Occidental Grand Papagayo All-Inclusive Gulf of Papagayo

... people, we met the same day, drifting away and later falling alseep in our hammok. It was such a pleasent night, so simple and unspectacular, that i will always remember and never forget this great place called Puerto Viejo, where jungle and ocean are always close. Thanks to all the people, that thought about me this special day and sent birthday wishes to me! I wished to be back home for a short moment, but then again was happy, to be here and live life in all its varieties.

... own - he had shipped his bike from Melbourne to Long Beach California and then rode from LA.   He had also been delayed for a week on his trip - he had been robbed at gunpoint in Managua and then had to travel to Lima Peru to the closest Australian embassy to replace his passport....it was some sort of divine coincidence that we should meet then at the border.   So with David now we cleared the immigration and a narcotics inspection on the Nicaraguan ...

... cheek. He wore through his riding pants and shorts and it took some penicellin powder on the wound to help it heal. Somewhere after tht he hit a bump and the tire took off his license plate, he went bck later to find it but no luck. He went through the boarder with us hoping that no one would notice in the rush. What do you think happened_ We made it to the boarder crossing leaving Nicargua about one and were ...

... us horses struggle to step through belly high water in the fields. A Best Western Hotel  is surrounded by water. If you could get to it and rent a room on the top floor you would have a great view. Rescue teams and police are monitoring as vehicles slowly wade through the vast area of water flowing freely across the highway. We planned to stop in Liberia and spend the night at El Delfin, a camping area in a nice ...

... Your Mother" episodes--I just discovered that show and love it--I made it through the flight and landed in San Jose. Where I found a torrential down-poor and a temperature of a very humid 98 degrees. I looked for the car sent by the resort but did not find anyone. As I clearly looked confused, hot and tired, two airport employees took pity on me and kindly called to resort to check on things. While we waited for their response, I asked the ...

... to, natural and untouched by mass tourism. I chose to go to this place because it's considered one of the windiest places in Costa Rica from November until May and yeah ... the statistics were right! It blew from the day I got there to the day I left and probably it is still blowing strong today. For those of you who are new to this blog and are wondering what I'm talking about here's a little confession ... My name is Philipp, I'm an ...

... border. The formalities took a little longer than usual because the border crossing here was a bit more of big deal, as it is the only road link between Costa Rica (and hence Panama) and the rest of Central America. The difference between Nicaragua and Costa Rica on the wealth side of things wasn't as marked as we had been lead to believe it would be, but the countryside and vegetation seemed a lot more lush, and life (as observed from behind the bus window admittedly) seemed a bit ...

¡Hola mia familia y mis amigos! Yo soy en SJDL ahorita y yo aprendo mucho español. Alright Louisa, you can correct me and translate for everyone. Also I have been meaning to tell you that I ate almost an entire coconut while in Popoyo and it was delish although now I am a little coconuted out. I am into my second week of spanish classes now and still living with the family I was living with before. I ...

So I am officially on my own! It was feeling very strange for the first few hours as I made my way back here to San Juan but now it feels ok again. I left Michelle yesterday morning, which was quite sad. I said goodbye to John and the rest of the Popoyo crew Monday, and so it was definately a different feel around there. I finally re-exposed my poor back to the sun again, after nearly a week of wearing a tank top to protect it from the grave damage I did to it at ...