Tioga Hotel Puntarenas

Fri.10/2<br>Hit Puntarenas, Costa Rica early this morning. We are here from 8am-6:30pm.<br>We took a guided tour bus for 3 hours. This was a short trip around there area. It is a good way to see<br>the local area plus the tour guideds are very informative<br>regarding the history and culture.This area grows coffee beans and pineapples. Very hilly areas very green<br>with lots of trees plants and wildlife. costa Rica means "Rich Coast". we cam back to the ship around noon, took a ...

... huevos) and of course, freshly squeezed orange juice. I then went to use the wireless internet and enjoy the pool at a new friend's (Patrick) Bed &amp; Breakfast. It is located right next door to USAC so it is very convenient. The nicest woman works there, Berny, as the house manager. Her daughter works with the Puntarenas Hospital so as I was talking Spanish to Berny she said I could talk to her daughter and see if I ...

... There are Caymans and Crocodiles, but no Aligators. There are two International airports. San Jose and Liberia. Liberia is a tiny airport and the drive is 6 hours in to San Jose. They have over 30% of the country reserved as protected park land. This is the highest of any developed nation. There are rain forests, cloud forests, dry forests, mangroves, swamps, oceans, waterfalls and all sort of tropical pleasures. The main ...

... USD. Po pomerne dlouhe ceste jsme dorazili na plaz, ktera je moc krasna. Hned jsme se seznamili s pohlednyma Argentinkama. :) Navic jsme se ubytovali v nadhernem hostelu uprostred lesa s opickama v korunach stromu. Vecer jsme si dali testoviny a pak hura do baru. Velmi prijemny den i vecer. :)

Hej alle Nu er mor Laila begyndt at være utålmodig efter et nyt indlæg fra mig, så jeg må hellere komme i gang! :) Så har jeg efterhånden været i Costa Rica lidt over 2 måneder! Tiden flyver bare af sted.. Det føles skønt at have haft 2 måneder uden at være stresset en eneste dag. Det ville aldrig ske for mig derhjemme.. det er utroligt hvad sol og strand kan gøre for humøret :) Det er så afslappende. Det går stadig godt på skolen, og også på værelset nu - min ene ...

... Australia seems like a beautiful country, I've always wanted to go there" to lead into my "why Australia is the most awesome place in the known universe" speech, and instead I get a "oh really, me too, I live in Melbourne, well Eltham to be exact", of course, to be exact, like exactly 20 mins drive from my house. So random! I can spoil the ending by telling you I met no other Aussies while I was away, and the one random girl who speaks to me in a line for a bus to a place ...

... down in the bay area. On our way back down to the ship we drove on the Pan American Highway and got to view the city of Puntarenas. Since the tour was well over the scheduled time and past our lunch, we headed back onto the ship for a late lunch with our table mates. So, the one thing we did not do was to visit the market or beach at the port. That night, we were pretty tired, but we did manage to stay up for some of the "Party Under The Stars".

We made it! After a brief stopover in San Jose on the 10th, we made our way (via a bus, then a ferry, then a bus) to Montezuma, thanks in large part to an older hippy woman (mom-she reminded me of you or someone you would be friends with :)) that helped us navigate our way here since the public trans tends to operate without schedules or signs. Montezuma is a cute, funky beach town made up of two streets with hostels ...

... the first time. It was awesome. We saw lots of animals (mainly insects and other creepy crawlies). Ido´s favorites were the sloth, who we saw doing his lazy sloth thing in a tree and a tiny yellow/orange frog. Phoenix´s favorites were the bat and the giant salamander (no good pic of that one, sorry, or of the sloth - it was dark and raining!). Tomorrow is the canopy tour. We are excited and ready for an adrenaline rush. We´ll write more soon! Love Ido and Phoenix

... nasty-looking tarantulas, tons of fireflys, a walking stick, cockroaches galore and a to-be-determine bug whose eyes glowed florescent green in the dark. We also saw a grey fox, lots of sleeping birds (including several green toucans), a coati and several raccoons. These weren't such a big deal to Lol and I given their proclivity in Seattle, but the Germans and Dutch on the tour, had never seen one before and were intrigued. That ...