Hotel Martino Alajuela

... you are, if you are in groups or by yourself, or if you came as a family. What we offer you are not simply vacations but life experiences. <br><br>What we can do for the community:<br><br><br><br><br><br> As I already said, we are not talking about collaborators, but very close friends. Our action, through your help, can help more ...

... base, it started raining really hard like yesterday. We stood under the opening to a gate to someone's home to shield us as much as possible from the rain. A Tico family across the street invited us to come into their porch to stay dry but we did not feel comfortable with that so we stayed where we were. A CCS staff person went by in a taxi and asked the taxi to come back to pick us up and take us to the home base. We ...

... houses spread all over.<br>Plan for the Thursday was to meet up with Franzi and go into the mountains to visit Nano, a real back to the roots Tico. After leading me through green fields we climed up a waterfall, all the time chased by her crazy dog Buddy and arrived finally at Nanos "house". In the middle of nowhere this crazy guy built a house out of the nothing. Showing us around and talking, talking, talking I just couldn´t stop smiling about this totally authentic ...

... La Tourista! I brought along a Dora The Explorer doll of my daughters so she can see her travelling the world. I will upload a photo in a bit. We had a bit of "hilarity" in DFW Dallas Airport. We were enjoying our lay over in the Admiral AA lounge thinking we had all the time in the world. We heard our flight "boarding" announcement, but thought it must ...

... die Leute doppelt, weil man dann kein amerikanischer Gringo ist. Auf was ich hinaus will: Ich werde sicherlich mit offenen Augen und Ohren rumreisen, aber ich werde nicht jedem misstrauen. Ich merke naemlich sehr wohl wann mir jemand was boeses will und es gibt hier ein paar Grundregeln, die man beachten sollte. Die Ticos und Ticas sind alles sehr nette Leute und wenn einem jemand was boeses will, dann tut er das ...

... that they had an Advent concert beginning at 6 p.m. every evening for the next three days. We tried to buy tickets but were told that it was "outside" and was for everyone. By the way, we are planning to teach some English in this city and we had to tell Michael, of Michael Whittemore and Associates, S.A., that his newest teachers had arrived. After making that important call, and catching up on some e-mails, it was time to walk back to town for the ...

... of great controversy in local politics. There may be limits on how many nature lovers' dreams the land can fulfill before the ecosystem collapses under the strain. My father and I had a long conversation at dinner (actually, it outlasted the meal) about how the current economic crisis at home is, according to him, the predictable outcome of a long tradition of expecting standards of living to improve for each generation, without an actual increase in real ...

... and some sort of cabbage. I was really hungry and thirsty and it was a welcome stop. I grabbed some cut up pineapple to go but ended up dropping it on the floor on the bus right when I got on it so walked back off to throw it away. The bus had already started up and the driver gave me a strange look and followed me. I thought I was in trouble and tried to explain and he took me back to the pineapple stand, smiled at me and got me a replacement. It is little gestures like this ...

... to her that all I had was my backpack and after a puzzled look she let me pass. The second agent I came into contact with asked me where my suitcase was and when I told him that I only had a backpack he gave me a puzzled look and told me to go on my way. The third and final agent I met did not bat an eye when she asked if I had any luggage and I told her just my backpack. She stamped my passport, handed it back and ...

... the van, and hadn't eaten for 6 hours! I did have my water bottle, though, which was essential in the heat. <br><br>We collected Eois species along the way, which live on Piper plants. Part of the hike took us along the river...it was a beautiful but tough hike, and I started really pushing at the end to get to the station where my lunch was waiting (I was the first one back)! After chowing down, we settled in to our cabinas, which were up the hill from the field station. Pauline ...