Occidental Torremolinos Hotel San Jose

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Las Piernas…got ‘em

Mediodia (which is what I think he says but it means half turn)…got it

Then we partnered up. I was with Mr. White loafers…nice.

One thing that I was thankful for was that he was a man that was not afraid to lead. He took me, with force I might add, and spun me around. One thing I was not thankful for was that his breath smelled like a New York city bus station bathroom.

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... it again when I'm back home home.

After that I came back and packed a bit/straightened up the room and then chatted with friends online.  By then it was time for dinner.  We had chicken, rice, veggies, and a bundt cake with raisins (it was good except for the raisin part) and we also had some leftovers of the tres leches cake (still very good!).

Definitely not going out tonight because (1) going out 3 nights in 1 week is ALREADY enough ...

... kanten.
We zijn vanmorgen voor zessen opgestaan en hebben ons kamp in Granada (Nicaragua) opgeslagen en zijn met de Tica bus vertrokken naar Costa Rica. Wederom een goede ervaring met deze maatschappij, al viel na de grens de airco stil en hebben we 5 uur zitten pratten...
De reis ging voorspoedig...de grensovergang wat minder....het duurde 2 uur voor alle administratie geregeld was...inclusief medische check (dit keer ...

... and I also made some earrings from a seed. They came out pretty cool – it was a nice relaxing afternoon because we did arts and crafts all the way until dinner. We were all exhausted. After dinner, Lidyette invited us to a religious event in the town. We missed the religious part and were just there for the food. I didn’t have any because I was full from dinner but it was fun because there was dancing and a huge fireworks show. The fireworks were ...

... her back on the place she was found. Now you can visit and worship her. They have built a church around her. In the room there are thousands of ex-votos. I find those testimoniouls more beautiful and intriguing than the little statue itself. They testimony alle the 'miraculous' curings. The city of Cartago isn't what it's used to be. Therefore the Irazu was to angry. It destroyed the city too many times. When we go back to San Jose we ...

... twirling - an infectious display of joy. It was during the third group that a young man who went to that university let us know that the carol we were listening to was, "About the three wise men and Christmas and has nothing to do with Santa Claus as people in your country think." (It's odd and a little disconcerting to think of Caspar, Melchior, and Balthazar doing a rock mambo) Funny he should say that to me (Annette) since in childhood I was given a ...

... We got to the boat dock and said our good bye's to Vicky. ON the baot - sitting in the front it just flashed in my head I am leaving - it all. No more dogs, not more dirt roads no more wow wow, no more talks with Federico. Once in Cano Blanco we took Vicky's son Joshua, his friend and another girl I met in Parismina with us to Squirres. The road bumpy. Then Federico stopped so I could watch te Del Monte Banana people working. It was very neat to see ...

... Tarzan Swing was more like the adrenaline rush I'd been expecting. From a tall platform, we were hooked up individually to a rope that had enough slack to give us an instant of freefall before we swung out over the canyon and back, like Tarzan on a vine. They stopped us by slapping our ankles as we passed through the landing zone, then grabbing our feet to slow us down until ...

... looming question was would we have to change terminals in DFW and would our luggage arrive with us. We finally got the news we needed - the part had been replaced and we were cleared to depart. The pilot did a good job of making up some lost time while in the air. We landed in Dallas with a mere 25 minutes to make our next flight and lady luck was with us - our next flight was two gates away. I went to the gate agent at the desk ...

Mis Aventuras en Costa Rica

A single gal's experience from suburban Los Angeles to the rainforests of Central America via Earthwatch.org


Part I

I made it here safe and sound. The redeye flight lived up to its name. Got no sleep between a crying baby and having dinner served at 2am. (?!!!) Then we had a stopover in Guatemala, and had to disembark and wait an hour for the plane to be cleaned before reboarding.



I took a cab to the hotel in San ...