Regina Hotel La Fortuna

... town. We met some locals and even some peoplke from NY. Leighann found a cat that she wanted to adopt until she remembered we had two waiting for us at home. Apparently the owner of the place has 14 dogs at home and tries to get people to take them back to the US since they are homeless here.

We decided to book a rafting trip for the next day on a Level 3 rapids - the Level 4 wasnt being offered. We dropped a cool $65 for that and it turned out being a really cool ...

The guidebook says this town, La Fortuna, is horrible. You will be accosted by thousands of touts and you wonīt find anywhere to stay. Itīs supposed to be one of Costa Ricaīs top tourism destinations as it sits below an active volcano that has been known to spew out molten rock. We were on the quest to see lava flowing once again. When we finally arrived it was tipping down with rain (we have now entered the wet season) and there were no touts, not a sausage. We were almost disappointed ...

... nico on his shoulders. So anyway that explains my neck soreness, not from the bus ride. Arrived in the mountain town of Santa Elena and Monte Verde around 5:30 last night, at the butterfly garden there was only a note saying "We'll be back". So now I'm a working boy again, gave my first tour today, which is impressive since I only observed one before hand. Well apparently the canadians are alright tippers too, so I got over my fears and now am cool with picking up ...

Dro med lokalbuss fra San Jose til Monteverde. Turen tok 5 timer, hvorav de siste to timene i et spektakulaert landskap paa en like spekatakluaert daarlig vei. Gjennomsnittshastigheten kan vel anslaas til aa vaere ca 15 km/t de siste tot timene. Etter hvert som vi narmet oss Monteverde saa fikk vi en klimaendring I form av mer og mer regn og vind. Det skulle vise seg at regntiden var en droey uke paa overtid. Vi innlosjerte hos George, og med det fikk vi vaar debut som couchsurfere ...

... everything in it wake...serious smoke and fumes etc...luckily the wind was blowing the other way over the lake so we could see everythign clearly...they say this is a rare sighting so we were pretty impressed!!!!..and looking to see if we should be running!!! *gulp! We visited the Eco thermals a place I LOVE the gardens are soo beautiful and the thermal springs uncrowded as they are mostly a secret...no big signage just big brown gates and a voice intercom to get in...these are ...

... volcano. But that is not all there is to do here, there are canopy zip lines, bungee jumps, waterfalls, horse riding, butterfly farms and more!!! The only problem is that everything is expensive, so we are just doing the volcano tour for $19 each. We leave at 5pm and go to the hot natural springs for an hour and then on to the hike to the volcano. It is still raining and rained all night!!!! We ...

For anyone that has every done any backpacking and stayed in hostels, you know that it is super easy to make friends in that type of environment. Well I am kind of constantly in that tourist state. So one Thursday when I was on my usual walk I heard someone come up behind me rather suddenly. I turned around and it was a tall, blond girl (those three words don't go together in Costa Rica) and she said "It's just me"...noticing I was ...

... passengers) had had problems with their waitors. In the end no one admitted to being wrong although I clearly proved that he overcharged all of them. Just another thing to look out for around here. Typical as can be, ALWAYS check your bill and never let people overcharge you, because they will. Later on that evening when I was outside chatting away on the phone I did see the lava coming down the side of the volcano. I wouldn't trade this job for the world.

Jour 28 Avant de retourner a San Jose, le Parc Rincon de la Vieja est notre dernier arret dans la province de Guanacaste. Nous habitons dans une petite auberge familiale pres d'une des entrees du parc. C'est tres joli et les gens sont tres gentils. La route vers l'auberge et le parc est tres speciale car elle est faite d'un minerau blanc. C'est eblouissant quand il fait soleil. Le parc abrite quelques volcans (dont Rincon de la Vieja) et protege ...