Hotel Green Day Inn Alajuela

... from the airport, convenient for Rebecca to catch her flight this a.m. Then we walked to the Mall, got some food and decided to see a movie! What better way to spend our last night together?! It was in English (plus) but the theater was about 5000 degrees (minus) and the movie wasn't that great..romantic comedy called "The Ugly Truth".

I woke up this morning at 5am (2 days in a row!) gathered my things, said goodbye to Rebecca and hopped in a taxi to catch the ...

... v Kostarice. V podvecer jsme vyrazili na vyhlidku tryskajici lavy. Videli jsme ji parkrat prsknout, ale lepsi byla Pacaya v Guatemale, kde jsme byli primo u ni. Je tu ale videt spousty krasnych ptaku a jinych zvirat jako treba kolibrici, co sosaji z kvetu nebo bile veverky a leguani.

... don´t have to even travel into the depths of the jungle as one day we spotted a sloth in the trees outside out hostal. He didn´t see to mind being photographed and even came right up towards us. He moved surprisingly quickly. The weather was so miserable and many activites so expensive we decided just to try some ziplining and treking through one of the reserves. The ziplining facility was high up in the ...

... but reforestation efforts began in 1977. Money from tourists visiting the reserve supports Santa Elena High School, while the school helps maintain it. The forest is also home to many of the 40,000-60,000 species of mushrooms native to Costa Rica. According to our guide, every one of those species is edible, but some only once (har, har.) Horseback Riding Sabine's Smiling Horses was recommended by Lonely Planet, and is one of those gems the Don't-Call-Me-A ...

... rancontre fut une famille de pizotes. Un guide derriere nous nous a dit qu on etait tres chanceux d'en voir. Puis des singes, on les montre au groupe derniere, et le guide nous dit que ce doit etre notre jour de chance. On avait abandonné toute chance de voir un Quetzal alors qu on se dirigeait vers la sortie, on rencontre un groupe de touristes plantés le nez dans un arbre. On jette un oeil pensant que ce doit etre encore un singe et ... merveille, ce n etait ...

... supermarket last evening and it was on a par with anything in the States or Europe. My eyes were on stalks. I was hoping to visit the caribbean coast of Costa Rica but haven´t left myself enough time. I think I have packed quite a lot into these 3 months but of course only scratched the surface of Central America and Mexico. You often get people posting questions on the lonely planet thorn tree forum asking if 2 weeks is ...

... you could just feel the culture vibrating off every aspect of the town. There was a family playing in the little park. One of the kids was hanging upside down from the tree and the other was poking at the him. The mom was standing just a little off watching her children taunt each other. The rest of the town surrounded this family like mountains, protecting them. In this town is where I had my first glimpse at an actual volcano. I grew up in the Midwest of ...

... ever I got a uniform to wear. I can say I really enjoyed it. I learned that I can do it and I am actually really good with children. Nevertheless - nothing I could imagine yet for myself. The residence is quite good. I like the people I am living with and after the official person living there moed out it was actually really good. I have my own room, we share a kitchen, living and dining room. ..and it is really nice with nice and fun people.

A Whale of a tale I went "paseando" to a beach where the sand forms an isthmus in the shape of a whale's tale. When the tide is out, you can walk onto the tale. But before you start to think that this tale is without adventure, think again... Saturday 10:30 am We started out for the bus to Perez. 11:00 The 11:30 bus was sold out. We'd have to take the12:30, standing room only (3.5 hours!), but we needed to make a 4 pm bus to the beach. Would we get there in time? 11:05 ...

... de poten van schildpadden op terwijl ze hun eigeren leggen (de schildpadden bedoel ik, niet de gidsen), en wij zagen een gids een rood kikkertje in zijn vuist hard heen en weer schudden; het beestje moet daarna even bijkomen, zodat de toeristen rustig een foto kunnen maken... (onze foto's zijn uiteraard puur natuur, alleen die aap hebben we even flink door elkaar moeten rammelen). Pizza Als je ons vraagt wat voor ons het hoogtepunt was (als je zin en ...