Hotel El Ceibo Puerto Limon

... en fra den by i Costa Rica der ligger tættest på grænsen til Panama, for at betale mindst muligt. Men det var "desværre" ikke muligt, det var kun muligt at købe en fra den anden ende af Costa Rica som kostede 12 dollars. Vi var meget utilfredse, for det var jo tydeligt at de kun var ude på at få penge fra os. 12 dollars er selvfølgelig ikke meget når man tænker danske priser, men det er rigtig meget i Panama, og det irriterede os at vi først blev tvunget til at købe ...

... og min kæde røg af og forhjulet var heller ikke helt i top. På samme tid kom der et kæmpe skybrud og når det regner her i Costa Rica kommer der virkelig meget vand! Man kan åbenbart ikke helt stole på deres "dry season". Så vi søgte ly i en restaurant, og ventede der i 3 timer fordi vi ikke kunne komme i kontakt med vores lærer og de andre elever som var taget tilbage efter nye cykler. Folk var generelt meget negative pga. cyklerne, vejret, det spolerede ...

... in my life, but I've never met anyone who whipped out the stash on public transportation. That's definitely...different. Lydia's eagle eyes saved us a walk from the bus stop; she spotted the sign for our hostel as we drove by and pulled the cord. Kaya's Place is cutesy and clean, right on the beach, and very quiet; it's definitely one of the better hostels I've stayed in anywhere. I discovered when I went to wash out my coffee cup the next morning that the ...

... Nasenbaeren (wir wissen es nicht) und der einsame Strand war bestimmt das Highlight von Cahuita... Wir haben dann auch unseren Weiterflug gebucht und in ein paar Tagen geht es von Panama City nach Peru, d.h. wieder die Haengebrueck ueberqueren und mehr als 20 Stunden mit dem Bus die Landschaft von Panama geniessen!

After 3 weeks of travel, we have finally arrived at my new home in Hone Creek : a little town out of nowhere, but only 5 km away from the popular touristic reggae town, Puerto Viejo de Talamanca. The house is made of wooden structures and is infested with termites, but has managed to not fall apart for the last 15 years. Although there is no hot water, I´ve become used to cold showers and they´re especially great when the weather is hot. In front of the house is ...

... so pretty. We walked for about 4km, but the weather started getting worse and we decided to head back. On the way back we saw Howler monkeys in a tree on the beach, they were so close to us and we got some great photos and we also saw some more Capuchin monkeys on the way back too. Oh and I saw my first hermit crab too. I love Costa Rica!!!! But then the rain set in and it continued until we left pretty much. We were ...

I had no plan for Costa Rica, just 3 weeks and around $400 to do whatever I felt like doing. I decided this day to make an attempt to travel down all the way to Panama. I had heard about these islands called Bocas del toro.

Well, I started out in Monteverde, which is in the northeast part of the country. The border crossing to Panama en route to Bocas was down in the southeastern part of the country, the Caribbean side. I know, I ...

Costa Rica gets about 13 feet of rain each year (that's a big change for travelers from San Diego who are used to less than 10 inches of rain in a year!), so it was little wonder that it rain for a bit this morning. Once the ...

... kinds of good stuff!! His specialty...dessert! Cheese cakes, flambayed bananas and passion fruit syrup on french toast or fruit pancakes! I am gaining weight just listing this!! One day I cooked...we had hotdogs on a fire! I even cut weiner sticks for everyone!! We sat outside and it felt like I was in my back yard in the middle of summer!! Everyone loved it! Something you just don't do in Costa Rica!! In Costa Rica, especially rural ...

... a low flying aerial sprayer got off course and was spraying residential homes. No one was even alarmed or upset. It was a daily occurance. I on the other hand couldn't get in the house and into the shower fast enough. I felt my lips burning and then my throat. It was terrible. There is a great book, Mamita Yunai which is based on Carlos Luis Fallas's real life experiences as a banana plantation worker in Costa Rica ...