Casa Valeria Nicoya

... night before, so the river was now extremely rapid, so my driver took me to the place he thought the river would be the calmest. No Caitlin. So then we drove to every possible location to cross, and still, I could not find Caitlin. After about an hour and a half, I went back to where the river was the least rapid, paid my driver, and proceeded to walk across. My cab driver insisted that I was crazy and that I should stay in Samara and meet my friend the next day, but I am ...

... some shopping.
I discovered that the supermarkets are cheaper as well which made me decide to, from now on, do major grocery shopping in Nicoya.
I haven't been there at night yet so I don't know about the night life but I will tell you about when I checked it out.

... gang vi skal spise der. Vi gik på stranden et par timer indtil båden sejlede kl. 13.15. Vi skulle sejle med katamaranen Blue Dolphin. Det var en rigtig god tur og vejret var perfekt. Vi sejlede ud i et par timer hvorefter de lagde til så man kunne bade og snorkle. Ditte som jo er en rutineret snorkler tog udstyret på og svømmede ud. Tanja og jeg nøjedes med en svømmetur. Vi fik serveret frokost på båden og der var fri bar. Vi havde Sørens kamera med og ...

... its a cool vibe to be around. I will update later on, enjoy the pics. Words of the day Barney Someone who is less than skilled at surfing. Originally derived from the cartoon character Barney on The Flinstones because he was similar to a hodad. Schnot Shot The process of alternately plugging a nostril and blowing out in an attempt to eject seawater from ones sinus cavity after being worked by a bomb or getting rag dolled

... active volcano which was followed by a 40 minute wait to see lava flowing down its sides. Due to the clouds we were unable to see the volcano spitting out its contents but would see bursts of fire tumbling down beyond the cloud cover. After natures fantastic display, we went for a short swim at Baldi hot springs. This mega-resort-style money grabber happens to be situated near hot springs. It is in essence ...

So I´m back at home in Nicoya and it feels great!!! I love little towns where everybody knows your name (I hear the Cheers song coming on!). It´s a weird phenomenon to me, to be in a country so far from Maryland, and yet I feel like I know everyone, and they know me. I know how to get everywhere I need to go and do everything I need to do. I even walked in the internet cafe and the man that runs ...

Today, we surfed. we woke up, ate fruit with two other canadian guys, rented boards and hit the beach. it was fantastic. The water was warm as a hot tub, and the skies were clear and big fat waves were rolling in. Tamarindo beach is a very busy beach for surfing, but we managed to find some space. Spent long hours on our boards talking about how great today was. Today, we burned. surf anxiety can render one a ...

... of the jungle. As we aproached our destination the climate became drier and drier. When we arrived it was the dry season in Guanacaste (Our province), so rain was scarse thus the vegetation was more brown than green. We saw tribes of Howler Monkeys (Congos) as our Yellow School Bus (yes the premier method of transport in Central America) ever neared destination. We finnaly arrived at the pequeño (tiny) village of San Fransisco de Cayote and met Alex, a stocky ...

... Nope.   It did, however, have an enormous festival that seemed to be celebrating policemen going on when we got there at dusk.  Either that, or it was festival where the policemen were doing a lot of celebrating.  There was no conversation about staying in Santa Cruz, as our brief walk through town was not particularly uplifting.  It was the most run down city(?) we'd seen in Costa Rica, with more bars on the windows and doors than San Jose had ...

... than the European one. Furthermore a lot of the kids have concentration problems and some of them take Ritalin (the medicine for hyperactive children), so it is hard to keep them focused. That's why I am proud each time I have a small victory, such as this week, one of the boy had been sent outside the class because of his behavior and walked back in during my class, walked across the class to his friends desk turned his back to me and ...