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Flowers & Coffee
Hola, And the rain began...after the most impressive thunder and lightening storm we have ever seen. The thunder was cracking right over our room, shaking the entire building, wow!!! It rained for two days straight, which might have been OK, except during the storm the Internet tower was damaged. No Internet...what now? The only thing we could do …
White water rafting madness
Caught the plane at 8.15 which stopped briefly at Bocas then onto David which is a big city on the other side of the mountains. AS we approached David the countryside reminded me of Wiltshire with fields and cattle graszing in undulating countryside. I was headed for a place higher up and took the bus to Boquete. Minimal in an old boneshaker. As it …
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Golfito to Boquete via Paso Canoas
... like a good guy. I address him with a lot of respect and my best Spanish while praying for him not to see the dogs in the trunk. We chit-chat as he scribbles stuff down in his notebook. Biela pops her white furry head and looks at me through the rear window. I pretend to look at the car and insert myself between the customs guy and the car, while complaining about how much dust there is in Costa Rica and saying that I really need to have the car washed. ...
Cascadas y cafe
... This is all the more amazing when you visit the place and discover that the entire farm is looked after by just one guy, Don Tito. He started the farm from scratch, turning it from pasture to a successful coffee plantation. One of the varieties he grows is called Geisha coffee and the beans sell for $300 a kilo! We were able to taste some of his coffee (not the Geisha, but a blend of the different beans from the farm) and watched him roast some ...
Meet Pancho
... chatted with two retired Canadians who had been college professors. They were funny and interesting to talk with. Enter awkward elderly man, Tom, who came out and told us all about his fears on using ATM's and uses travelers checks instead, but hasnt had much luck using them.
Anyhow, we had saved $20 away to use to pay for another night in the hostel. So with our last $5 we bought bread, peanut butter, 2 cream sodas, and 4 bags of 20cent chips. Dinner in our hostel tonight! ...


