Playa Preciosa Nature Lodge Puerto Jimenez

... American countries) from Spain and, as the story goes, Costa Rica wasn't made aware of it until the messenger arrived from Nicaragua... almost a month later. All of a sudden they had to devise some sort of government. However, going by how the country is today they did something right. Costa Rica seems to be really put together compared to many of the surrounding countries. In the evening, to celebrate Independence Day, all the children of the town paraded down the ...

... is a weekend and also a little earlier in the day. What we saw was basically a large flea market effort with stuff that looked like they had been taken off the back of trucks. Disappointed, we headed back to our room and our lovely tv.<br><br>The next morning dawned bright and sunny and we headed to the dock to catch a taxi boat out to Puerto Jimenez, the gateway to the Corcovado National Park. One of the species we wanted to see in the wild was the Scarlet Macaw, which is ...

... We arrived at La Leona ranger station at 2:45pm, but we weren't done yet; there was another hour's hike needed to get to the tiny hamlet of Carate from where the "colectivo" taxi would depart at 4pm to take people back to Puerto Jiménez. At Carate there is a small supermarket, and you can only imagine how good a cold beer was after six hours of hiking in intense heat! By this stage I was feeling absolutely shattered; not only from the hiking, but also ...

... First impressions, well its basic, its camping, but everything is here that you need. If you've ever watched the film, Mosquito Coast, then it's a bit like that... I'm probably doing it an injustice as its ages since I saw that film, but that's what it reminded me of. You get a nice comfy bed in a large tent on the grass running down to the beach. Showers (Cold spring water) communal eating and a perfect mix of people and ...

... of lumber. He was in conflict with the security guards of the forestry company. They would burn the huts of indigenous people. We saw the ruins of a burned hut. I slept 9 hours each night while at home I sleep 5-6. We took siestas daily during the heat of the day. Sunday AM Don Luis showed us ...

... Spanish skills with new people.  I think I did pretty well.  It was incredible how friendly and welcoming the people were in my last week, and the fact that I spoke Spanish maximized my chances to talk to and get valuable travel information from them.  In Cabo Matapalo, there were no cheap places to eat, so I decided to eat with the family who ran the hostel I stayed in.  They only charged me $5, while the nearest restaurant was charging $20 for dinner.  The next ...

... if the sharks would be up that far. Eventually we decided to jump in (skinny dipping of course) and had a nice cool dip in the river. During our time at La Sirena, we also played 3 games of cribbage. Score: Ido 2, Phoenix 1. Corcovado - Day four Got up even earlier (3:45) in order to start our hike back to Carate before high tide at 8 AM. The first part of the hike was great, we walked quickly and just barely kept ahead of the group of English kids, who were ...

... so we have been spending most of our time there and cooking some delish meals! at the school there is also a sand volleyball net, so we have been playing a lot of volleyball with some other guys that are here....kevin, rich and charlie. good times. also i have been keeping in touch with kirsten and as it turns out she is not enjoying her time in nicaragua, sooo she is heading here to ...

... the middle of no where is that there is no one else around. There was one local sitting on a log looking out at the ocean, thats it. Bit of a rocky beach, but beautiful. Randomly throughout the day we have seen these pretty big parrots that are really colorful. I wish I could tell you where they were called, but I don't have Lisa around anymore to tell me what they were. These parrots are always ...

Corcovado National Park is a remote place in south Pacific coast. It is 9 hours driving from San Jose, you must go with a 4x4 car. There are very few lodges and the nature is amazing! It is a great place to avoid tourist. We also spent one day fishing.