Prestige Maribu Caribe Hotel Puerto Limon

... to the second floor of your home. Instead think of steps that are 3x the height of those. Now consider that you are stepping from tree trunk, to tree trunk, up the side of a canyon, in the rain, in a jungle, at dusk and you begin to get the picture. By the time I arrived at the top of that canyon my quadricepts were ripped/shredded. I'm still feeling it two days later! <br><br>There was a reward at the top of the canyon, as we arrived ...

... se hvad der var tilbage af afgange. Der var én afgang tilbage mod Santa Crúz som ligger en times tid fra Tamarindo. Vi fik købt billetter og havde en times ventetid. Vi gik ud på gaden med alt vores bagage og håbede på der var en cafe i nærheden. Alt var ved at lukke, og vi turde ikke gå rundt for at finde noget da det allerede var mørkt. En dame der havde en cafe ved siden af busstationen fik øje på os, og vi fik lov til at komme ind og købe en kop kaffe og varm kakao ...

... was even easier, we just handed in the forms and left. It was then time to drive across, unfortunately there was traffic coming from the other way and we ended up waiting 20 mins before we could set off. The bridge itself was built by the United Fruit Company back in the good old days, for them, when they had the monopoly on railways. It linked the two countries, but more important it linked the two huge banana plantations. Once the company lost its monopoly the two states took over ...

... dental day, this time primarily on the cosmetic end of things. Was watching the meltdown after Bernanke's speech today while at the dentist. Feels good to be away from that, although I am sure to be impacted by this mess. Have I bragged about how cool Skype is yet? if you don't have an account, you need to try it! it's absolutely perfect for travellers. And at .02 cents a minute...

... into a harness, hook yourself to a steel cable and (if you're lindsey) swoop gracefully through the trees and land on a platform in the canopy or (if you're simon) rocket through the canopy like an unguided missile and make a disgraceful landing by crashing into a tree at 30kph. three times. and once into un unwary guide. the pictures were a bit wobbly. we decided it was time to head back to the carribean so we spent a few days in cahuita camping in the ...

oh my gosh, it is soooooo freakin hot in puerto viejo right now. I woke up to bright sun and walking down the street as if someone had a magnifying glass over my arm with the hot sun burning through it from the other side. I don´t know how people get used to this sort of weather. I walked around, had breakfast and went straight for a nap. I think this is why everyone always walks and talks so slowly. it´s the ...

... understand what I´m saying. This place is beautiful. Liz is taking many many many pictures, and we can´t wait to have everyone look at them. We´ve been on the eastern coast since we arrived. The weather has been beautiful...hot, sunny, blue skies....and we only have a LITTLE sunburn. We started in Cahuita, where after a small bus mistake, we took a hike along the beach trail...and saw some monkeys ...

... turned out so amazing though, because I met this young girl who was so outgoing. Every time we switched buses we would still seat by each other and talked for hours. She tried to help me with my Spanish, she knew probably more English than I knew Spanish. It was just such a fun experience. It was nice of her mother to be so trusting in a stranger too. <br><br>By the time we arrived in Limon, there were no more buses to Puerto ...

... river - very slowly indeed, so is surprising he didnt drown - and climb a tree yay! Then we came back to this crazy hostal full of young backpacker surfer dudes so funny and I don't (audrey) feel too out of place even with the whole sharing toilets and shower... We sleep in a nice-ish cabine where my silk sleeping bag is very useful he he; you can sleep in hamacs or tents, the place is huge! Also, as expected in the Carribean, everyone (young and old) spends their ...

... A gentle canoe ride along a delta backwater allowed us to see several interesting birds and reptiles, and contrasted dramatically with the frantic bus ride back to Puerto Limon. No stopping for monkeys this time. One curious stop we did make was to an old administrative building of some sort, which was on a hill overlooking the town. The building had been abandoned for many years, but was newly being restored as a "crafts center". Some governmental agency was ...