Park Hotel Puerto Limon

... lukkede cafeen mens vi var der, men hun sagde vi kunne blive siddende lidt længere, så ville hun vente med at gå. Rigtig venlig dame må man sige :) Rart at være tilbage i Costa Rica hos venlige folk.. hehe. Endelig kom bussen og denne gang var der en køretur på 4 timer i vente. Laangt om længe og meget trætte kom vi til Santa Crúz og fik fat i en taxa. Vi ankom til Villa real(Hvor vi bor hos familierne) lidt efter midnat. Vi gik i seng efter en lang lang dag, men god tur.

... var der kun en halv time, for vi skulle nå at cykle tilbage til hotellet inden det blev alt for mørkt. Min kære cykel ville stadig ikke fungere, så for mig var det held i uheld da jeg fik min cykel ind i bussen og så blev jeg kørt tilbage til hotellet mens de andre måtte cykle en time ;) Om aftenen tog vi ud at spise og derefter tog vi til en fest/beachparty som lå tæt på vores hotel. Det var rigtig hyggeligt med højt musik og et kæmpe bål på stranden så det ...

... espn and a big screen. We found a pizza place near the beach that had all three, but what we didn't count on was the ear drum bleeding deafning marathon of regathon music for the duration of the match. Dear God music is awful on this continent. As terrible as it was it wasn't enough to distract us from Murray's brilliant victory over the world number one. We decided we'd find somewhere different to ...

... from their pursuit of cigarettes they explained that they had been in Coco`s again and that there was some live music happening there. Unfortunately, Ellie had already retired to bed but the rest of us grabbed some money and headed for an impromptu night out. Although we didn´t get to see much of the music because it finished just after we got there, we stayed out for some more drinks and a little bit of dancing where me and Oli ruled ...

... of the fish species and macroinvertebrates that live in it. The results of the evaluation will determine the quality of the water. The field work took place in the early part of the year, during the dry season, so for now, the focus is on education and increase awareness. We work mostly with the indigenous communities in the region of Talamanca, on the Carribean coast of Costa Rica. We organise workshops for adults and children to teach them how to do ...

... and had a few beers before going out for a nice dinner in one of the restaurants. The following day we awoke to blue skies and were anxious to go out to the beach, but we ended up being a bit sidetracked by the national park that is about two blocks from the town center. It is a 8km path that winds its way beside the coast and is full of wildlife that can be easily spotted while walking along. We had originally planned on lying on the beach, but found ...

... This was not exciting news for me, although since the time I left Monteverde it had taken me 16 hours to get here. 16 hours!!!

Limon is not a safe city. It's a dirty, grungy port town that tourists rarely visit. I heard cruise ships go there, although I have no idea why. I saw one when I was there. I'm not aware of any hostels there, I decided to walk and try to find a hotel. A man stopped me and told me I needed to make sure to ...

... the junkies alley on the way out to the Caribe Terminal in the north of the city. Lucky we got the driver to turn on the meter (doesn`t always happen!) and it cost us 800 colones (80p), rather than the 3000 colones some bright spark offered us as we got off the first bus! We got straight on a bus to Puerto Limon on the Caribbean coast, and again climbed out ...

... tell us which side of the raft we should all jump to. as a result we were stuck against a huge boulder and nearly capsized, but Manuel managed to save the day by leaping out of the raft (and landing squarely on Jane's head when he jumped back in). We found the whole thing pretty funny though Manuel was not impressed. We went much better over the other rapids, so well that after the last ...

The town of Manzanillo, located about a 15-minute bus ride from Puerto Viejo, houses a wildlife refuge that is home to about a zillion species of plants and animals. We set out early for a guided tour of the park - the first of many opportunities on the trip to learn about nature. Breakfast was served at typical Tico-speed (i.e. very slowly), but it was delicious, with fruit smoothies and of course excellent ...