Cabinas Piscis
Travel Blogs from Manuel Antonio National Park
Monkeys and minor disasters
... Things picked up when we got to our hostel. Firstly, rather than the usual 20 minute walk in hot weather to where we're staying, the bus stopped right outside the front door. Secondly, we were checked in by the owner, who gave us a $2 discount, meaning the hostel was only $10 a night each because we were volunteers. Thirdly, we found out a pancake breakfast was included in that price, as were free international phone calls (didn't make use of that last one..sorry ...
Day 18
... wanted to know, if they are spending so much on education, what jobs were available for all the highly educated young people. He said a neighbour of his mothers, who is a qualified chemical engineer, is selling products door to door as he can't get a job, and there are 250,000 Nicaraguan refugees who get houses and benefits and do the menial jobs for nothing (does this sound familiar?).
...
Useful info
... some people just use credit cards. Well that is fine as long as you are just staying at Tabacon…last time we charged everything including excursions to our room so we needed very few colones but when we went to town in La Fortuna you had to have currency. A lot of those places that are local do not acceot credit. Now things are different and many accept US cash as well as credit but you are taking a chance. Then when we tried to exchange $150 they ...
Warner, Keys Fiasco, and Sunset Surfing
... through. The overturned semi was still in the ditch though. Once we got closer to the hotel the GPS was taking us a different way because we didn't recognize anything. So it was leading us up this mountain road that was kind of narrow when we suddenly came up on some green and orange tape blocking the road. At this point, there was a gated house on the right side and a cliff on the left side of us. So I was supposed to turn this car around ...
Living it up in luxury at Manuel Antonio
... lizards, racoons and finally a toucan! Hurrah! And they really are the prettiest bird. After our trek, we stopped off at the beach and had a swim to cool off…and literally as we were swimming, cheeky monkeys and racoons were scampering down from the trees and stealing things from our bags! After Craig and I left, Chris and Jess were robbed of their lunch that they were saving for later – so they certainly had their wish of close encounters ...
More great choices in Manuel Antonio National Park
Search for more deals in Manuel Antonio National Park
Travelers also recommend:
TripAdvisor Reviews Cabinas Piscis Manuel Antonio National Park
