Hotel Playa Westfalia Puerto Limon

... to bring a long-sleeved shirt or jacket & started getting bit by bugs so he had to go sit back in the jeep. (Must I think of everything for him???) My cousin found a seat and I laid down on a boulder and we had what I like to refer to as a "shisha moment" watching the dim light of the lava. It was a great spot as you could hear the gurgling of the water washing over the stones in the river, the hum of the crickets &amp ...

... przeniesc, musza rowniez wyslac tutaj chlopaka z innego statku, plus ten nowy facet co przyjezdza jako manager sprzedazy. A to juz oznacza 3 bilety lotnicze, ktore zostaly juz zarezerwowane... Dlatego 20go grudnia wylatuje z Miami do Europy, by 21go wsiasc w Barcelonie na poklad mojego nowego statku - Brilliance of the Seas. Trasa rejsow na Brillinace jest wspaniala - Egipt, Kreta, Turcja, Wlochy, Hiszpania, Malta, Maroko, Zjedonoczone Emirarty ...

... The Parade we saw consisted of the Police and Fire service band leading a parade of mainly primary and secondary school children. Some of these just consisted of walking behind the school flag whilst others were marching with their bands and cheerleaders. The final group consisted of boys and girls dressed in their local costume, the girls in their very full colourful skirts and petticoats which they twirl around as the walk. It was good to see but we could not get past for ...

... popped my head up to see if anyone else was around, but it was just me and the fish. Their mouths opened and closed as if to say, "what is that thing--an oyster?" I can't say flashing a reef full of Caribbean fish was high on my list of Things to Do Before I Die, but hey, maybe it should have been. We stopped at the end of the peninsula for watermelon and pineapple, and I saw Joseph (our guide from last week) there, too. Our guide pointed out a tiny yellow snake way ...

... less than we hoped for. On the way back to town we saw... Howler Monkeys!! They were making some really erie sounds, but we got to see them jump from tree to tree and sitting enjoying the view. We wanted to see something exotic (the conversation had just been about jaguars...) and then it happened! We've frequented our favorite restaurant in town, Bread and Chocolate, a couple times already. In fact, to ...

... they difficult to spot but they tend to be further away from the path. As expected they were slow and did not intend to be disturbed by our photographs (they kept falling asleep even though we were only a metre away). At the end of the trip we lived a true Caribbean character (see picture "me estaaaas estresando") who was lying down motionless next to a palm tree on the beach. Suddenly he ...

... all doing fantastic...and looking forward to rafting tomorrow, (which will very well be the highlight of our trip) But we could not ask for a better weather, or a better destination. To sum things up another way, we could refer to this as God´s backyard, and it would be a perfect description. Tomorrow I believe we have free internet in our hotel, so we´ll try to post tomorrow night. Dan, Liz, and Katie.

... to spare. Puerto Viejo is not far from Limon but it's this bright, hippy, touristy beach town on the Caribbean and definitely a contrast to Limon. So happy to have finally made it! <br><br>I learned a lot from this day. I learned you can't be too trusting in people. I learned that some of the most amazing moments can come out of difficult times. I learned that there are people who can have bad intentions, and people who are completely ...

... hatte, wurde ich auch ab und zu etwas ueb**muetig, was mit etlichen Rumpl**n wegen Schlagloech**n endete, he he. Nach weit**en 65 km kamen wir an. Die letzten paar Kilomet** vor Pu**to Viejo sind uebrigens Schott**piste, eine neue H**ausford**ung fu** meine Fahrkuenste. :-) Gleich eingangs Stadt hielten wir **st mal am Geldautomaten, um Colones (die Waehrung in Costa Rica) zu beziehen. --&gt; Man kann all**dings in Touristenorten meist auch problemlos in US-Dollar ...

... if this union had been attempted with the bow or the stern of the vessel it may not have seemed so ambitious, but to have a go, as it were, with the side of a 1000 foot vessel seemed a bit of a stretch, so to speak. Eventually they seemed to be overcome by the futility of this effort and went away, with a few of the "dancers" scrubbing about the dock hopefully looking for any quarters or nickels that might have been thrown in desperation from the decks of the ...