Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelHotel Oasis Mal Pais
Walking in the Clouds
After leaving San Jose we arrived in Monteverde.
Monteverde is a tiny town set amongst Costa Rica´s best cloud forest, it is a great place to trek through the jungle and see loads of wildlife!
For our first night in Monteverde we decided to do a night trek through the jungle as this is a great way to spot some of the shyer critters that …
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Tico Time
... was mac 'n' cheese and normally, being the fussy eater I am (well, once was,) but Emma and Camilla made it goooooooood. Ellie and Emily then made us yummy banana fritters and dressed up as waiters using bin bags to make bow ties etc haha hilarious!
Excited to start work on the project with my great group Yankee 2, the bad bois, the amazing children, our hilarious leaders and the beautiful way of life in Costa Rica. Pura Vida!
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Catching a wave in Mal Pais
... or so, this was way more difficult than I had imagined. There are so many things to think about, and the water is rushing around you and shore is rushing towards you and you are not stable on the board. I failed miserably for my first five or six attempts, luckily only bashing my head on my board once.
After that, though, it felt like a switch was flipped and I could do it. After my first six failures, I got up more than half of my remaining attempts. And it was really ...
Blood, Sweat, and Gears: We Made It For Realsies
... The last fifteen kilometres were bumpy, dirty, dusty, rocky hell. We had to ride the brake on the downhills so we didn't flip over the handlebars or break our forks (what I would have given for a mountain bike then!), which meant that we couldn't gain enough momentum to make it up the next hill before skidding in the dirt and having to get off and push our bikes up.
It would have been challenging enough without the suffocating heat (it was by far ...
Santa Theresa, Mal Pais et Montezuma
... la plage est l’une des plus merveilleuses que l’on a vue jusqu’à présent et tout le monde y trouve son compte. Cet endroit permet de décrocher complètement. On a même eu droit à un spectacle de singe qui se promène d’arbre en arbre en face de notre hostel. Si vous aller au Costa Rica un jour, assurez-vous d’y séjourner pour quelques temps, vous allez comprendre.
Julien et Annie
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