La Finca Chica Puerto Viejo

... but it was rough and rocky and after getting knocked about when only up to our knees, we decided against swimming, and headed back to cook dinner and have more cheap vodka... which just makes you sleep. Al was fast asleep within minutes and growling along side me, whilst the party music downstairs boomed until the early hours... moving on tomorrow and going to Tortuguero, after changing our plans a few times... I hope there is less rain there!

... which was "Bart" and to call him it whenever he exhibits a Bob or Art-like characteristic. Such as whenever he gets ridiculously cheap or whenever he focuses too much on poker.

Our cousin had picked out a great spot to spend our time. El Silencio del Campo had everything you could want and then some. It was a cabin-room with enough space for the 3 of us, private bathroom, small fridge, TV (unnecessary), restaurant, pool and a ...

... Economic Development (CED). In the Peace Corps we have many acronyms so if you read my blog you will need to learn them quick or don't bother. I just got back from our "tech visit" to the north of the country. I stayed with a family of almost all women minus the 2 year old boy who did anything he wanted including throwing rocks, throwing rocks at me, throwing rocks at the dog, throwing rocks at other rocks, riding his tricycle through ...

... hectic. We would dive 40 km per hour and then all the sudden able to go 100 km per hour. This became the way it was and so we adjusted. The drive took us from San Jose through Heredia, Guapiles, Guaclmo, Squirres, Limon, Cahuita and ultimately into Puerto Viejo. The entire drive to Limon was on Highway 32. As we went through Heredia, the drive became very pretty, we entered the jungle, cloud forests and ...

... people live their lives in the indigenous communities here. They just open their arms to their brothers. We're all humans and we're all the same. Whatever you have, you just share it. This speaks to the essence of ...

... mountains. Then, at the end of the road, we had to walk, carrying boxes with donations, for about an hour through rivers and trails. Even after two days of sunshine, we were hiking all the ...

... to the hoards of surfers/kids within and just far enough out of town (1-2km) to make sure people didn't stray too far from it. SUCH a good idea, and a perfect location for it. Someone is making a killing.

Time to get out of Costa Rica. My initial impression that is is EXPENSIVE and has nothing unique to offer (unless you are David Attenborough) seems to be correct, and i'm not the only one with the same idea.

... if you-know-who hadn't made me lay it down. When we were done we did the fist bump and I believe he will be my english student when we get back. Seems he is having trouble with it in school. As for the other four, that will require more investigation upon our return. Three of them are local I believe and the other one is the cousin of my future student and lives in another town. Other projects that are getting finished before school starts are the Pre-K ...

... over, all of us had tears in our eyes when we were leaving. The tours we did together here are something I will never forget. The 2-day trip over to Panama, just mind-blowing... I thought I'm kind of fit to walk for a couple of hours. We have some pretty strenuous mountains back at home. Here the first part was ...

... centre and to the beach where you could go boogie boarding, so we hired bikes to go to and fro. The beach was beautiful and unlike other spots in the Caribbean we've been to had large waves to jump around in, instead of being like a big warm bath. Emmet and i made some more unsuccessful attempts at boogie boarding, but mostly just threw ourselves about like children in the surf. Our Irish mates and ...