Hilton Garden Inn Liberia Airport

... surprisingly little sleep due to the freezing cold temperature..we were too busy trying to stay warm! We arrived in San Salvador around 10 pm and pulled into a hotel right above the bus yard where our bus would sleep that night. It was much better than we both expected, not to say that San Salvador wasn´t dodgy (it was also late at night, in the city´s defense), but the hotel room wasn´t half bad- it definitely had the place in Liberia beat! We had another ...

... old<br>music videos by Aerosmith, Guns n´Roses and Phil Collins (of all<br>artists)! It was highly entertaining(and yes, we sang along) and we<br>weren´t bothered once by any of the locals, despite the fact that we<br>were the only white people in the place! Jaime left out the part about the gigantic buffalo head ...

This is actually not worth writing about, but to share some daily life sequences with you, i thought it might be a good idea to give you some sight into Liberian Nightlife, that proved once more that it is not really worth trying it out again!<br>There are two small bars in whole Liberia, that of course limit the opportunities to go out `for real` and we have to be happy with what we get. The problem is, that the one, called `Bar de luna`, and with actually good music ...

... mud pools (they werte not to swimm, they were like 106 or more degrees). It was like the yellowston park, they said. Really smelly but impresive (in my opinion). I took some videos that I will put here later. It wa soo hot, imagine, the sun was so strong, and we were like in a pan, because of the volcano. Then we came again inside the forest (no more volcanic action, lukily). It was fresh again, and there was a river. As we were supposed to be alone, I just took aut my ...

... the highway. Big stores open all day and all night. People everywhere. The heat. It is hot indeed and the city is aborder cityy. It used to be the white city. A beautiful town. I can see what's left of it. Not much, but you can still feel the soul trying to survive through all this blinking. It is also a shock to see all this stuff for sale compared to Nicaragua where such shops are far less common.

... when we again hit a big block with a complete gridlock of vehicles. This one was quickly sorted out for us; another 20 minutes and then we handed over the last piece of paper and were able to drive away from the border. We then made our way towards Santa Rosa where we hoped to stay for a couple of nights. In our guide book you can take guided tours to go to the turtle nesting site. On arrival we found we could camp, to enter the Park would cost $10 each but we had ...

... included two bottles of wine, bread, cheese, chocolate, strawberries and silverware and had a leisurely dinner watching the sun set over the Pacific Ocean. We also listened to the monkeys swinging through the trees. For such tiny creatures, they make this horrible noise which Catharine aptly described as the sound a walrus makes as it dies. For those of you who know her, she actually does a fairly good imitation...

Today would be our last day with taz the surfer from Oz. We´ll miss the little guy very much. We left at 5:00am to all take the punt that immigration and the crossing would be open on Sunday. In luck.We took the boat 3.5 hours up the river back to San Carlos in the rain to find immigration would open at noon. Yippieee! Into Costa Rica. We are all running out of money due to no ATM´s anywhere in these parts. We had our ...

Today I visited Monteverde. To get there the bus leaves Santa Elena around 6:30am and it takes 30min to get there. The reserve costs $15 if you are not student otherwise it is $7.50. It is totally worth the visit. There is a big loop (3 hours) and a little loop (2 hours). You get to see the Continental Divide (the one that comes from Canada to Argentine). It is a must see. I got to see a little Quetzel bird as well. I guess I consider myself a lucky person.

... I needed to be anywhere! The bus journey was incredibly hot, crowded and sweaty, taking 6.5hours to reach San Jose, the capital, where I met my parents. On Saturday we then drove back up the same central highway (about the only tarmaced road in Costa Rica) and headed off to the beach town. Since arriving here we have done variations of nothing! Lots of sunbathing, reading books, swimming and ...