Giardini di Papagayo Hotel
Travel Blogs from Liberia
Large lizards and sinister green parrots....
... Coco as the sand is the colour of coconuts and therefore not very appealing. It was very quiet there - it is officially rainy season here and American tourists prefer Tamarindo, a couple of beaches up along the peninsula. I sat and had a little read then had a paddle in the Pacific ocean, took a few dull photos and headed up to find a drink. I was ripped off for a coconut with a straw on top - he wanted $1 and you don't really barter in Costa Rica. Not having ...
Nicaragua to Liberia, Costa Rica
... After the 3 km walk we decided to take a 4 km walk to a waterfall. Unfortunately, we didn't make it. The trail was extreme in the fact that it went uphill at a very steep incline for the last 2 km, and we had to turn back, (in our next life we will return, if I get a new set of knees!). We did see monkeys, and birds on the trail, as well as a 7 foot long boa constrictor. It was on the path and I thought it was a tree root ...
Costa Rica!
... do my best to forget a hell of a day and my promise to detox for a month. I lasted a week. I'm proud I managed that long, and duly award myself with eight bottles of beer and a shot of vodka. I thought Tona and Victoria were bad; Costa Rica's Imperial beer is like drinking alcoholic air. **** weak alcoholic air. Thank goodness I'm only spending a few days in this country; I'd give my right arm for a pint of Tetley's.
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Finalmente Pura Vida!
... forest canopy and the very breath taking La Fortuna Waterfall. I heard one of the girls say she understands more what it is like to be a bird. I felt the same way.
The longest cable was 980m in length you had to make sure you did not brake (brake was a simple leather mitten which you held onto the cable with and pulled to stop) or you could stop without reaching the other platform. If this did happen you would have to climb (think of ...
Endless Summer
... and being unorganised due to this being a spontaneous decision the plan didn't materialise, too expensive and time consuming,
Due to plan A falling through we were forced to stay a night at Liberia. We walked around town trying to find places of interest and were mostly harassed by drunks and homeless people, all in all very average.
The next day we planned on heading through to Tamarindo,another little town made famous by Endless ...