Encanta La Vida Hotel Osa

... pathelogical fear of snakes. Even looking at snakes in a picture or on tv makes me want to vomit and the hair stands up on my arms and I want to kak in my pants. I knew that when I set out to travel through Central America that I would probably end up seeing a snake along the way, having not seen any in years and having had this massive fear escalate as I get older, I wondered how I would react... <br><br>But back to the trek. <br><br>Our first major river crossing went off ...

... faellt dem Kapitaen ein, dass ** T-Shirt und Basecap am Strand v**gessen hat, so dass wir die Brandung gleich zweimal geniessen koennen... Auch weit** draussen muessen wir imm** mal wied** mit den Wellen fahren, um nicht von einem d** grossen Klopf** ueb**rollt zu w**den, ab** uns** Kapitaen scheint das nicht zum **sten Mal zu machen. Noch einmal ueb**nachten wir in Drake, bevor wir uns auf den Weg zum letzten Ziel uns**** Reise durch Costa Rica aufmachen, dem Manuel Antonio Nationalpark.

... die Mittelamerikanischen Totenkopfaffchen stehen auf der Liste. Traurig. Aber schoen sie hier noch frei beobachten zu koennen. Definitiv das schoenste (aber auch anstrengste) auf dieser Reise, das soll nicht heissen, dass die anderen Sachen nicht gut waren, aber das hier war einfach der Hammer. Saemtliche Anstrengungen haben sich doppelt und dreifach ausgezahlt. Jetzt geht es aber wieder heimwaerts...wie schade...

... really been seeking out that much in the way of animals, apart from the frogs. However, there is a group of crazy White Faced Monkeys that have been terrorizing tourists. They're the local bullies, standing around by the palm trees smoking cigarettes and spraying graffiti on the trees... Well maybe not, but the comparison is pretty close. Tomorrow we are heading off to San José via Drake, we'll take a plane, just a ...

... in Sicht... Im Bu**o d** Airline durfte ich dann einen Anruf beim Reisebu**o machen: Sie kla**ten ab und rieten mir, ein Taxi zu nehmen. OK, kaum ins Taxi eingestiegen trat ein jung** Typ ans Auto h**an und fragte, ob wir nach Carate fahren wu**den. Schlussendlich stellte sich raus, dass ** - uns** Fahr** - eigentlich vor Ort gewesen war. Er hatte uns ab** wed** g**ufen, noch war das Taxi angeschrieben und noch hatte ** ein Schild dabei (...). Wir ...

... helped us many times to secure a good foothold or gave us an arm to grasp. We saw red spider monkeys, scarlet macaws, green parrots and heard howler monkeys. The waterfall was picturesque and petite deep in a forested glen. One cascade into a pool became three chutes at the next level. For our ...

... of our favorite town is Orosi, which is pretty small, and is surrounded by hills and mountains that remind me of a combination of Sound of Music and Jurrasic Park. The people are very nice too. :) We were supposed to leave for Monteverde last week, but as some people were notified, I slipped in the middle of the street and sprained my knee. I finally knew what it was like for all my friends back in the days when they had all ...

... 6) more hours and said it was like giving birth multiple times. Even the next morning her fingers were still tingling and her teeth were on edge. She now goes everywhere in hiking boots. We also saw peccaries and all four species of monkeys. While at the coast I experienced one of life's profound mysteries: where do hermit crabs get their shells? We have seen a few elsewhere but here the beach and forest edges are swarming with them; but the beach itself has no empty shells ...

... bottles in the trickling stream and rinse the sweat off our faces. About 3.5 kilometers before we exited the park, we came upon our final river crossing. Emerging from the bush it opened out before our eyes, wide and murky. Loose branches hung forlorn over the water's edge, lazily flicking the surface of the water. We knew that our trek was coming to a close, so we decided to make an event ...

... s diving on Isla de Caño, another marine reserve. Did two fantastic dives and saw masses of schooling fish, a turtle, several sharks on the first dive and then got really close to 15 sharks which were resting together on the second dive. Best days diving so far in Central America. We were tempted to stay another day but decided to quit while we were ahead and made for San Jose the following day where we are planning our escape from Costa Rica.