Cabinas Rio Tempisque de Lujo Santa Cruz

Quite nice little town with a great bakery with free coffee opening at 5.15am - ideal for the early bus.

This was Plan B to be here after earlier plans failed - the idea was to go to Puntarenas from here as LP listed there were departures - there were, but only all the way back via Liberia for many hours travel North in order to get south. Decided to go to Playa Naranjo & then get the ferry to Puntarenas - ferry cheap and I hate doubling back.

... Schlange. Sie hebt den Kopf einen halben Met** in die Hoehe, als ob sie einen bess**en Blick auf uns w**fen moechte. Wir **starren bei dem Anblick denn wir finden, sie sieht v**dammt genau so aus wie eine d** 2 giftigsten Schlangen in Costa Rica: die F**-de-lance (T**ciopelo-Lanzenott**). Wir sitzen zum Glueck noch im Auto. Spaet** wird uns vesich**t, diese Art von Schlangen (eine Boa) tun Menschen eigentlich nichts. Eben, eigentlich. Wir haben uns**e Zeltplaene jedenfalls ...

... and wadded through a river. Claudia's house was very small, with dirt floors and rusty tin walls precariously holding up a rusty tin roof. There were chickens wandering in and out of the house, and dogs lounging in the sun outside. Several small children helped us line up the animals, and we carted off 3 intact dogs to our clinic for surgery. Claudia was very concerned about their fleas and ticks, and worried that one of the ...

... toastbrød, omelet, pandekage og lignende. Til aftensmad spis** vi ris og bønn**(casado) stort set hele ugen. Det vari**** så hvilket kød d** ** til ell** salat. Jeg har vænnet mig så meget til det nu, at det ikke gen**** mig at spise det så tit. Jeg prøvede at få Ditte og Camilla til at prøve det da de var h**, men valget faldt altid på pasta i stedet for :) Jeg har vedhæftet lidt billed** af huset, og fra Lizzys 10-års fødselsdag d** blev fejret med ...

... gav et rigtig godt billede af kroppen indefra. Som der stod på plakaten - "En ind i kroppen oplevelse". Tivoli var pyntet med lys og juleting. Vi gik rundt og kiggede lidt, der var masser af mennesker og hygge. Kl. 19.00 var der lasershow på søen, et rigtig flot show med lys, røg og musik. Vi fandt en hyggelig cafe som serverede vafler og varm kakao. Lige hvad vi trængte til. Vi tog tilbage til hotellet og gik tidligt i seng, inden sengetid fik dog ...

... I've seen around here. Have got no choice though. I've also been told that there are some river crossings involved, which can't be good, with all this precipitation... I met some really cool Canadians yesterday. They are riding dirtbikes and have been on the road for a year, starting out in Canada and have driven through Central America, are going down to South America, possibly over to Oz and New Zealand before taking in Asia & ...

... goes to Nicoya. It was dark by the time I got there so I settled into a cheap hotel and had a huge dinner of chicken, seafood and vegetables in some mock Chinese dish. Samara Beach The next morning I finally got to Samara, the road to Samara is paved and about 5-6 hours from San Jose. It is a small town with a large sandy tan colored beach. The beach is protected by an offshore reef so it is safe for swimming ...

... Jose to arrive in Flamingo.They had to weigh each passenger along with their carry-on for proper weight distribution on the plane!!!! That was new experience for everyone. The views from above were breathtaking. We had a driver (Willie) pick us up from the tiny airport & drive us to the house we are renting. Gorgeous property with a pool & modern and clean ...

... mouth. The walk up the beach was lovely, with bright sunshine and the inviting waters begging to be swum in. Unfortunately as we were turning back, about an hour and a bit from the river, the thunder and lightning started booming and crashing away. Sam's skill as a meteorologist took a further knock, as he predicted the storm would miss us (as the wind was blowing the wrong way) seconds before the first big drops of rain fell. About 5 minutes later, it started persisting down ...

We wake, pack, find a bank, buy tickets to San Jose, get fruit and pastry, and sit in the park for breakfast. A man reeking of beer approaches and begs for money for "coffee". We say no but he persists and wants to know why. We hold firm and he storms off. A lady across from us with 2 kids makes a face and gestures at the man. She tells us in Spanish that he didn't want coffee, he ...