Occidental Torremolinos Hotel San Jose

... cab ride. it was clean with "breakfast" included. (i say "breakfast" because it was a some fruit, and white bread with jam--but tasty none the less.) and they had wifi.<br><br>we were picked up the next morning at 8am and we were off for a 2 hour van ride, 1.5 hour ferry ride, and another hour ride to santa teresa. ole!<br>

... We stood under the covered porch and she did a little rain dance. LOVED IT! LOVED HER!<br><br>Catalina asked me if I wanted her to wash my clothes today. (No one has asked me that since I was nine.) Ummm&#8230;so okay. I have enough clean clothes (and especially underwear) to last until I leave. My only dilemma is the absolute clean clothes freak in me really wanted to have the clothes washed today. I declined though. I am ...

... away from monkeys and they were swining on the trees, carrying babies on their backs, and jumping right in front and above us. We kayaked behind a tour boat and one jumped onto the boat. We were nervous one would jump into our kayaks - the only thing in our kayaks were spiders. The spiders were really big and loved my kayak. I couldn't freak out though, because I would turn the kayak over. oh well...I dealt with it. It was my first time kayaking and ...

... this guy does not want to be found. Hopefully everything will be okay. Other than that&#8230;nothing too exciting. I found out my friends found Reese&#8217;s peanut butter cups at the San Pedro mall and we haven&#8217;t seen any here so they got some for our trip this upcoming weekend. We&#8217;re going to celebrate 4th of July in Manuel Antonio in some nice cabins. It should be fun. <br><br>I hope everything is well and hopefully I can update soon! Lots of love!!!

... we found the local bus line and got on. Apparently it was 1.5kms from Cahuita. I'd have to say not really. We drove for ages and at one point I stood beside the driver so he wouldn't forget about us (stupid gringos I'm sure he thought). At one point we went through a passport check - no borders in sight but apparently they look for Panamanians and Nicaraguans. So we just had wallets on us as we hadn't thought this would be a problem. They were pretty annoyed but did let us ...

... no talking. I am hoping that if I can be the hard ass now, later I can ease up. While I don't see how the transformation naturally occurs, my advisors all seem sure. At the moment I am finding 1st and Kinder are the 2 classes I am getting the most out of because all the material is new. My favorite saying of the week is from my kinders. "People, people," they call out as I tell them to find the color purple. Thank God I only ...

... if that's what i'm after. Guess i will have to hope Panama City has some!<br>4) A fishing rod. I figure it would be a fun thing to have at beach stops (plus cheap dinners...), but after 6 hours of walking, id seen a dozen gun shops but no tackle shops. Panama?<br>5) The Lonely Planet South America guidebook. $36! A ripoff...just like in the UK! <br><br>As an aside, the 10x normal-life-speed German girl and the tries-way-too-hard, rather ...

... another guy, bless him was told his hadnt been legally stamped all the way rom mexico, and would have to wait in the terminal..and go back! unless he paid a huge fine... he had no money... so a few of us brits... quite proud... all chipped in a few quid..and thankully he was on his way too)..hopefully the calmer will come back on lukey and i, and if it ever happened to us, we hope there would be others to help... the bus journey after that was relatively sweet ...

Filip and I arrived in San Jose last night at 8 p.m. and headed straight to a hostel called Pangea that had a glowing report from Lonely Planet. First impressions were not good as it looked like a prison - no windows and barbed wire all over the outside. I was also put off by posters advertising the famous and legendary annual Halloween party that night - I hate party hostels and as a relatively elderly backpacker, I prefer clean kitchens and ...

... as long as it would if they only had to fill in the answers on a worksheet. The occasional worksheet they do get to glue into their notebooks, or that the teacher copies from, looks often as not to have been written by someone learning British English as a second language. And they don't have a playground, per se, just empty corridors, a small square court, and a tiny patch of grass. And, and, and...) So, on the one hand, my laptop and its abilities are something different I ...