Liberia
Travel Blogs from Liberia
Lovely leafy ride
... they get run over. Because of the heat, we decided to find accommodation at lunch time and settled in the El Bramadero Hotel in Liberia, Costa Rica. The first thing we did after Des brought both bikes into the Hotel complex, was to go for a swim in the ...
Another hot, dry, dusty town!
... time, well, the delay was for the tourist tax I had to pay! I made the 230pm ferry so not bad 3.5 hours from leaving Liberia to boarding the Ferry to Ometepe. If one is thinking about visiting Costa Rica I would strongly urge you to avoid the capital. ...
Eventful Weekend in Foya
Saturday, Buddy, Keeley and myself decided to go see more of the Liberian countryside again. This time we wanted to hike up this mountain near a town called Foya-tengia, about 45 minutes from the SP Sub-office. Hopefully this trip wasn't going to give us ...
We've arrived in Costa Rica
... and waited at the airport and then got on the plane about 6:00am. The plane flew first to Calgary and then on to Liberia. The flight was long. We arrived in Liberia about 5:00 in the afternoon. there is a good site for travellers out of ...
Newspaper Column 2
... many bad people out der from da war dat have to be brought to justice. She'll find dem eventually." I'm in Liberia for two weeks working for God's Kids with some of the thousands of orphans that are the product of war. ...
Costa Rica
... here on the way down to San Jose. Passing through the Costa Rica border from Nicaragua was pretty straight forward and I arrived in Liberia around 5pm. There didn´t seem to be much to the place really. Costa Rica is the most developed country in central ...
It's "Mr. Cole"
So yet another week has gone by in Bo, and finally we have internet again, so here's what's been happening. Our garden was eaten by goats. Well, just the corn, but it's still pretty frustrating. We're not sure who the goats belong to, but ...
Fun Comes Quickly
... drinks and great pizza, then called it a night. Mike thought there was a monster in our room... Now we are finally in Liberia, probably our last stop in Costa Rica before we head on to Nicaragua. Today was mostly bus rides, but during our lunch Mike ...
The Costa Rican town, not the African country
... epsiode of Jersey Shore and finding out what the Situation was). Next day, we got up pretty early and checked out central LIberia. Their main square posibly has more benches than the population of the town. Went to the supermarket and rhys now indulged ...
Rainforest Dreamin
Wanting to escape the hassle and hussle of the big city I decided to light out for Liberia a northern town in Costa Rica and jumping off point for various beaches rainforests as well as the Nicaraguan border. Peaceful cobbled streets and a pleasant ...
Så fandt jeg tid til at skrive igen.
... tog til Liberia for at shoppe, det var en rigtig god dag, og jeg må indrømme at jeg købte tøj. Suk ;) Vi var i Liberia i ca. 5 timer, byen ligger en times kørsel herfra. Det er hyggeligt med de lidt kortere ture, hvor man ikke behøver at køre ...
First Weekend in Foya
... of Foya, in Lofa County where I'll be until the end of August. Lofa County is considered to be the bread basket of Liberia. The country is very beautiful here and there is a large amount of farmers who live in this area. This is also an ...
Hanging Bridges
... Costa Rica. The dryness of the fields and pastures was obvious and the vegetation was much less dense. We had lunch in Liberia at another open-air restaurant, with a buffet of traditional foods such as rice and beans, fresh tropical fruits, plantain ...
Liberia International Airport??
After a 4 hour flight, we arrived at the Liberia International Airport. Wow!!! It is not very big. Really just one larger room / terminal. Customs was easy and our driver Oscar was waiting for us. It all went so smoothly we ...
After a month
... it as they have more chickens than I do, which is true. On July 26th, we had off work because it was Liberia's Independence Day. Buddy, myself, and Keeley (a Canadian expat working in HIV/Aids education) decided to take a road trip to Mt. ...
LESCO
This week I finally managed to get together with the friends that attend the congregation of LESCO (Costa Rican Sign Language) in Liberia, which is a 2 hour bus ride from Nicoya. I met up with a missionary couple and another couple that are serving ...
Bo
Monday October 8th, 2007 We arose at 7:30 from our "hotel" in Bo at the Countryside Inn. We all slept poorly since the beds were uncomfortable. The old mattresses were covered by paper thin sheets and each of our beds had a dirty old small woven blanket ...
home, work, and fish harvesting
... when it involved the goats. I think there were like 20 takes of a man saying, "Thank you for the goat!" While I'm in Liberia I will be working with the water and sanitation programs. I leave a week from today, so next Thursday, to go to the town of ...
...and away we go.
... in front of me. I'd been enjoying the game of inter-american leapfrog as we'd made our way north, towards Liberia & eventually, home. The guidebooks always mention how terrible & scary the driving is everywhere that I've visited, but ...
Frontiere Sierra Leone - Liberia
Une frontiere est toujours interessante. Celle-ci m a marqué. Le coté liberien etait de type militaire avec des check-points impressionnants. Je ne pouvais donc que faire des photos de loin. Je retrouvais souvent dans ce pays ces chech-points gérés ...
We love you Ali
This blog entry is a special ode to our friend Ali who could not make the trip due to illness. We sincerely missed her kindness and humour in person, but wanted to make it a part of our trip. We can sincerely say we have not missed a day of thinking ...
Ghana, Bopalu, and the Steelers
... was a decent trip. It was nice to see a different part of West Africa, but it was also very nice to return to Liberia. I've really enjoyed my internship here in Liberia. I believe I have only 6 weeks left in country before I return to ...
Frontiere Liberia -Guinée
... possible de le faire et le douanier m a fort logiquement dit qu il ne peut pas me laisser passez. Hors ayant quitté vle Liberia, je ne pouvait retourner dans ce pays ni aller en Guinee. J etais donc coincé entre 2 frontieres et impossible d appeler le ...
Thoughts while in Liberia, an update
... on the highways. Ticos are very mobile people. You always see people going from major city to major city, Puntarenas to Liberia, San Jose to Puntarenas, Puntarenas to Monteverde....etc. very regularly. They work in these cities and regress to their own ...
Curubande- Bubbling Mud Pits
Curubande- Bubbling Mud Pits We decided to head back up North to a beautiful campsite that Christina and I stayed at our first night in Costa Rica. The campsite/hotel El Sol Verde is located 20 minutes outside of Rincon de la Vieja National Park and it ...
Goodbye Foya, Hello Ghana
... days and leave for Ghana on the 9th for a little R&R and then off to Bopalu for the remainder of my time in Liberia. I've really enjoyed my time here. The people I've worked with have been great and the villages where I've worked have ...
Time out....
... name) Chulon? (no that is pork). But its basically rice, beans, spices, meat of choice and Plantain. Very filling and very yummy. Liberia is nothing to write home about (bit of a nothing town) but it just so happens I like nothing towns. Walking in the ...
That Funky Monkey
After a full month in Sierra Leone, I've finally been able to head out and see some of the sights of this country. The "village" of Bo (at least 100,000), is all good and well, but there is only so much pollution, garbage, and neighbors playing ...
Plage preferee en cote divoire
Nouvelle plage et il s agit de ma préférée en effet je suis resté 3 jours. Les plus sont : d etre dans un petit village mais qui possede les services de base comme pouvoir acheter de la confiture de fraise pour faire son petit dej. 2 Hotels de ...


