Fiesta Resort Time Share
Travel Blogs from El Roble
The 51st state of the USA
... in resorts it would be a fantastic destination!
Our first stop was on the Caribbean Coast at Puerto Viejo. It had some gorgeous white sand beaches and more tourists than locals. We stayed three nights and had a fun time at the local bars and enjoyed the sunshine of the beaches during the day.
From here we headed to the Pacific Coast to ...
Crispy bits and topless drive-bys
... what the doctor ordered to remove my tiredness and frustration. Hopefully a bit of a chill will help restore me to sanity ready for 2more weeks of study once I return.
Life here in Orosi is a blend of rain, chickens, street dogs, rain, shirtless men performing drive bys, random horses nibbling at the road side, men wheeling carts of fresh veg and did I mention rain? Most people seem to be related in one way or another helping add to ...
Arriving day! :)
... way to start the trip I tried to make the best of it and just think about what was to come. Though where we ended up going wasn't the fanciest place, I was excited to be rooming with Angele and Jessica. Right away we saw a huge marine toad, biggest toad I have ever seen! After dinner we headed back to the room and just made sure we got everything ready for our boat,and kayak trip the next morning. ...
First entry
... incredibly kind and generous family, and his mother drove us to the bus station in san jose in the morning so we could catch the 3 1/2 hour bus through the mountains and rain forest to Limon, another fairly large city, where we caught an hour long bus to Cauhita. The bus rides were very cheap, and bumpy! Jake's pack is on the larger size (although not the largest we've seen among fellow backpackers), and had to be put below, but sally's ...
Fortuna Falls
August 15th After breakfast we walked to La Fortuna Falls, a big ass waterfall. The walk there was super hot and up hill so the cool falls were a welcome relief. There was a big school of fish in one of the swimming areas that we could trick (for a while) into coming to the surface by throwing fish food looking pebbles at them. In the afternoon we went on ...