Albergue Volcan Turrialba

hello all <br><br> <br><br> I am still alive, still in the town of Turrialba, and it is still raining. I left you guys off before I was about to go on my 7th wheel date. We ended up going out of town to a Christmas themed restaurant. Our conversations ranged from, why Americans were so obsessed with winning all the time, how European soccer players can handle playing so many games, and the different sizes of cement trucks in ...

... 7th wheel on the journey, with three European couples. Our guide said that our bus driver could be my girlfriend, I was not amused. I am not Sue, so I cant remember his name, but he was very skilled, and did a great job. I got the company through my hostel hotelamericano. The name of the company is loco tours. I have attached some videos that I stole from Wikapedia. You will notice a kayaker who is running safety for the boats. We ...

... but as far as I knew, Tracey didn't have a boyfriend in Costa Rica - just a good friend that she met and was planning on hanging out with. I didn't really care but Gloria ranted about it the whole time as I moved my stuff from my old room to Tracey's room because Gloria wanted me to move so I could be closer to her - which kind of creeped me out. Then after she complained and whined and ranted, she told me I had a curfew of midnight which I thought ...

... HUGE, ENORMOUS screw-up. <br><br>Finally at 5:45 I threw in the towel and decided to get up and take a shower. Therein lay the next problem... no hot water. None, nada, zero, zilch. So I stood there and prepared myself as one does prior to jumping into a cold pool. The worst part was that I couldn't even emit a scream for fear of waking anyone else up. No worries about rafting in the ice-cold river now. I'm sure that ...

... a will there would be provided a way. <br><br>Within the first hour of our "2-3 hour drive" we pulled off to, I was under the impression, take a picture. However we had "serendipitously" turned off next to a little roadside/cliffside cantina, so the 2 guys decided to grab a cold one. Which then turned into 2 cold ones and a cigar. I have to admit, the place did have a certain "shisha-moment" quality to it and I was fine with the decision ...

... a hotel for several days that so nicely excepted our dogs. It sits up on the hill overlooking the jungle with the most amazing view. Our house that we are going to rent will be ready in a few days. The girls and I are tired but have much to do. I packed a few dishes, coffee maker etc. We need to get beds and such tomorrow.

We left from San Jose mid afternoon with a friend we met in the hostel and headed east towards Turrialba. The bus ride was very beautiful, mountains, gardens and little villages scattered the horizon. When we arrived in Turrialbe we took some time to walk around and get our bearings. We found the town to be filled with pleasant people, informative road signs(non-existent elsewhere in Costa Rica) and pretty scenery. After checking out a few hotels, we settled in ...

Hola muchachas y muchachos, como estais? Ticos by urcite odovedeli, ze se maji "pura vida", coz znamena, ze se maji dobre. :) Vcera jsme zazili skvely, zazitky naplneny den. Rano jsme vstavali opet brzo tj. pred sestou hodinou ranni, abychom se dostali do tropickeho horskeho pralesa Santa Elena. Bylo tam nadherne, spousta vegetace a brzy rano tam bylo krasne ...

... because most of the locals coming through here come on horses. So the path was super muddy from the horses' tracks and the rain (it was the rainy season, but so far I had not seen too much of it, luckily). At one point I had to sit down, and one of the other volunteers started feeding me with crackers, our guide ...

... Holy cow! You just had a full on Spanish conversation! I hate to break it to you Rachel - that was week one of Spanish lessons! The drive to Playa del Coco was much less adventurous. We made good time and did not have any "whoops" time. As we were driving down the main road in town we saw the scuba shop we had reservations ...