Sunset Hotel Monteverde Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

... d gone a few feet further I'd have been in the drink!

Hotel was cheap because it had no windows maybe, just screened in orifices that admitted no bugs but plenty of noise.

Enjoyed a great foccacia bread at the biggest hotel in town, right on the river - the Italians that formerly had El Vago now work there. Not too pricey either.

Had breakfast at the Mexican - great to have chorizo again. Had a good chat about Mexico and its beer - we're in ...

... do it!

It was a beautiful expanse of deserted beach and the little bays protected by the whales tail good for swimmimg although the sand is always wet - often covered at high tide!

Because staying in a dorm & no lockers, attached my netbook to the bed with the kensington lock - sadly the key broke in the lock & had to saw it off the bed - the owner kindly obliged with his diamond tipped electric blade - sparks flew, but freedom was forthcoming.

... walking. And then close to my hotel, I met one of the American couples from Tortuguero, who were in a hurry to find something to eat before their next excursion. So we didn’t talk a lot, but the dog apparently fancied them more than me all of a sudden, and joined them as they were heading back towards the town. Not that I minded, though, because what should I have done with a dog. I was quickly getting completely soaked. And of course this was about the only ...

After dropping Bev off at the airport we headed straight out of town. Of course this took us a good hour due to traffic and the inability to get proper directions! The map I we had purchased at a hotel the day when we came into the country was supposedly up-to-date, but so far I had counted around 10 mistakes. The San Jose portion was no different. By the time we got out of the city it was around 3 PM so we only had a few hours of daylight left and we still had to go ...

... all wet and had to make our way back to the taxi before it got dark.

Once back at the hotel we showered, watched tv (Nacho Libre with Jack Black was on--in spanish of course) for a bit and then decided to walk back into town for dinner.  Since there were  of us (6 ISA students and our driver, Luis) no one was being decisive about where to eat (we had been walking back and forth for about 30 minutes and were all starving ...

Rivers running like veins through the spinal mountain range of Costa Rica, carrying their blood to open wounds of lakes and oceans. The views from the bus akin to pressing your nose to the oven door as a child. Chocolate chip mountains rising from a delicious muffin landscape. Every hue of green known to man from the citrus lime of fresh buds striving towards the sun, to the old wise trees in the darkest ...

... Garden. We saw a ton of wicked frogs and butterflies and learnt so much from our guide. I then met up with Annie, Curtis, and Matt at the Serpentario where we checked out many snakes and lizards. A guide there let us hold a couple snakes and an iguana and even let us get into the tank of 5 boa constrictors! Both activities were free since we're volunteers, a wonderful bonus! After that we headed to the Cerro Plano Rodeo!! What fun! I ate huge chunks of ...

... to climb it. Strangler Fig´s are trees that grow around a host tree slowly strangling it until it dies. This eventually leaves a hollow centre as the host tree rots and decomposes. There is one by the school that has grown in a way that you can actually climb up the inside of it. Super neat! Unfortunately, I didn´t get very high as I am pretty afraid of heights but I did well for me! After we went to Britt´s host family´s home. They host the Santamaria´s Night Walk. The ...

... pouring through all the doors, and the car would not budge from it's position. Some locals pulled their truck around and were able to tow us backwards, pulled us too far and we scraped the side of the car pretty good. Then they towed us across to the other side... we managed all this using hand gestures, since we didn't speak Spanish, and they didn't speak English! We then spent a good part of the afternoon ...