Hotel Rio Palmas Tortuguero

... zum Frühstück, Suppe zum lunch und Reis mit Bohnen zum Abendessen. N*ch einer Woche k*nn m*n’s echt nicht mehr sehen und d*nn beginnen *uch schon die Hosen zu rutschen.

An die T*ts*che mitten im Urw*ld zu leben, h*be ich mich recht schnell gewöhnt. N*ch 1-2 T*gen gehört die k*lte Open-Air Dusche zum norm*lsten der Welt und *uch, d*ss m*n hie und d* m*l nen Skorpion im Bett h*t, ist mit der Zeit h*lb so wild. Nur die ...

... was located to the smaller ones where we would be for the tour.  We immediately saw birds and a cayman but as soon as we got closer he sank to the bottom.  We saw a bright green iguana (about 4 feet long including the tail) and some monkeys high up in the trees (white faced monkeys-also called cappuccinos in spanish).  They were crazy and kept breaking off branches and dropping them-a few almost hit us!  After the monkeys there was a cayman hidden among some plants ...

... were very much in evidence – sadly! Birds were also very much in evidence, parakeets screeching unmistakably, vultures flying overhead. We were also to meet the dreaded Bullet Ant, whose bite felt like you had been shot or so the story went. We also saw termites' nests high in the trees forming a black, bulbous growth on the tree like a large wart. Another common sight is the long hanging roots of the strangling fig. These plants begin life as epiphytes, when their ...

... hatten. Wir verbringen die Abende gemeinsam und fahren dann zusammen in Richtung Norden in den Nationalpark Tortuguero. Mit 4 Bussen und 1 Motorboot kommen nach langer Fahrt am Nachmittag im Park an.

Hier kann man mit viel Glueck in der Nacht Meeresschildkroeten bei der Eiablage beobachten. Hochsaison ist eigentlich im Juli und August, aber einige sollen auch jetzt schon hier auftauchen. Wir laufen also mit einer gefuehrten Gruppe im Mondlicht ueber den Strand ...

... of the entries. You can also leave a note in the guest book if you like. The next few days should be amazing. Rain forest, cloud forest (humid but less rain), crocodiles, caymans, sea turtles, boat rides, arial trams in the canopy of the rain forest, more volcanos, butterfly gardens and increasing heat. I will be lathering up the SPF 45 first thing tomorrow. From what I understand the Atlantic coast is hotter than San Jose, and the Pacific coast is ...

... best welcome when we first got to Costa Rica, too. After refreshing ourselves with some strong coffee and delicious melon we finally started our journey, and our first destination was called Puerto Viejo, where we got after an eight hour bus ride! The busses are all pretty much old school busses from the States, that are most likely to fall apart one day, but somehow they still manage to bring us anywhere we want :) The bus ride itself was amazing, coming from the cordilleras ...

... jonkinlainen ennakkokäsitys todellisesta kurssista ennen rajalle saapumista _hyvin_ suositeltavaa) ja leimojen keräämisen merkeissä. Taskut täynnä Cordoboita huristelimme seuraavalla koulubussilla kohti ensimmäistä pysäkkiämme Leonia. Vanhassa uusespanjalaisten rakennuttamassa kolonialistikaupungissa sama vilkas meininki Larin osalta jatkui ja vasta kolmantena päivänä ylös nousin sängystäni ja vaivauduin ulos syömään. Urhoollisesti vatsani myös voitti taistelun ...

... little facts and figures here and there ... I wish I can retain stuff like that! The hike took from about 8 am to 12 pm. We saw quails, monkeys, hummingbirds, millipedes, birds, ants, etc. Seeing the spider monkeys was a treat through his telescope as we saw the baby monkey up on the trees playing and David said it was pretty rare to see them on the hikes so I felt privileged to take a peek in their world there. The hike took so long that at the end, us girls ...

... t much care for it) I opted out of doing it again, though this one is supposed to have the longest and highest zipline in the world. While the rest of the group did that I checked out the reptile exhibit and hummingbird garden (extra cost) and then joined them to do the sky walk, which is a series of metal bridges suspending through the canopy. The $20 for that was worth the 1.5 hour or so tour, but the extra $12 for ...

... west. Further more it is its geography and climate that makes it more acceptable to Leatherback, Hawsbill, Loggerhead and Green Turtles. As this is Costa Rica's main wildlife attraction and with only certain months in the year that host this extraordinary activity, the opportunity could not be passed by. The 3 hour drive took us through one of Costa Rica's largest National parks which gave Naomi her first glimpse of the sheer scale and magnitude of ...