Campo de Pesca Casa Mar Puerto Limon

... volunteer to one guide. The project stress that they have a non confrontational policy with the poachers whoever gets to the turtle first takes if from there on in. Now part of my feeling of discomfort was in this. The guides carry no radios, the project has no emergency procedure. These poachers are often high on drugs and carrying machetes, the walk in groups of 2 or 3. The projects answer to this is that "they've never had a problem before, and the non ...

Awakened throughout the night by heavy rain leaves me to believe the beginning of the "green season" is approaching. I believe it goes from mid May through August. The rain can be a "come and go" or "here to stay" episode, you just never know. We picked the perfect time if so as our visit to Puerto Viejo has been dynamic. The sun began poking through the clouds about 6:30 a.m. and was very beautiful with the reflections off the ...

... ene. Jeg havde heldigvis husket at tage et spil yatzy med, og vi spillede i 4-5 timer og gik meget op i det. Samtidig fik vi snakket en masse spansk med vores værelseskammerat fra Chile. Da vi skulle tidligt op næste morgen gik vi tidligt i seng, men lå vågne i ca. 4 timer. Der er meget larm på et hostel, og der var fest på værelset ved siden af vores.. men sådan er det jo. Mandag Næste morgen stod vi op kl. 6 og fik pakket alt vores våde tøj ned. Der var vand overalt ...

This morning we set of for Puerto Viejo as we needed a post office and internet. We actually got these in the village of Cahuita, quite a nice little town. We then drove onto the Puerto. We had a couple of places marked as to where we could stay, neither of these worked out so we ended up driving almost to the Park at Manzanillo. We decided to turn back as it would make it a long way to the border, just past the River Cocles we came to a hotel that had a big enough car park so we asked if ...

In Cahuita, mainly here to make the most of the beach. There is national park also very close to the town centre. We therefore head there, and we saw the most amazing thing, amoung monkeys as usual: tens of blue crabs that hide in their whole as they see people coming, it is so funny, they are there hanging around, and ...

... which I almost sent back because it was raw in the middle. Miss Edith expained that that was how it is traditionally served here because it is smoked for a long time first, I took her word for it and it was delicious, and I didnt get ill! Yesterday we spent all day on the beach where I spent most of the time in the sea, which is warm and clear. The beaches here are all practically deserted and are backed onto by tropical rain forest, you can hear ...

... the beach (too much foot traffic, too likely to be found by predators, etc.). We then walk down the beach, in two columns, taking care to follow our guide's footsteps so as not to either injure ourselves or disturb a turtle egg pit. After a bit of walking, we sit on the beach and wait. The rain drizzles slowly, punctuated by occasional flashes of lighting and cracks of thunder. After a half hour or so, we get our chance. A leatherback slides up ...

... way back to the road only to wait in the pouring down rain for a bus back into town....oh yes, the weather had turned from the beautiful morning and had been raining for a few hours. We finally made it back to Cahuita and decided to try and book a snorkeling tour for the following morning. It rained the ENTIRE evening....nonstop!! You may think this is an exaggeration, but I am serious, the entire evening. When we awoke, the rain had stopped, but it was off and ...

An early rise got us the 8:00 bus to San Jose. Being the organised folk we are now, we had oor sandwiches all made up for the 4.5 hour journey to Costa Rica`s capital. Over a few mountain ranges, the journey was fine and we got to San Jose`s Coca Cola Terminal just at 12. Dodgy place this and we had been warned to find a taxi quick, which we did and passed ...

... guide Manuel. The trip involved rafting over some rapids up to levels 3 and 4 (5 is the highest) and it was pretty exciting at times and very peaceful at others. The river wound through some beautiful rainforest which was great to see when we weren't following Manuel's orders to paddle. On our first level 4 rapid there was complete confusion when Manuel yelled 'high side' but failed ...