Hotel El Jardin Montezuma

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

... me a good chance to practice some Spanish again, which I really have been poor at here in Costa Rica, where everybody speaks excellent English - but I do try whenever I can. Our guide was very nice, too. An elderly man who took good care of us and in the midst of it all also admitted to being a former alcoholic. However, my horse and I did not get along that well. I do not know what it was, but it was an exceptionally bumpy horseride, and even though I wanted ...

... for a while! Costa Rica in general is super expensive in comparison to everywhere else in Central America, which is what everyone has told me..I guess I just had to figure it out on my own! It's beautiful, don't get me wrong, but I won't be lingering here much longer..off to cheaper places! For now though..... PURA VIDA!!<br><br>ps- I'm having some trouble uploading photos at the moment, so I'll post them later and send a notification...sorry!<br>

... by the shrieks of howler monkeys, and too afraid to visit the outside loo. Safe to say we didn't stay another night! <br><br>Montezuma's one saving grace was a fantastic pancake breakfast the next morning, although we have since heard that our experience was unusual and there are actually some beautiful beaches in the area and fun people - shame we missed them!

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 ...

... in der<br>Umgebung. Ausserdem ein kleiner Nationalpark, den wir erkundet haben.<br><br>Morgen<br>geht es noch zu einem weiteren kleinen Nationalpark fur eine Nacht, wo<br>wir auch Unterkunft haben werden und dann werden wir bereits Richtung<br>Flughafen aufbrechen, denn am Freitag gehts weiter fur mich bzw nach<br>Hause fuer Andreas....

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

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 ...

... that blew my hair straight back. We were soaked in minutes. We did this 5 more times, hiking down and down to eventually lay our eyes on the namesake waterfall La Paz. It was stunning, with another smaller waterfall shadowing it to the side and both sending torrents of water plummeting to the base to continue on down the river Amistad. Truly breathtaking. Then the hike back up and onto the bus to go to our tour of the Rio Sirapiqui. We pulled up to a ...