Monchados Quepos

... gleich beim Aussteigen aus dem Bus angesprochen wird. Uns** Guide schnappt sich ein F**nrohr und ein Stativ, und es kann losgehen. Gleich am Eingang steht neben uns ploetzlich eine Art Reh, das sich offensichtlich gar nicht an uns sto**t. Es soll im Park viele Faulti**e geben, sowohl die Zwei- als auch mit Drei-Fing**n-Varianten. Was es hi** ab** laut uns**em Guide besond**s viel gibt, sind die Fuenf-Fing**-Faulti**e – also Touristen, die ...

... been hearing them (wow, the howlers are loud in the early mornings) but I had yet to see one for myself. Here in Londres (just next to Quepos) it is much more jungle like and the monkeys are everywhere. We were at dinner with an open view of both the jungle and the beach and as the sun is setting, the monkeys started climbing the trees and playing. I was in awe. I took a ...

Since I didn't have a plan, I tagged along with Stephanie to Quepos, a place a local had told her was crawling with wildlife. Quepos itself was nothing special, although we did stumble across a really good casado (typical meal of meat, rice, beans, plantains, veggies, salad) as well as a pretty park overlooking cliffs on the ocean. The Manuel Antonio National Park is ...

... again and I got a good amount of bodysurfing in.  Very fun, though there were a few that wrecked me, wrenching my body in five different directions as sand and salt water were forced into every orifice--later that night i leaned over to pick something up off the ground and a stream of water gushed out my nose for a good 10 seconds.  Yesterday I packed/unpacked/packed again, and cooked dinner for grandpa and grandma.  My black bean soup turned out more like a spicy pepper and ...

... national parks Manuel Antonio. My first night I just grabbed a cheap box of a hotel if you can call it that the room barley fit a bed but had its own washroom, it was clean so who cares right? There isn´t much to do in Quepos has lots of bars and places to book tours has a "beach" front if you can call it that.. no actual beach and apparently its polluted so swimming is not reccomened ...

... though in the Tico Times that the developers are worried about the slacking US economy. Apparently they not selling the units as fast as they would like. After lunch we walked to the far end of the main street to find the main bus stop. Turns out it's really just a shelter like the ones on the MA road but by getting on there at least we got a seat. The 3:30 pm bus finally showed up at 4:20 pm, pulling into Quepos just after 6 pm. Overall it was a good day. We ...

... we got to the rental-car office, our car wasn't there! They told us it would be in in about 1-1/2 hours and that we could go have breakfast at Denny's next door! So, we started the trip with good-old American hash browns and a chocolate shake! When we went back, they still didn't have our car, so they gave us another one (they only have two in the entire business). It was a ...

... weekend there is a fierra, which is like the farmers market. So after breakfast, we went and got fresh mangos and pineapples and veggies. Neko drank agua de pipa from a coconut. The sun was already beating down so we finished quickly and were off to the beach. To get to the beach we take a bus from downtown Quepos. The bus = no personal space. And you all know how I enjoy my personal space. They pack people on the bus and you are lucky to ...

Its the end of our trip and we are snuggled up in me Ma's front room eating Tayto and watching the Champions League. Bliss......... Its great to be home. I never missed Ireland so much. Just before we left everyone told us that when you get home nothing will have changed. I'm glad they were right because thats why we miss it, thats why its home. Central America was a great experience. 5 and a half weeks of ...

... too late, because they have teachers assigned for all the classes already. I also went to the el Centro Cultural Costarricense Norteamericano on Monday and this morning (Thursday) I had an interview. Training is next week. On Tuesday I went to the city by myself for the first time. I wasn't scared or worried but Karla was. This dude found me Miguel Angel Cerdas Cerdas, and he didn't want to beg, but he was a ...