Hotel Alta San Jose

... kinds of plants and flowers <br><br>Seen mountains that look like velvet <br><br>Seen coffee plantations <br><br>Seen pineapple growing <br><br>Seen bananas that were pink<br><br>And seen Bamboo growing<br><br>I have been shown tremendous hospitality <br><br>Learned a lot about the country, the language and myself<br><br>I am not sad<br><br>I did not miss a thing<br><br>Thank you Costa Rica &#8230; but&#8230;it&#8217;s time for me to go home.

... My tight fitting jeans are tight. I have to get help from my husband to get them up sometimes. They leave a mark from pushing against an uncooperative belly, but I feel like they will not prevent me from bearing children. These women&#8230;I felt afraid for. It was as if at any moment a button was going to pop and become a dangerous projectile object or a stitch would bust and all sorts nonsense would occur. I found myself staring and silently asking&#8230;I ...

... in which a payment has to be made and then go back to the bus. The office is old and dirty but it has a restaurant and a bank which could be very helpful at this point. There are several guys begging for you to exchange dollars and colones to cordobas but it's not recommended to exchange money anywhere but in a bank. <br><br>About 1 km away, there is the Nicaraguan office. It's bigger than the Costa Rican, it ...

... region of Thailand, and it turns out that I needed a yellow fever vaccine to enter Costa Rica from Bolivia, so I thought I was in serious trouble because the girl at checkin was saying that I couldnt fly without it. But, Bolivia being Bolivia, she said there was an alternative (read illegal) option I could take. I just needed to pay US$30 for it! So I thought she meant she was gonna get a doctor to give me the vaccine at the airport and stamp my booklet saying that I had received ...

... starting to resemble them from time-to-time in his behaviors. Scary stuff! <br><br>Next on the list was a rental vehicle and of course they had to partake in the requisite bargaining to get a rental car upgrade. As was to be expected, our cousin didn´t think Doug had rented an appropriate ride as he wanted more legroom and a more robust 4-wheeled vehicle. So they set out to bribe the agent. The gringos were successful and we were finally off ...

... to actually subdue me with any punches, choke holds, and numerous knees to the groin which were the muggers choice streeet fight moves apparently. So after acquiring back my passport, credit cards, and flyfishing hat which was taken as well. I stumbled back to Merchen and my safe zone my newly met friend Suzan from Chicago who helped me out and brought me to the doctor for my 19 stitches. Well now it's 10 days later and I'm just getting my ...

... Hauptstadt von Costa Rica "Cartago" besucht. Cartago ist heute bekannt als der Pilgerort des Landes. Jeden 2. August kommen die Pilger aus dem ganzen Land nach Cartago und trinken vom heiligen Wasser hinterhalb der Kirche "Basilica de Nuestra Senora de los Angeles". Vom Wasser haben wir auch getrunken, schaden kann es ja nicht....

... beautiful! We went to a 300 year old church and bought some coffee from a coffee farm on the way. Tonight, we are going to the National Theater in San Jose to see some national dancing and tomorrow, if the gods smile on me, it won't be raining and I will tour one of the other volcanos and some small towns in the Central Valley. Internet is spotty at best at the school and in the area, so most of the remaining photos will be posted when I return. Ciao all!

... There was a festival with vendors and people everywhere. He kept an eye on our car (Toyota Corrola) as we had stuff in the back seat. He is a vegitarrian and got a plate of something. I didn' tknow what to get so I got a chicken salad. It was huge and after a day or so of not eating I got full. We had this good juice he said it is guava with sugar. It was good. He wanted to buy some fruits and vegetables so he go them at a place that only sold that. In ...