El Nido Cabinas Resort Puerto Viejo

... told me it was free, turns out its $10 for internationals and like $2 for nationals, and I had like $4, so the lady kindly charged me $2 and send me on my way.
National Park Cahuita, one of the most beautiful places ive seen, pity i was there in a tropical storm, getting absolutely soaked. it had some beaches and things that in the right weather would absolutely blow your mind, oh well! Got to see a sloth though,and of all places hanging from a powerline in the ...

... far and long. One thing I did enjoy during my night of restlessness, was lightening and rolling thunder off in the distance, mixed in with the night time jungle sounds. I have no idea what animal was making what sounds either. But it was very....primitive. And really neat.

As usual for me when I travel, the first night I was in bed eearrrrrly - like 7:30pm! What a wuss! Getting old ain't for sissies, for real! And so, as a result of my early ...

... down the main highway when a "rush of water" covered it with 30 passengers. Fortunately nobody died as the survivors were forced to swim away between plantain trees. One person is still missing, and that's ...

... Korean War. They were jailed in Alabama in 1949. The incident ignited and exodus and members of the group came to dairy farm in these greener pastures, eventually conserving them. Tourism grabbed hold when a 1983 National Geographic feature described this unique landscape, and subsequently billed the area as THE place to visit. It was really well preserved, there was no easy access nor paved road in order to keep it secluded and most of the ...

... hippy." Deflated, I gave up until six years later, when I was living in Boston and took my boyfriend to my hometown for a visit. At his behest, we took a lesson together, and I finally got up on the board a few times. It was the most incredible feeling. I was hooked again. Unfortunately, I still live in Boston, so surfing opportunities are scarce. I didn't want to miss out on this one. Gerald seemed pretty taken with Lydia; he spent most of his time with her. I managed to ...

... two nights later and I parted ways to got to La Fortuna to see me some lava action. A tiny yet eerily American mountain-volcano town with not a hike to the volcano but a busride (what, what, what?!? que ridicule!) and waiting for the lava to flow with 200 other people. La Fortuna would not make it into my `1.000.000 things to see before I die`book but no worries cause I`m off to Nicaragua!

... The bus ride to Puerto Viejo was easy and simple enough, costing 50p for the 20 minute ride. We have found our hostel and have a five-bed cabin and are readapting to communal toilets and showers (not nice!). Upon arrival in Puerto Viejo we went in search of the beach but only managed to find a tiny bit of dirty sand that seemed to be the local humping-ground for stray dogs! Whilst me, Rachael and Ellie headed for a bar Natasha and Oli went in search of a nice beach that we ...

... was low season we managed to get an upgrade (see pic). The next challenge was trying to get out of San Jose. It seems Costa Rica is the same as other South and Central American countries...they just don't like to indicate directions! So it took us well over an hour to find our way only to get to the centre of San Jose and start from scratch...there we found a sign to "Limon" where we wanted to go... Our destination was towards the ...

... beach around the point in the National park. By 11am it cleared up enough and we decided it was still worth the trip. We headed up the path and were greeted by a friendly monkey (that was being fed by some locals actually) but took the change for a close up photo moment... We continued along the path, sheltered by the trees, the sea on our left the jungle on our right. Eventually we came to a lagoon area ...

... ikan**innen sass. Die Gruppe sprach so laut (vor allem "die Glatze"), dass wir praktisch alles mitbekamen. D** Ungare war ein ziemlich** Angeb** und palav**te nonstop auf die zwei Ladies ein. Er wollte sie auch unbedingt am selben Abend noch zu sich nach Hause einladen ("Come on, you can use the gym at my house in the morning", bla bla), was scheinbar - bis Redaktionschluss - nicht gelang. Ab** an d** Party in seinem Haus am naechsten Tag waren die Ladies int**essi ...