Rancho Casa Grande At Foresta Resorts Quepos

... sind dabei so winzig od** so weit weg und gut getarnt, dass ** sich eigentlich nur mit ihnen vorh** abgesprochen haben kann ;-). Es dau**t nicht lange, da sehen wir auch schon die **sten (echten) Faulti**e, von denen einige sogar g**ade aktiv sind. Auch klein**e Tukane, Froesche und viele Kapuzin**affen koennen wir hi** nochmal schoen beobachten. Das absolute Highlight kommt dann zum Ende d** Tour, wo wir einen Kaiman sehen koennen, wie ** g ...

H**e we go again:) Now we want to reflect some on our last journey, that we did last week, just in time before univ**sity and all the chaos started! :) We left Lib**ia the morning of wednesday around 5 o`clock to take the bus towards Puntarenas. We almost missed it though, since we had trouble to open up the door of our house, but somehow it always works out h**e (important to rememb**!). Three houres lat** we got a gentle welcome by the ...

Here for a few days so I can visit the National Park. Very nice hostel - pool -kitchen -wireless. Did I mention that I attract dogs. They are always at my feet. I was at the bus stop early this morning waiting for the bus to board for Manuel Antonio National Park, when a young woman said to me, "You look like you're going to Manuel Antonio. You can come with us, we have a car." I guess I stood out in my hiking boots with ...

... that I was going to fall out of my seat multiple times.  This morning I woke up very hungry, only to learn that I had slept through breakfast.  I heralded the flight attendent and asked for some food.  She responded by telling me that I could have pancakes or eggs, but that they were out of pancakes, so eggs it was. "Eggs" soggy potatoes with congealed black beans, egg-colored mush, and syrupy mystery meat. mmmmmmmm in San Jose I transferred to Sansa airlines, and, after waiting a ...

... so we still had a seat for the rest of the trip. There were lots of people standing for most of the ride. We got off the bus at the beginning of the Jaco beach strip and by 9:30 am where sitting in the "Coffee Stop" having a coffee, latte and 2 cinnamon buns. After breakfast we walked along the street stopping at all the souvenir and surf shops, which is about all there is. The street is very wide but not very long. At one point we took a side street down to the ...

... where we swam and relaxed after a couple of hikes in the park. We saw loads of wildlife and spent a total of 7 hours hiking and relaxing on the beach. IŽll list what we saw and add the best pictures: white faced monkeys, agoutis, racoons, bats, a deer (on the beach!) a baselisk lizard, various smaller lizards, iguanas and 3 sloths. The sloths are really hard to see as they perch very high in the trees and hardly move. Iain doesnŽt like them but I think they are cute.

... a few drinks and an early dinner. We had a nap, then decided to go into the nearest big town called Quepos for a night out. First we went to a pub close to our hotel, but that wasn't really happening, so two locals we met suggested we go to Arco de Iris in Quepos. It was a big club and there when we arrived we were the only gringos in the place! On our final last day in Manuel Antonio, we just relaxed. We ate nice meals in the local restaurants, swam and relaxed on the beach ...

... bill arrives and you realise that what you thought was the price was a fraction of what they wanted to charge. Our Dave stood his ground though, even after the police arrived, and happily a compromise was reached. Actually, the policeman seemed to be on our side. Although the beach at Quepos is polluted and not good for swimming we were lucky enough to have a pool at our hotel where Louise tried to teach me to sink in preparation for the PADI course I wanted to do ...

... just barely as the rain started. The rain typically lasts for a couple hours back in San Pedro, but this was a tropical storm that lasted the entire night. Eventually the street was flooded to the point that there was no sidewalk. That night we all went out for some food and drinks to celebrate Kirsten's b-day, but the real fun of course was back at the hotel where we played some classic fun games of cards. The room was air contidioned, so ...

... across the street which worked out perfect! That way I didnŽt need to get a cab or figure out the buses myself. We are going to meet up in a little bit and compare notes about CR and other areas. They are telling me I cannot leave Central America without seeing a site in Panama. I might have to detour a little bit ;). Until next time!