Tara San Jose

... burying his father and a host of others burying someone that you could not help but love.

As I sat alone in my small room, I kept having to stop typing so that I could wipe the tears from my keyboard. I wanted to scream for my friend, but I was trying to muffle my crying so that I did not alarm Catalina. I am so far away from any type of comfort. That is the price you pay ...

... Costa Rica [on seperate flights].

So here we are, at Bekuo Hostel in San Pedro, which is 10 minutes by foot from San Jose, the capital. The weather is unbelievable..partly cloudy, mid 70s with a nice cool breeze. We have a private room with a shared bathroom and shared kitchen-not bad for 30 bucks a night! There is a common room complete with a flat screen t.v., bean bags, a communal guitar and giant monopoly and scrabble tables! No lack of entertainment ...

... have enjoyed that. I know some of the people so I talked to them for a bit and then we all had to go back on our tours. We then went to this old farmers house and there was an ox cart so we got a ride in the cart. I thought it was fun, even though we only went in a little circle. We also got to have some Costa Rican corn bread – which I really like (we’ve had it before) as well as agua dulce, which is water and sugar cane. It is really sweet but I like the ...

... use but were allowed to put our own touch on it. We had fun, but my pants got covered in paint. Some of the kids we met on Saturday came out to help us paint and as the town got out of church they all stopped by the area and came to check out what we were doing. After a few hours of painting benches in the very hot sun, some men came out and played some instruments and it became a community social event. The town was really big on “community” so it was ...

... there were some cultural dancers.

Masaya-- For our final day in Granada we split up. The boys headed to a volcano near Leon where they went sandboarding. Annie and I had a relaxing morning. I went to get a blind massage and then we headed off on a tour of our own. We went through Tierra Tours to the town of Masaya. Our first stops were to a few small villages. The first one we drove through was a town where the people their still practice withcraft both white and black. The ...

... we saw was kind of just nibbling on the surface under an overhanging branch.  It would not be an easy cast, but after maneuvering the boat into position, Dave laid his streamer just off his nose and it was quickly attacked.  After a couple of good yanks to set the hook, the fight was on.  Tarpon are king in the world of fly fishing and Dave had hooked into a nice 40 kilo fish.  We were fishing 12 weight rods and this fish put it to the test.  After a ...

Nach einem langen und schweren Abschied von den Jungs und Mädels im Hostel Esperanza und natürlich von Karin, habe ich es dann doch irgendwann geschafft in den Bus nach Costa Rica zu springen. Da ich kein Busticket mehr für den schnelleren und bequemen Tica-Bus bekommen konnte, habe ich erst bis zur Grenze durchgeschlagen und wollte von dort aus mit einem der lokalen Busse nach ...

... as close as your sidewalk - or gutter. Costa Rica has problems of poverty, of course, but the society has heretofore been able to provide education and health systems which surpass anything else in Central America. Most of you know that Costa Rica has no military armed forces. We found the play quite 'American' and enjoyable (two actors reading each other's letters received over a lifetime). But many in the audience didn't "get it". Some ESL classes in town had ...

... 4:30 p.m. where we went to the volleyball court. He didn't play so we didn't stay long. We had to stop by Vicky's - but I made him take me around so I could get some pictures. After Vicky's - I hung out with teh family. We played more cards and waited until 7:30 p.m. when Xinia came to make dinner. I wasn't really that hungry. She told us about a Columbian tourist that died today here. He was fishing and had a big fish and it took everything ...

... address is



Alistair Edmunds Expedition 06G

RALEIGH INTERNATIONAL

Apartado Postal 17

Codigo Postal 7170

CATIE

Costa Rica



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