Hacienda Pinilla Beach Resort - Posada Del Sol Santa Cruz

... is the most developed Central American country by a long way, as it has followed a very Western path of development, helped a lot by the influence of America, but it has a national health service, full indigenous rights, and is one of only 2 countries in the world which does not have a national army. You can really see the American influence all around though, and coming from Nicaragua in ...

... and I just didn't want to spring for that. And not just because of the money. I sometimes wonder how safe it is for a woman traveling alone to go be on a private tour. And how much do I hate that thought! I really resent having to be worried about that. It turns out that the tour groups all came from La Fortuna 2 hours away. So I decided to book a tour from there and it ended up being half the cost. Go figure. And I'm ...

... g**ne blive bedre i løbet af 2-3 dage. Det gjorde det heldigvis også :) Ell**s har jeg været lidt rundt i de omkringliggende by**, 3 gange i Santa Cruz. Det ** en stor by d** ligg** en times kørsel h**fra. Første gang jeg tog af sted var med en masse fra skolen, for at deltage i byfesten d** varede en uge. Når d** ** byfest h** vil det sige at d** ** stillet en stor arena op til rodeo, hvor folk betal** for at se tyren jagte folk rundt i arenaen. Det ...

... ladies found the one with the slides last minute. We were wondering where they were as we had to leave since this group seems to be so prompt! We never saw the slides but that was ok. It was just nice to relax and sit under the stars as the rains came down lol We ate supper together at the Lava Lounge by the hotel we were staying in. The food was good and I think ... finally and thank god ... I think I got my ...

... its myriad of giant car eating potholes. We did the easy walk down to the base of the 70 m high waterfall and Luke decided to join some locals in a dip into the cool clear waters. <br><br>By the time we were ready to leave the waterfall the skies were once again threatening rain and soon the downpour began. The hike up the waterfall was considerable more difficult then the walk down however the steps were in pretty good shape and our only challenge was getting past a traffic jam ...

... really hot and after walking around a little while we decided that we didnt want to go on the hiking tour. So after we got back to the hostel we were able to cancel our hike and get our money back. So we decided to lay out and swim for a little bit then hung out in the hammocks and decided later to go to the lava tour at 8. Which we were hesistant to do just because all the other people ...

... is beautiful....rather good snorkling right there when the tide is high. The grounds are beautiful. I know Ryan and I are looking forward to going back and seeing Costa Rica from outside a resort. It definately served it's purpose for our wedding (really would recommend getting married this way), but we did feel that we didn't get to see what Costa Rica is really like. Our plan is to celebrate our 10 year anniversary there.

... waterfall and a pool where everyone soaked (everyone was going ooooh...aaaaah they were so relaxed). The waterfall proved to be a great massager which I sorely needed after the mammoth travel 2 days ago. The litre of beer was gone pretty quickly by this time and me and Antoine and Anne-Marie could have quite easily stayed for longer but the others in the group were getting restless. Arrived back at the hotel just before 11 and was too shattered to go for dinner so after a hot ...

I forgot, there was a very annoying couple who joined our rappelling group tour, and the guy was ginger, long haired and so pathetic. He made awful jokes, one being when it came to the questionaire "is there a box for 'it sucks'? and then asked the tour guide, hey ...

... of Costa Rica and its people. Ive never seen such a mix of people all from the one country (well ok America etc) Theres people from African decent, Chinese, Indian, Indigenious, European .. a real beautiful mix of people all speaking a lingo i dont understand. Now any of you who´ve read my previous pods will remember me saying how important it is to learn the lingo - well in the words of Miss ...