La Cangreja Lodge La Fortuna

... girls who had been traveling our same path for two days. They had done the leg work for us. The place was expensive - $35, but we talked them down to $25. For the first time since arriving in Central America, we had hot water! We used the evening to do our MUCH needed laundry in the shower/sink.<br><br>The next day, Sunday, we splurged on a package deal to do a canopy zipline and relax at the adjoined hot springs - only ...

Hi everyone back home. first days work today we worked for a women named Berta shes an 86 year old women who's two sons are building her a house. because of a miss communication between Ireland and Costa Rica i-to-i. we were supposed to be working for two houses but one of our supovisers Carlos was sick and had to go to the doctor so we all ended up ...

... klokken 9, så vi ville først finde en restaurant hvor vi kunne spise morgenmad. Alle de steder vi fandt havde kun den "lokale" morgenmad som består af bønner og ris, og det var ikke lige det vi havde aller mest lyst til. Så det endte med at vi lige pludselig fik rigtig travlt og fandt en kiosk hvor vi kunne købe brød og juice. Vi købte en smøreost, men vi havde ingen kniv så vi måtte bare dyppe brødet ned i den. Så i stedet for god morgenmad stod vi midt på vejen og spiste ...

Ok, so today was quite an eventful day. <br>First of all, I got persuaded into canyoning. The bus picks us up and we have a whole crew of 4 + driver for ourselves. They are all very friendly, keep on laughing. We suddenly stop on the side of the road. One of the guys shouts '' National geographic moment''. We all get out, he actually spotted a sloth(parresseux) in a tree with a baby. That was so cute. He took his camera and was so excited. We jumped back on the ...

... shades, and army boots) this was a little bit intimidating, but apparently they were checking that people had´nt travelled up from Columbia, in which case they would do a full body and bag search, I was glad I didn't have any Columbian stamps in my passport! At San Jose, we got a 5 1/2 hour bus to the town of Santa Elena in Monteverde. The only way here is via 2 hours of rough dirt track, as the townspeople don't want a proper road ...

... and tons of yellow jobbies!!! But mostly it was a treat to my ears and the views of the valley were stunning........again something I will send more pictures of when I get home and put it up on Snapfish. We are traveling with Rob and Reena and Kayla (their 3 year old daughter). They know this area some but they will head back to the restaurant today and Ethan, Kenz, Michael, Sonny and I will stay on, take a hike up ...

... with the office staff. Given our nature, we are not the most dynamic group. We're more serious and straight-cut than the kumbayah singing CYF (children, youth and family) and RCD (rural community dev) volunteers. We're business majors. What could you expect? Anyhow, our group, particularly, has the reputation of being dry, sarcastic and unenthusiastic. On Thursday we had to do a presentation about our projects for the entire staff. Some groups do boring PowerPoint ...

... to catch up to kirsten... i was wearing sunscreen but it was only 15 spf so yea... the burn it self i didnt think was going to peel but over the last few days i have had the lizard skin shoulder and forehead... sleeps are awkward and really warm so trying to stay comfortable are not easy to come by as till now... now i am just waiting for the tan to just all peel so that i can start fresh again... since wednesday we´ve had the luxury of having ...

... that was another three bus rides away. I would never have done it on my own, but with another another traveller it felt safer, and we soon hitched a ride, and by luck the people we hitched a ride with were headed all the way to La Fortuna! The drive was fantastic. Much greener than the drive to Cañas, and backed by Lake Arenal and Volcan Areñal. Arriving in La Fortuna I found a cheap hotel that Erin recommended ($7/night, with breakfast), but for some reason Kevin wasn't ...