Hotel Pura Vida Puerto Viejo

... both decided to save money, we would cook for ourselves for a bit... as we are already over budget (which I had been saying for weeks and stressing each time we did something slightly expensive) but now Al is being a complete Nazi about money!! (which is a good thing... we just dont want to be short for Christmas!)

WE woke up to rain, torrential rain, so we eventually braved it and got soaked walking to the supermarket for some supplies ...

... to the highway we needed to be on. So, I got the idea, why not just drive up the embankment onto the highway? I didn't want to go back as getting lost is VERY easy to do, no signs leads to landmark directions and if you don't see the same landmark twice, well, you are lost. It worked, I gave the car heck and up the embankment we went. Once traffic had cleared and we were able to go left on this busy highway ...

... Bocas del Toro in Costa Rica). I guess i'm just bored of **** Americans surfer banter (there was plenty about) and a bit jaded after seeing so many nice beach towns. If i came here on a 2 week vacation from work, i'd be chuffed. On a long term trip, where i'd seen so many awesome things, it's going to take a bit more to impress me. Sorry Puerto Viejo.

On the bus i met a German guy (who'd obviously robbed a bank ...

... them tell each other apart, as both sexes of this species have internal genitalia. Females of both species give birth to only one offspring at a time; gestation for Bradypus is about six months, while for Choloepus it's eleven months and one week. Of all adult sloths, only the female Bradypus (such as Buttercup) has a mating call-a human-like scream. The male Bradypus makes a crying sound when attacked by another male competing for a female in heat. In ...

... handmade leather sandals, some gifts, and stuff for myself. We were also all incredibly bored and realized that there was a First Baptist Church in town, so we decided to attend their service, which luckily was in English. The church was so primitive, it was a little concrete rectangle and there was no stained glass or anything elaborate. The congregation consisted of maybe 15 people, and the preacher was a woman ...

... film - this can be summed up in 3 words - dont see it. It was bad,really bad. Back at the hostel i was expecting something for the extra $2 this hostel was costing but no. You couldnt upload photos on the computers, you couldnt bring food or drink into the hostel, the food they served was overpriced and wouldnt feed a small child and despite being busy the bar shut at midnight. It was my last night travelling with Dan. It had been a fun 2 weeks but i was headed to the coast and ...

... fast nichts sehen, dann ueber uns die Fledermaeuse und dann sagte der Guide auch noch, dass wir aufpassen muessen, wo wir hintreten sollen, da es Wasserratten auch noch gibt... Naja, es war echt spannend und ganz am Schluss, habe wir sogar das Krokodil gesehen - es lage am Hoehlenausgang und wir mussten deshalb ueber einen ueber und ueber mit Fledermausdreck verkackten Stein, der auch noch voll von so duennen ...

... on every rock! Then got taken on an afternoon minivan to Puerto Viejo, a little afro-caribbean town on the southeast coast of C.R. Accommodation of choice was a place called Rocking J´s, a huge hostel on the beach where you could sleep in hammocks or tents. Timing was a bit rough though, was stuck there over semana santa when the town got crushed with ...