Hotel El Jardin Montezuma

... That night we hung around the hostel and headed out for a few beers at the local bar aka the ONLY bar in town, for reggae night...but really, it was nothing worth writing about. Our hostel, on the other hand, is totally worth writing about. It was incredible! For those of you who haven't been to Montezuma, I will do my best to give you the lay of the land. When you come into Montezuma, you come down a mountain towards the coast. Once you get down ...

After dropping Bev off at the airport we headed straight out of town. Of course this took us a good hour due to traffic and the inability to get proper directions! The map I we had purchased at a hotel the day when we came into the country was supposedly up-to-date, but so far I had counted around 10 mistakes. The San Jose portion was no different. By the time we got out of the city it was around 3 PM so we only had a few hours of daylight left and we still had to go ...

... to drop it off on their way to Montezuma. So I was able to go with them in the car and on the ferry to Punta Arenas, then change for a bus to Manuel Antonio National Park with the whole idea of seeing a sloth. If I was going to be any animal, it would be a sloth as they are slow, sleepy and lazy!
On the way to Manuel Antonio the bus passed through some town that had the world surfing championship happening this week. It was basically a traffic jam and took 40 ...

... ze worden vuurrood.
We blijven smeren met prikweg en andere middelen waardoor de jeuk minder wordt.....maar de plekken blijven. Na de boottocht hadden we de voet van Margreet ingepakt in vier blikjes koud bier omdat hij wat dikker was geworden. Wellicht door de boottocht....en reactie...we kijken het even aan.
Bij Het vrtrek naar Montezuma zat Margreet achterin de auto met het been omhoog.....een dagje rust, kan geen kwaad...morgen zal het ...

Just a quick blog to keep you up to date
Had to change plans as there was no space at Sirena Ranger Station. Margarita was able to organise alternative route into Corcovado
Got Marvi bus to Sierpe. Stayed in good cabinas and had excellent meal in their restaurant

Hey Update. I'm currently in Uvita Costa Rica at a place called Cascada Verde. This place is pretty awesome in the jungle with a crazy view looking out to the ocean. The people are all so different, each one is so unique. There is this lady from Germany GashaNe who quit her Lawyer job and came here to volunteer and do yoga... she's like 50 and has this funny broken English. I find my self laughing not only at her but with her constantly ...

... times. We did drink, but got buzzed a bit cause we were told there would be food there, and there wasn't. Oh well, no one had to work on the farm much today, so we took the day to relax, went to lunch, then the waterfall, yoga, then dinner. Now, here it is....Saturday night and we are all just chillin', sitting in hammocks, visiting. There has been a lot of drum playing (bongos) throughout this trip. Tonight a local man, Victor played for ...

... thought of me again, but it's nice to know those kind of guys are out there, and I'll meet one again someday...now isn't really the best time anyway.

Almost every night we would have these group dinners. Stephen was a great cook! Then we would go to a bar called Chico's, it was this big open area right on the beach with great music and dancing. There I met another American girl from California who had been living in Montezuma for a ...

... the soda (little restaurant) and had the best meal of our lives, Gallo pinto (the famous tipico option of rice, beans, eggs, bananas, tortillas and salsa lizano!). Today we slept in big time and then went and spent a while at a local hot springs giving each other foot massages! Then we caught the bus down to San Isidro where we are now. Tomorrow weŽll catch the 6:30 bus to Puerto Jimenez and start our 3 day hike through the famous Parque Nacional Corcovado. It should be great.