Cabinas Smith Cahuita

... rapids was known by the local indigenous as ‘The Cemetery,’ I think you can guess why! We hit the rapids fast and I noticed ahead of us the river dipped deep, almost like a small waterfall, and we were heading straight for it.  We were paddling hard and as soon as we hit that fall the raft shifted on its side, everything moved quickly. I felt my body hit the bottom of the riverbed and spin out of control, within seconds I was up and out. I could see ...

... seit 1991 um verletzte oder verwaiste Faultiere. Damals wurde das erste verlassene Baby-Faultier bei den Besitzern der Station abgegeben, die hier eigentlich gerade ein Vogelreservat einrichten wollten. Sie nannten das Tier Buttercup und zogen es gross. Bald wurde das naechste gebracht und das dritte und so langsam bekamen sie den Ruf, DIE Rettungsstation fuer Faultiere zu sein. Heute kommen jeden Monat viele neue Tiere dazu. Die Babies koennen leider nicht ausgewildert ...

... they flutter about and we just happened to bring along a small feeder for them ... but ... didn't have any sugar to make sugar water for them. Oh, I haven't heard any monkeys yet either, we may be too close to the coast for them to be comfortable. It was time to head out to breakfast, we found a cute little "soda" (what the locals call a small, family ran eatery with no more than 4-6 tables). We ate a traditional Costa Rican ...

... out to the coast, and I decided to head out right away instead of staying the night in Heredia. The bus was about a 4 hour ride - on the side of mountains, through the cloud forest, and then down into the lowlands where it really heated up. It's the rainy season here, and it absolutely POURED for a good portion of the ride. I didn't have anyone sitting next to me, which was a huge bonus, and I managed to get quite a bit of sleep. We had a rest stop in Limon, and then ...

... colones (three quid) charge on the meter, and for a journey that cost me and Ellie in our taxi 1,000 colones (one pound). He must have made the dodgy driver`s day/week/year and we all learned a valuable Costa Rican currency lesson. As I told him, it`s all good for the blog! We bought our tickets for the three and a half hour bus ride to Cahuita for 3,450 colones (three pound fifty!) and following what was a really interesting journey, during ...

... in any other place I have been here in Costa Rica. Since it was late and we were travel weary, we headed straight to our hotel, a place called the Shawandha Lodge. Since it was the last weekend for me and Caitlin, we had decided to go a little more up-scale. When we arrived, we were delighted. It is a beautiful place--the grounds are very natural and the decor is very natural with a primitive feel. We oohed and ahhed our way through check ...

... a day .. it comes back within 30mins but it makes using the internet difficult. Just wanted to let everyone know that all is well here with me. Our group is having a BBQ tonight with fish and all sorts of good food should be good. Tomorrow I´ll be in a small town just about 30mins north of here the beaches and snorkling are suposed to be fantastic plus they have a national park that is suposed to have some good ...