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Hotel Wagelia Turrialba

Turrialba centro Turrialba, Province of Cartago, 997150, Costa Rica

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Costa Rica Adventure - week 2

A travel blog entry by lieselbotha

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... many people out yet – only 8am. Managed to ask one of the locals where the entrance to the park was, as it was set back into the jungle. Finally found it and paid my $10 entry fee. While waiting to pay, I noticed some of the guides had interesting traits – blue eyes, whiter skin etc. These are the descendants of Italians and other Europeans who came to Costa Rica in the 1800s to help build the railway to the Pacific coast to support the coffee trade. The track from ...

Trek Across Costa Rica

A travel blog entry by cambower

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... PM who was with me) and hang out playing cards or having cups of tea. 7pm wasn't too early to be in bed. We would either be camping, staying in community centres, or literally staying in peoples house who we had met along the way which actually happened a couple of times! We got to some pretty remote areas of CR and it really did show you how hospitable the lcoals are when they let 14 random and pretty manky looking tourists stay in their house giving ...

Flying like birds

A travel blog entry by e-1

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... us, because they will be accompanied by the guides and had to go first.
Couple of times we've completely lost sight of them, not knowing where they are and how they're doing. All we could do is to let go, trust the guides and trust our children too.

There are 13 ziplines - some are short, some are high and long. After the first 3-4 practice runs we start noticing things around us as we slide down.

The ...

The Resplendent Quetzal

A travel blog entry by nanseaj

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... room to changed for dinner. We met some others for a glass of wine before another tasty dinner.



This is wonderful setting, gorgeous scenery, nice hiking, of course the Quetzal but also a large variety of hummingbirds; it may be my overall favorite; the cool nights rank high on my pleasure meter. We feel sad to leave this idyllic valley knowing that the San Jose was our ...

Central American break

A travel blog entry by cybelle

... to spend at a more decent surfing spot. So we had one last breakfast together and I went back to San Jose. I stayed there for one night then flew back to New York, then LA. It felt good to be back, but then there was the issue of going home, as my flight to Sydney was on the same day...but I will save that for the next entry!

A big thanks to Dave for being my travel buddy. I know I gave you a lot of grief for a lot of things, but you were a real trooper and put up with it all!
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