Hotel Mango Alajuela

500 m east from Juan Santamaria International Airport Alajuela, Province of Alajuela, Costa Rica

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Day 2

A travel blog entry by calinedaun23

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... us because I'm sure we don't look like were native but I'm starting to get used to it already.

The more Spanish I hear the more it's all coming back to me. I still understand more and am afraid to speak, something I have to get over quickly. It's been great having Abi here and someone to talk to. Anabelle is helping a lot and tomorrow starts our first official day of the rotation. Buena suerte (good luck) to all my fellow classmates as well. I'm thinking about ya'll!
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Bye bye Costa Rica!

A travel blog entry by ilseandced

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... ongoing today. Besides reforestation, the reserve serves as a widely known (among biologists) research centre and also as an education centre for kids and adults in Costa Rica but also in the US. The reserve is called "Cloubridge Reserve" and is supported largely by the work of volunteers. It's really interesting to discover the work that these volunteers have managed to achieve so far. For more ...

"A Jesus figurine and 4 tires please"

A travel blog entry by mistytravels

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... sold fabric, umbrellas, hair-scrunchies, and flower shaped torches. I suppose it sounds like any "Something-Mart" but these shops had nothing useful or pretty or nutritious at all and they were tiny, I’ve been in bigger 7 Elevens.

Normally I wouldn’t set foot in these shops, but I’m looking for rubber boots for the rain forest expedition in April. They had some in a shop with pink flowery note books ...

Do you know the way to ...

A travel blog entry by bellethorpe

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... by a German girl called Claire who looked like a rabbit caught in the headlights - it was her fist day travelling by herself and she looked as though she was suffering. Being the good Samaritans we are we took her under our wing, got in a taxi and headed towards our hostel in the city centre.

When we arrived at hostel and were amazed by what we found. Having spent so much time in small backward looking ...

Volcano-Heated Pools, Imperial Beer & Motmots

A travel blog entry by kristinrust

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"Top Public Pools and Water Parks in Little Rock, AR"

- First listing when Googling "public water parks"

I have a great aversion to public water pools. (I have aversions to many things, I do know this.) To me, it's a gigantic bath, people soup. The thought of going to Water World with the masses makes my skin crawl. People, and let's face it, mostly unattractive people, floating and diving and splashing in the same man-made contained ...