Hotel El Sueno Santa Elena

... figured it was a fuel issue. Now, a few days later, we relize the problem was not Wesley but bad fuel. White smoke, which we were blowing, is a sign of too much water in the fuel. Of course we had to get the bad Diesel right before going over the Moutain of Death! Luckily Wesley is running fine now.

That night we parked in the middle of a pineapple field own buy yours truly, Del Monte. I never thought we would be enjoying Del Monte for it's beautiful sunset's!

... in pairs in order to have enough weight to make it to the other side. All in all an excelent weekend!

Monday, as I´m sure you all know, was Amanda´s birthday. Our little girl is all grown up and has finally left the teenage years behind. Our host parents made her the BEST BIRTHDAY CAKE EVER. It was white cake with dulce de leche filling and a fluffy green frosting sculpted into roses and leaves. We ate the rest of it for breakfast for the next few days and gloated ...

Santa Elena/Monteverde are the highland cloud forest regions of Costa Rica famous for the ziplining craze which may (or may not) have started there. Its not much of a craze, actually, but its damn good fun all the same. Personally, I found some of the ziplines themselves (a zipline being a stell cable slung between two platforms along which you travel, sometimes quite rapidly, by means of a pully to which you are harnessed) quite tame, as unlike the ...

... if people chicken out a lot. He said ¨sometimes¨ and kept asking me to inch up and bend my knees. Before I knew it I was falling and screaming. The guys at Extremo offer a cd with all the pics and videos from the day. We bought one just for the fact that hearing me scream like an animal is hilarious. Oh and did I mention we say howler monkeys!!

Right now wére going to get some dinner. I´ll write more soon.

Leigh

... a sleeping porcupine, an active baby monkey watched over by Mom and Dad. After the 3 hour hike we found Stella’s bakery and munched on “banana and cheese cake" (not cheesecake, but a gooey mix of bananas and cheese from the local cheese factory) and mango pie. Stella is also an artist and her paintings are on display. The afternoon was spent roaming around the souvenir shops in Santa Elena and scouting out a place for dinner. Morpho’s Caf ...

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

Von dort aus und nach einer Seeumrundung der Laguna Arenal haben wir
dann den Nebelwald von Monteverde erreicht. Noch etwas mystischer als
der Regenwald, von Nebelschwaden staendig durchzogen waren es
wunderschoene Wanderungen. Zwar sahen wir kaum Tiere aber dafuer soviel
Gruen...

... im going to spend a couple days at another volunteer place. We shall see. I only have a couple days left because i come home on friday. So i got about 4 days. Hope everyone is doing well. Honestly if i didn't have a job lined up i would make Laurie quit her job and come live here because its awesome. But since i finally have a solar job I think I will love I have been looking forward to starting when i get home. Have a great day. Chris

... Londres) But, ultimately, I would rather live closer even. Hey, ask for what you want, right? I want to live right on the beach. But, I do like this place, I just don't want to settle here, for many reasons. But, for now, it is perfect, and just what I needed. They offer breakfast and dinner for all guests...and they have a great chef, named Paul...who, by the way, used to live in Phoenix (east valley even). They are building a watsu ...

... which u can walk through at low tide and it was surrounded by forest and palm trees.did yoga as the sunset on the deck and then had dinner that evening with the eclectic group of volunteers. next day was our last day so we had the day off and just wandered to the supermarket and bought yummy lunch and read and napped. in the avo we watched the toucans flying around in the garden. i had to leave at 5.30am the next morning and ...