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Monkey Mania in Manuel Antonio

A travel blog entry by duke_schewe

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Monkey Mania in Manuel Antonio Oct 19 - 26, 2004 He Said: Highlights: 1. Monkeys, Monkeys and more monkeys 2. The people 3. Hiking and Swimming in Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio 4. The Beaches 5. The Rain (believe it or not) 6. Seeing so many animals in the Parque Nacional 7. Getting caught in a downpour 8. Drinks on the beach at Mar y Sombra 9. …

Bored!!! Really really bored.

A travel blog entry by sej2268

Nothing to do here, so far out of town, you have to get a 30 min bus, can't just walk it.

Went into town yesterday and found the gold museum was shut, went to find the jade museum and missed it, but I did find the zoo.

Small zoo, needs a lot of money spending on it, saw lots of toucans, macaws, a tapir, a jaguar, 2 ocelots, 6 …

Travelling to Costa Rica

A travel blog entry by dna_adventures

... another bus to get to Nicaragua. We were told that the next time available was Friday. We headed in search of a hostel for the night and decide what to do. The taxi man suggested a hostel and we had no choice but take his word for it! We went with him and thankfully the hostel was a nice place! After researching on the internet, we made the decision here that we should skip Nicaragua and Honduras, as ...

San Jose (Costa Rica that is) or bust

A travel blog entry by ahlquist

Day 1

When you have a long flight ahead of you one of the things you usually have to endure is waking up super early in the morning. Turns out our leisurely departure time was 10:15. Itinerary was Portland to Phoenix 2 � hours and Phoenix to San Jose, Costa Rica 5 � hours with a short layover in Phoenix. Plane flight was mostly uneventful.

I did had a 6 year old girl next to ...

Do you know the way....

A travel blog entry by mikesprake

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After the hardships of travelling for 3 months I would finally get to enjoy, albeit briefly, some luxury and a well deserved holiday...ahem, sorry something got stuck in my throat. (does that
constitute an ironic statement?).

Successfully collecting the car, an imposing Hyundai 4x4 (well perhaps not that imposing) I negotiated my way through the carnage of Downtown San Jose (and it's maze of one way streets) heading out towards the airport. I still ...