Cabinas Arco Iris Tamarindo

... milk in my backpack, I have been deemed unfit to care for items from the dairy department. So, of course, I got stuck with the eggs and I broke one on bus number 4 and the creepy local of that leg laughed and laughed. <br><br>We finally made it to Tamarindo. The last hour of that bus ride was on my last nerve and I don´t think I was alone in that department. So, of course we stepped out of the bus in TamaGRINGO, and we got pounded by ...

... We snorkeled and kayaked and saw a huge amount of fish of all shapes, sizes and colours. The crew then provided lunch and we sailed back towards the town in time for sunset . Great music on the boat also. <br>Conor chose a small, funky surfer restaurant, FT's for dinner .. $2 Taco Tuesday worked fine and we fancied things up a bit with a chocolate and strawberry cake baked in a French patisserie we found yesterday amongst all the surf shops.

... More rocker makes for easier turning and handling, but generates less speed and is more difficult to get into waves. Like width it's usually measured 12" from nose and tail along the stringer<br>Stringer<br>Narrow strip or strips of hard wood running down the center of the surfboard. If multiple stringer design, running parallel from nose to tail<br>Hull <br>A bottom shape similar to a boat hull, in which the bottom density thickens out from the stringer to the rail<br>

... canyoning and did some rain forrest hikes. The canyoning was great, we were repelling down some 200 meter cliffs and sliding down waterfalls.<br><br>We walked through the rain forrest for an hour just before dusk to get up to a viewing platform to watch lava and rock slides shoot down from the top of the volcano. We didn't get to see any molten lava flows, just some fire balls and red hot rocks slide down the side.<br><br>The walk back down in the dark was a ...

... if you are positioned correctly! It was a good reminder that the water is powerful and to be respected. After finally remembering again to keep my eyes open, I got right up on the board! Love it, Rachel, that you do the same thing!! At least I am not alone in this. lol. I did manage to get up on the board 3-4 times, never long, but was so happy with my time!! I will try again in a few days. Only a dozen or so mosquito bites ...

... Especially the area were the church and park are. One really cool thing is that all the resturants are outside, there is only a roof and a floor and the "walls" are made up of tropical flowers. After eating at this little place called Lava Lounge, we went back to the hostel where we passed out. Day 2 On Monday we decided to go horseback riding to the La Fortuna waterfall. Our group only consisted of us and our tour guide, who was a 20 year old ...

Crossed the border from Nicaragua into Costa Rica and I´m excited to be in yet another new country ... they are coming thick &amp; fast now ... however , I think probably actually too fast &amp; this is now starting to give me some second thoughts about whether I´m doing the right thing trying to whizz through the highlights of many countries in a pretty short time or maybe it would be better to slow down &amp; see less countries in ...

We are still getting to grips with the local buses and timetables (on the journey up to Playas del Coco we got the time wrong and ended up chasing the bus in a taxi, which is really easy as the buses stop v often and get stuck on 1 way bridges, which was where our taxi caught it up.....pulled in front of the bus, the driver hops off and casually loads our bags). This journey we were back in the confusing terminal trying to figure it out when we got offered a good taxi fare to go ...

The 'helpers' earned their $20 here, as we would still be looking for the Aduana (customs) - nowhere near the border post up the backstairs of a hospital as far as we could make out; &amp; in a very busy market town with people pushing Indian-style bicycle baskets and the rest across full of anything that they might be able to sell. The price of the exit stamp = four cans of soda.

... a family renting out the entire set of back rooms, so we couldn´t use any of the hammocks and back tables. They were also antsy for everyone who wasn´t the family to get a move on so it wasn´t quite the relaxing experience we dreamed of since we were kicked out a 10:30am, and weren´t going back to SJDS until 5pm. Anyhow, our friend from school Mike ended up showing up last night and they had no ´doghouses´ left and he didn´t have a tent and had no way ...