Hotel Buena Vista Alajuela

... also Sophia and Max's joint bday party/going away party. So we headed up the hill to Volcancito around 6 for some good grilled food and drinks. Robbie, Sophia's boyfriend, is a certified grill master in my book- just look at our chicken! He marinated it in beer, Italian dressing and mustard- YUMMMM! After our bellies were full of chicken and birthday cake (we may have eaten all of the oreos off the top of the cake :/) we were off to La Cabana for one last night of dancing ...

... of animals but was still cool, so much life going on there, we saw this massive tree which had completely disintegrated after being killed of by a massive vine, so the tree was actually not there anymore, just the vine on the outside, really cool. That brings us up to tonight, and I´m in a rush to get up to the pub to join Mark and watch the rest of the NBA match between Cavaliers and Magic, go LeBron James, such a legend. Talk to ye soon, I´ve only got 12 days left... One more blog I think!

... When some hear we've been "life-partners" for almost 47 years, there is often disbelief and some lack of comprehension. Is that a sign of respect or are we just the 'crazy old people' in their midst? But they seem to appreciate Annette's chicken tikka masala, palak paneer, raita, and the cervezas. We vote for respect and the effects of culinary bribery! So the Super Bowl experience is more than football. Rah! Rah! Rah!

Neal always encourages me to use my inadequate Spanish. Okay . . . so the following story is quite typical of my efforts. The scene: We are in the grocery store. I am planning to make mulligatawny for dinner and need some shredded coconut but don't know what to ask for. My first inclination is to ask Neal but he tells me that I need to ask someone else. So, I go to the ...

... really, common sense. Anyway scary stuff aside, its also raining here. I hear its been raining heaps in Melb? how unusual for this time of year?? We have had quite a bit of rain but its still warm. And just when i was giving up hope for nice clear blue skies, someone made my day by telling me that is only raining here because of the altitude! apparently its wet in San Jose at this time of year, but as soon as you head out to either coast its ...

... rste dage sammen med alle de andre nye, som også havde meldt sig til turen. Vi var 21 tilmeldte og vi skulle køre i bus ca. 5 timer før vi nåede frem til Monte Verde. Vejene i Costa Rica er noget HELT for sig selv, ofte bliver man nødt til at køre zigzag fordi der pludselig er et kæmpe hul eller vandpyt der gør det umuligt at køre. Så de 5 timer gik med at snakke med de andre og lære dem at kende, og for mit vedkommende også med at holde øjnene på vejen for ikke at blive syg af k ...

Am Sonntag (16.3.) war der Aufenthalt im Vulkangebiet leider bereits zu Ende. Noch ein letztes Mal vom Deck zum Vulkan hochsehen und dann begann die Rueckfahrt nach Alajuela (wo der Flughafen liegt, in der Naehe von San José). Zuerst tankten wir nochmals und checkten unsere Mails - wir warteten auf Antwort des Reisebueros, wo wir unser "Uebergepaeck" waehrend der Reise zu unserer naechsten Destination verstauen konnten. Wir hatten dann relativ wenig Autos, die in dieselbe ...