Best Western Flamingo Playa Flamingo

... spray me with a numbing spray. It helped some, but I still tossed and turned all night as I tried to find comfortable position. <br><br>The day started with an early morning call from Alberto (the driver who drove us from the airport to the Flamingo Beach Resort &amp; Spa). As promised he had brought us homemade corn tortillas and a fresh cheese-like thing called "Quajado". He had mentioned it was one of his favorite things to have for breakfast and it did not ...

... lucked out for the time being... <br><br>The resort we're staying at has been recently renovated and although there were some negative reviews from guests who has stayed there last summer when the bulk of the construction was going on, everything looks (so far) to be order. It's a grat value and has a great location on Flamingo Beach. A note on the beaches here in the Guanacaste region; they are beautiful, warm, clear water and most ...

... be writing our next travel blog from Disney World?? Let's not even consider the possibility. If it comes to that we'll just have to leave Isabella behind! Yeah, like we would do that.... <br><br>We also considered Hawaii for a brief second in time, but airfare was too expensive (will someone please tell the Hawaiian Tourism Board that there is a global recession!). Where is their bailout money to spur economic activity by subsidizing airfare from mainlanders ...

... day! Finally settled into paradise in Playa Flamingo, it didn't take long for the work to start. We were awarded the luxurious upper level apartment with sweeping vistas of the beach and ocean, usually rented to vacationers but conveniently vacant during our visit. Dawn Scott and her husband Sid run Costa Rica Pet Care, the organization I was volunteering for, and had no shortage of work for us to do! I worked under the umbrella of a ...

Arrived at Airport 20 minutes early, very easy flight, though we were so early we had to sit on the runway for like 10-15 minutes cuz another plane was in our parking spot...lol. Its a super small airport, when you walk off the plane you are walking down an staircase onto the tarmac, very old school, I loved it...and ...

... Masse gut sieht. Im Licht uns**** Taschenlampen ging´s dann zurueck zum Ausgangspunkt bzw. zur Lodge. Nach dem Nachtessen blieb ich etwa noch eine Stunde auf dem Obs**vation Deck und schaute einfach nur dem B**g zu. Glaubt mir: Echt faszini**end! Am naechsten Tag (15. Ma**z) mussten wir nach dem Fruehstueck das Zimm** wechseln. Wir hatten urspruenglich zwei Naechte gebucht, vor Ort ab** um eine Nacht v**laeng**t, weil es uns so gut gefiel. D** Wechsel von Zimm** 41 ins 37 ging ...

... there before dark. Arrived at the main road exhausted and on my last drop of water..so my prayers were answered when the last bus of the day streaked passed and I managed to stop it. The bus was full of local chicks all dressed up and heading to Altagracia for some boogying and yet I still fell asleep (shame on me with a capital Shay) and nearly missed my stop. After showering I went off to buy some cigs at the local restaurant/ shop (cigs are well cheap here..a pack of 20 ...

... cooling off. These days the weather is unpredictable: clouds roll in very quickly, rain heavily, then move on. The mosquitoes almost made me crazy. It was a difficult tradeoff between keeping my window open at night to stay cool and closing my window to keep the bugs out. Even with the mosquito net, they somehow find ways in. During the day, I have to wear repellent to keep these tiny biting bugs called bocones off me. The furniture in my living room is ...

... possibly 2 a.m.), and, worst of all, the prohibition on taking pictures. As the loudest woman announced, "If I had known I couldn't take pictures, I wouldn't have come! How are people going to know I was here?!" Eventually, they just couldn't take the indignity any longer and left, leaving Sarah a ticket. Plan A worked! Next came the waiting. We were in group two, which meant that we would be in the group to go out for the second turtle sighted by the ...

... The weather is similar to London, so you better take an umbrella with you, in case you ever go there. On October 18th I flew to Miami via London. I spent six days at a hostel in the city of the 2003 World Series winners, but unfortunately I wasn't there anymore to watch the parade. It was fun to watch the game on big screen TV though. Otherwise I didn't like the place at all!! Out of season, it was full of gay men and we got ...