Las Cabanitas Resort Alajuela

... watched and talked about our trip. It was the arrival in Dallas that made us feel our vacation had truly begun. I sent a few text messages before leaving the USA as the phone we had was a global phone but once out of the USA, the prices for usage are $2.89 a minute and $1.00 per text message. At 5:15 p.m. CST, boarding began for American Airlines Flight 2167 Dallas-Fort Worth to San Jose, Costa Rica. Once ...

... sweet and let us cnater along the path around lake arenal. after three hours we reached the shuttle which took us into la fortuna. we were very achy by now but decided once we;d got dropped at gringo petes that we should do the night tour to see lava on the volvano so at half thre off we go to hike up the start of the volcano for an hour or so. it was pretty tough and my legs were really regretting this decision. the ...

... and not eat fatty meat..didnīt mention anything about beer!! Week 7 Monday we trekked through the Santa Elena reserve for a few hours. We heard many birds and animals scuttling around but did not manage to actually see anything other than some caterpillars and the odd spider. Tuesday and it was time to push on for San Jose, the capital of Costa rica and the last stop on Ollies trip. I think he was already ...

... taking some pretty rough trails, and they seemed to be really looking ahead, forming strategies for how best to navigate the terrain. I felt bad about not letting Chispa eat anything, especially as there was nothing to drink and she must have been getting thirsty, so I let her grab a mouthful when we were stopped. I didn't want to fall behind everyone else, though, so I pulled up on the reins whenever she tried to grab a bite on the go, and soon she'd ...

... do it myself and went alone. Which it turned out being more fun alone because you could see much better without another person attached to you. Katherine did the Tarzan Swing. Which is a swing where you climb up a few stories and free fall down a little ways before you start to swing. The canopy tour was really neat because you kind of flew through the rainforest and sometimes you were alot ...

... rice, soup, and this thing that looked like stuffing. After dinner the workers turned on the music and the dancing began. Juan, the bartender, taught us how to dance. It was wonderful. I wished it could have gone on forever because we don't partner dance in the US. Juan and I talked about our families. It was fun to feel the growing confidence grow in me when I had to speak Spanish. After the dancing we played a few hands of cards and then I was ready for bed.

... Semi-Automatik, wie ich es nenne - natuerlich auch kalt. Semi-Automatik heisst - es gibt eine Maschine, da wirft man all seine Sachen auf eine Seite, fuellt Wasser auf und gibt Waschpulver dazu, schliesst den Deckel und dann stellt man die Waschzeit ein (1-15 min). Das Handwaschen wir einem also abgenommen. Wenn dan fertig gewaschen ist, muss man seine Sachen aus dem Wasser nehmen, in eine Zentrifuge legen und in dieser erstmal die Seife rausspuelen, danach "Trocken-/ oder besser ...

... several tourists from Puebla, Mexico, a young couple from Israel, Francisco and Carla, an Ecuadorian couple living in Massachusetts and Hank, the lone traveler from Atlanta. The lush green drive to the coffee farm was a welcome break from the hideousness of San Jose. In case you can't tell, we were not a fan of the Capital city. I am not a coffee drinker. I believe I had my only cup of Java when I was 6 or 7 ...

... seconds. 6 ish Kira is unwake-able, as friend shouts my name several times to tell me to get off the bus. Seconds later, as I descend the bus stairs, the doors close on me! I panic. Luckily, other passengers interpreted my panic (in Spanish) as "Open the back door! There's someone trying to get off!" Whew... I made it. 6:10 We pick up the keys to the cabin. The lady gives us directions: Walk there, no farther. You'll see a (tropical fruit) tree. The house is yellow. You ...

... nama bo ratal prit, ker je ful turistov KAO. Predvsem se js ze kr tresem, ker bi rada cimprej prisla na playo :) in sonce in vse!!! Zdej pocas padam v potovalni feeling, obcutka se ni, mislim, da me bo zadelo tam nekje na obali ob soncnih zahodih in pesku v laseh. Drgac pa TACA ruls (letalska druzba) in ne samo da so TOCNI, imajo se blazno prijazne usluzbence. anavtura v CRici se zacenja ... stran od turistov!! Bodite veseli!