Hotel Escape Caribeno Puerto Viejo

... they got MUCH better after that. The whole expereince was crazy, and there wasn't one zip line they hooked me to that I didn't think I was going to die on. But ..... despite the fear, it was awesome and we're sooo glad we went through with it.<br><br>We grabbed some jerk wings and cold beer in town and headed back to "camp", upon entering our room we realize it's now a totally different color (ok, I'm impressed) Dave wanted to surf (so did ...

... Jamaica; rather, they are decendents of their parents and grandparents, born here in Costa Rica. These decendents have not ever been to Jamaica, so it is a different experience speaking to someone who looks to be Jamaican, yet speaks only Spanish...It is interesting to me. And then there are the bicycle riding Caucasian blond dread locked youth, both male and female, who appear to me to be searching for their way in this world. I dunno....just some random musings ...

... Once I arrived to Tamarindo that evening, I went to the first hostal I could find and it ended up being the best and cheapest one. I was given a twelve person dorm to myself that was a pretty big and then decided to go out quite late with the Australian guys that I had met in the bus. I also made friends with the lifeguard who showed me the best places around town and really had a good time. We even went dancing salsa in the local bar ...

... have three phalanges on their hind limbs, it's more accurate to say "fingers." Both species sleep for 16-18 hours a day, take a month to process food, and climb down from the trees only once a week to defecate. Bradypus is a strict herbivore, eating only the select variety of 6-10 leaves its mother ate. (This is believed to help individuals avoid competition for resources.) But Choloepus, the more common and hardier variety, is thought by some to be ...

... slowly following here. You can imagine her thinking `where the **** did all these people come from and why are they stalking me?!?) where she dissapears into the ocean and never see her babies ever again. The whole thing was an amazing experience and must add highlight no 1 of central america. After Tortuguero Katie and I travelled on with two Brits to the pacific coast of Costa Rica to a ...

... The bus ride to Puerto Viejo was easy and simple enough, costing 50p for the 20 minute ride. We have found our hostel and have a five-bed cabin and are readapting to communal toilets and showers (not nice!). Upon arrival in Puerto Viejo we went in search of the beach but only managed to find a tiny bit of dirty sand that seemed to be the local humping-ground for stray dogs! Whilst me, Rachael and Ellie headed for a bar Natasha and Oli went in search of a nice beach that we ...

... of the bus, so no waiting for anyone! After all the hugs and kisses we went to Europcar to pick up the rented 4x4...and check all the contractual clauses, problems with the car, avoid extra charges, etc. The worse part was that the internet page where we rented it (holidaycars.co.uk) instructed Europcar that we wanted a Toyota Yaris instead of a 4x4...no idea how they confuse those 2 cars. Luckily our printed copy stated 4x4 and given ...

... was a little unpleasant but we soldiered on. We had to cross over a stretch of water from the lagoon and headed further along the track. Then it happened. 'Did we bring the off (bug spray)?' 'NO!' We were being attacked by literally hundreds of Mossies. Correct me if I am wrong but I think that the daytime mosquito's are the Dengue Fever ones? Our malaria tablets won't work on those ones... Sadly, even though ...

... t. (Randnotiz: Ich glaube, dass ich ueblich**weise eh** diskret bin, ab** die Gespraeche waren so laut, dass dass man sie einfach nicht ueb**ho**en konnte.) Am Dienstag (11.3.) fuhren wir ins Zentrum und genossen ein feines Fruehstueck im "Pan Pay", eine Baeck**ei bzw. Café nahe d** Beach. Es geho**t einem Fan des F.C. Barcelona, denn das ganze Geschaeft ist mit Wimpeln, Post**n, Fotos etc. von "Barça" ueb**saeht. :-) Zurueck in d** Posada mussten wir uns** Gepaeck ...

We left the hostel in San Jose on a bus headed eastward towards Limon at around 8 or 9 in the morning. It was comfortable, as far as busses go for backpackers. It was spacious, with fairly comfortable seats and lots of windows. There was no A/C, which was more or less expected. The many windows made up for the lack of air conditioning, though. The scenery was beautiful as we drove first through tropical rainforest and then through what looked to be ancient tidal ...