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Travel Blogs from San Isidro, Costa Rica
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Getting our head out of the clouds (w/ p.u.)
This is a top pick! ... clad girl acting/dancing a religious play in the central park to the balcony bar with painful drink concoctions containing only liquor, San Isidro captivated us. In fact we almost lost our Kiwi sidekick Darius to the beautiful women of San Isidro. But ...
Costa Rica recap
This is a top pick! ... Antonio National Park is a gem among Costa Rica's nature reserves and one of the most popular tourist destinations in Costa Rica. A lush blanket of tropical green spills headlong onto several hidden and incredibly beautiful, jungle-lined beaches. Within ...
Wheel into the hotsprings
... 's hospital. for the last day we took a 5 hour trip towards the south and west to the city of perez zeledon (aka san isidro de el general, depending upon your map). the group we were volunteering with sprung for rooms in a beautiful ...
Christmas and New year
... it took forever. First we had to exit Costa Rica and then we had to enter Panama. Then we had to exit Panama and go to Costa Rica again. And then we had to drive back to the farm which took another 4 hours not including going to the market to buy ...
Visiting the Borucans
Two days ago we went up to the mountains and visited a native tribe. We had a tour and after the tour we had lunch. They had a lot of different stuff from their tribe, a lot of masks, a lot of spears and bow and arrows, they also had a lot of bags. ...
some photos of the past month
Here are some photos. We have had computer problems so I will do my blog later. ...
On the road again
... , so it took longer. It felt like you were in a car because it had so much power. When we finally got to San Isidro, we waited for the 1:30 bus but it didn't exist anymore because it had an accident. Only three people were ...
Forever on the road
... out the day.... So i will push forward trying to pack in as much as i can in my last 10 days before heading to san jose costa rica for my flight to uruguay. Side note You can critize me for moving fast but i´m making due with the time and budget i ...
Cerro Chirripo!
Jules and I are here in San Isidro, Costa Rica after a long, long............. long hike in Chirripo! When we arrived in San Gerardo (at the base of the trail) we were told by some local guys that we could reach the top in 4 hours if we were fast or 6 if ...
Buswahn die Zweite
... Irgendwann geht es los, dass der Bus immer ausgeht, wenn irgendwie falsch geschaltet wurde.Auch das in Costa Rica natuerlich kein ProblemHandlungsanweisung:- Vollbesetzten Bus rueckwaerts rollen lassen - Rueckwaertsgang rein - Kupplung kommen lassen (Bus ...
Christmas in Uvita and San Isdro
... a day. bike race. This was one of those great coincidences in timing, because our arrival in San Isidro coincided with The Costa Rican equivalent of the Tour de France. Our plan had been to visit the farm Libby had ...
San Isidro-- Driving the Moutain of Death
... at a hotel the day when we came into the country was supposedly up-to-date, but so far I had counted around 10 mistakes. The San Jose portion was no different. By the time we got out of the city it was around 3 PM so we only had a few hours ...
February 2009 visit from Grandpa and Abuela
... of our favourite beaches. They liked each one more than the last. I found the best beach for boogie surfing. My grandparents found San Isidro really busy. Once we took them down to the river nearby to swim. On my birthday, we went to Citrus ...
March 2009
Sunday March 8 Today I went on a canopy tour by Osa Canopy Tours. It was terrific! We left early this morning and drove south until we got to the town of Cortes. A Kia truck picked us up and drove us up to the start of the zip lines. I ...
Its raining in Costa Rica
6-05-11 Santiago(Panama) to San Isidro de El General (Costa Rica) Today it was up bright and early, pack the bikes and off towards the border for Costa Rica. John, Andy, Allan, Scott and myself decided to get going early and get to the border before all ...
Zipping through January
January 19, 2009 Lately we have been discovering a lot of new beaches. Yesterday I went to a beach called Guapil with Julian and our parents. I did some boogie boarding. I like that beach because it is so big and there are so few people on ...
homeschool videos for Michelle and Jenn
Here are some videos we made on coconut water and also making ...
Cycling Days 98-103: Playa del Coco to San Isidro
... that we don’t have to fear for our safety…well, in terms of being mugged anyway. Riding along the Pan-Americana highway in Costa Rica also feels like being in the States – the worst it’s been in all of Latin America. There is zero ...
Finca Ipe
We went to San Isidro Thursday the 23rd. We went with the people we are staying with. When we got there we went to this market and we bought lots of different fruits and veggies. We didn't buy any meat because we are ...
Finca Ipe
We went to San Isidro Thursday the 23rd. We went with the people we are staying with. When we got there we went to this market and we bought lots of different fruits and veggies. We didn't buy any meat because we are ...
Finca Ipe Wildlife and Flowers
This blog is mostly just pictures. Any info will be along with the pictures. ...
Who called the (insert curse words here ) Police
... free coffee and chocolate covered coffee beans. The tour starts early, yes early in Central America. The plantation is one of Costa Rica's oldest, it has over 3000 people on payroll. First and second grade coffee is shipped to Europe, North America and ...
"Farmstay" Flop
... description was vague, we remained optimistic: VIVERO LA BONITA NO. 9 Maria Eugenia Quesada Modul Arte Frente al SalPick , Perez Zeledon , COSTA RICA Accepting up to two people at a time (with children OK) to help with an organic nursery and orchard ...
Leaving for Chirripo
... Chirripo. This morning I slept out till 9 am or so and at 10:30 I took the bus to Palmar Norte and from there on a bus to San Isidro de El General. Unfortunately I arrived at 14:15 at the bus station and the bus to San Geraldo de Rivas left at 14:00...so ...
May 1st. Santiago to San Isidro De El General
... boots. That will smell a bit funky by the end of the day. Everyone left quite early today because of the border crossing into Costa Rica. We set off nearly last but soon caught up with the others. It rained then stopped, it rained then stopped. It chucks ...
Creatures that go "bump" in the night
... brother that knows these parts like no other. He has drawn from memory a vast majority of the territories in centro San Isidro...from memory! One problem however his Spanish is so fast and slurred together that most Ticos can't understand him ...
Preparing for Our Return Home
... family there. We would love for everyone to come down to visit Costa Rica with us the next trip down. So if you would like to experience Costa Rica just e-mail us. We would love to have you. We love all of you and hope to see you soon. ...
Moving (on) Mountains
... ambitious starting time but still well late for the one bus of the day leaving for the base of the highest peak in Costa Rica, Cerro Chirripo. We had decided that after a good week of beach time we were ready for something challenging, and the 3800m ...
We Found A House!
... look after it. I also don't have to clean since our housekeeper, Bella, comes 4 times a week. Its really roughing it here in Costa Rica. Today was our first full day in our new home. We truly appreciated Jehovah's creation as we sat in our front entry ...
International Party
... from France and all of the Gringo´s from California, Oregon and of course Washington. (The west coast is definitely represented in Costa Rica) So we invited all of these friends along with our Tico representatives and had an amazing party. There were so ...
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