Hotel Reventazon Orosi

Leaving Madrid was kind of hectic. Although I am one to always enjoy saving a dime, there are times that I should just bite the bullet and pay the extra dime. Leaving Madrid was one of these times. With 4 pretty have bags, one of which is a 50-60lb backpack, I chose to take the Subway to the airport and use one of my remaining 10 subway purchases that I had left on my tickets. The taxi was $50 and the subway was free for me. The ...

Hojancha truly is the most peaceful and friendly town I have ever been to. Within days of arriving I have friends religiously stopping by my house to see what I am up to. In addition to providing me with a great opportunity to practice my Spanish, each person I have met is genuinely kind and sincere. Being such a small town "todo el mundo conoce a todos" or everybody knows ...

A brief description of Puerto Limon<br><br><br><br><br><br> If you have never heard of Limon before, it means that you have never been to Costa Rica.<br><br>Indeed, Puerto Limon is one of the oldest cities of the continent, and has been exporting fruits and other typical products for almost two centuries! Located on the Caribbean coast, Limon is the capital of Limon Province is around 160 kilometers away from San José.<br ...

Så overlevede jeg sgu også fire dage i junglen...<br>Det var utrolig spændende og flot, men bestemt også en prøvelse med underlige dyr over alt, en ulidelig varme og så myg som bare var vilde med mig.<br><br>Mike som havde det sted vi boede på var pisse fin. Det var rigtig hyggeligt, men var glad for at der ikke var flere dage. Desværre var der en meget uheldig situation da vi skulle afsted: bådbroen braste imen de fleste af os (minus mig og 3 ...

... live, and you will love it! I guarantee you , there is no way you can be bored in this area, located between two steep rocks, the beach is just amazing. And this is where you are going to spend a great time looking for sea turtles, caring for their eggs and relaxing, once in a while. <br> When you ...

... some pics!<br><br>Random facts about things here: It's very difficult to get used to throwing toilet paper out in a waste basket opposed to the toilet. Also, the movie theaters and many channels here have english programs (or movies) with spanish subtitles...its surprisingly helpful to learning Spanish. Also...there is a VIP movie theater here that is supposed to only cost the price of a normal movie theater at home so ...

... for a restful afternoon read to find a chicken laid an egg in my sleeping bag (which was extra delicious), Chichi the corn/sugar homemade indian beer is a good way to end a long week of hard labor, 8 days of wearing waders for +7hrs in the jungle heat/humidity makes for a wonderful fly attractant FYI, tried a total of 21 new fruits, gourds, veggies, vines, roots, leaves, and nuts in the past 15 days in various forms, commandeered a canoe ...

... money they should give to the school. Turns out I get enough money to give each student 10 photocopies this year. That doesn't cover the 26 page alphabet books I just copied off for my Kinder and 1st graders! Whoops!! The rain this week is a good excuse for me not to go walking in the afternoons, instead I convince myself that the high carb diet wont effect me if I replace my walks with pilates...crossing fingers... It is not ...

... decided to try joining the correct line. The tickets? $4.00. "LOVE LETTERS" by A.R. Gurney was performed at the Laurence Olivier Theater by actors in the expatriate community. Wherever we have lived overseas cities of reasonable size there have always been plenty of ways to become involved and participate or explore one's passion or interest. The danger of course, is that with more amenities and outlets is becomes easy to ignore the people, culture and daily ...

... bicycle-friendly, but soon I learned to love my bike and the freedom it afforded me. The kids in the school where fantastic. Since I'm not good with Spanish, and English is not my first language, and I never been a teacher, again I was worried. But not only did the kids learn English from me, I learned lots and ...