til you drop!
Well, we admit it, we've gotten in the swing of things here and used to jelling around the beach and the house to be spending too much time writing journals. But we still manage to take a few pictures here and there to capture the moments. So here ...
Mardi Gras!!
... "under the sea" decorations for a large flatback truck, donated by the neighboring hotel, for the 4:00 parade in Flamingo. I note that a few of the parents simply use A.M. for free babysitting all day long; little boys broke balloons faster ...
Sunday Again
It's a quiet Sunday morning in Potrero. Birds are calling and staff are sweeping up and emptying ashtrays after Saturday night's open bar. Al is studtying something or other back at the Casita. We have done our "heavier" wash already ...
Wow! These beaches are on the Pacific???!!!!
... ; I was pleasantly surpised to see a beautiful and clear sunny sky upon waking up. It is the rainy season rigth now in Costa Rica, but we seem to have lucked out for the time being... The resort we're staying at has been recently renovated ...
Dancing on the beach!
... see Arenal, an active volcano in the North. I'm looking forward to it as it is apparently one of the 'must-sees' of Costa Rica and I am travelling with a really neat group of people. I can't believe I'm halfway through my trip. It's ...
Goodbye flamingo beach and manta rays
I had another restless night as I tried in vain to not aggravate my sunburn! Breakfast at this hotel is great! Even though it is the same thing everyday, everything is really good. Today I finally got Isabella to try the black beans and ...
Diving With Sharks
... but hid when we got close. We held an urchin and saw many large moray eels. I forgot my log book so for future reference the first dive was 80 feet and I had 14 pounds of weights in the salt water. The shop was the one next door to CPI on Playa ...
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