La Choza del Manglar Puerto Jimenez

... American countries) from Spain and, as the story goes, Costa Rica wasn't made aware of it until the messenger arrived from Nicaragua... almost a month later. All of a sudden they had to devise some sort of government. However, going by how the country is today they did something right. Costa Rica seems to be really put together compared to many of the surrounding countries. In the evening, to celebrate Independence Day, all the children of the town paraded down the ...

... figured it was a fuel issue. Now, a few days later, we relize the problem was not Wesley but bad fuel. White smoke, which we were blowing, is a sign of too much water in the fuel. Of course we had to get the bad Diesel right before going over the Moutain of Death! Luckily Wesley is running fine now.

That night we parked in the middle of a pineapple field own buy yours truly, Del Monte. I never thought we would be enjoying Del Monte for it's beautiful sunset's!

... is a weekend and also a little earlier in the day. What we saw was basically a large flea market effort with stuff that looked like they had been taken off the back of trucks. Disappointed, we headed back to our room and our lovely tv.

The next morning dawned bright and sunny and we headed to the dock to catch a taxi boat out to Puerto Jimenez, the gateway to the Corcovado National Park. One of the species we wanted to see in the wild was the Scarlet Macaw, which is ...

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Had to change plans as there was no space at Sirena Ranger Station. Margarita was able to organise alternative route into Corcovado
Got Marvi bus to Sierpe. Stayed in good cabinas and had excellent meal in their restaurant

... im going to spend a couple days at another volunteer place. We shall see. I only have a couple days left because i come home on friday. So i got about 4 days. Hope everyone is doing well. Honestly if i didn't have a job lined up i would make Laurie quit her job and come live here because its awesome. But since i finally have a solar job I think I will love I have been looking forward to starting when i get home. Have a great day. Chris

... Londres) But, ultimately, I would rather live closer even. Hey, ask for what you want, right? I want to live right on the beach. But, I do like this place, I just don't want to settle here, for many reasons. But, for now, it is perfect, and just what I needed. They offer breakfast and dinner for all guests...and they have a great chef, named Paul...who, by the way, used to live in Phoenix (east valley even). They are building a watsu ...

... Spanish skills with new people.  I think I did pretty well.  It was incredible how friendly and welcoming the people were in my last week, and the fact that I spoke Spanish maximized my chances to talk to and get valuable travel information from them.  In Cabo Matapalo, there were no cheap places to eat, so I decided to eat with the family who ran the hostel I stayed in.  They only charged me $5, while the nearest restaurant was charging $20 for dinner.  The next ...

... if the sharks would be up that far. Eventually we decided to jump in (skinny dipping of course) and had a nice cool dip in the river. During our time at La Sirena, we also played 3 games of cribbage. Score: Ido 2, Phoenix 1. Corcovado - Day four Got up even earlier (3:45) in order to start our hike back to Carate before high tide at 8 AM. The first part of the hike was great, we walked quickly and just barely kept ahead of the group of English kids, who were ...

Corcovado National Park is a remote place in south Pacific coast. It is 9 hours driving from San Jose, you must go with a 4x4 car. There are very few lodges and the nature is amazing! It is a great place to avoid tourist. We also spent one day fishing.

... Fresca Freddies was the name of the place. Good food. Then we headed off to see the Volcan Poas, an active volcano in which the crater at the top is filled with liquid. Usually the photos of the water show it as a deep aqua green- blue, but due to very recent activity the water looked as white as milk, a poignant picture amidst the jagged rocky edges of the crater. There was a lime colored powder floating on the top of the water and steam rising and ...