Crowne Plaza Hotel Corobici San Jose

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San Jose, Costa Rica

A travel blog entry by tlvice

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This morning when we awoke we each had a very relaxing shower. Afterword we went to the same restaurant for breakfast that we had gone to the night before. It is a buffet included in the price of the room.

After breakfast we spent some time looking at our Lonely Planet guide. The two places we decided to go to were the Teatro Nacional ( …

Poas Volcano

A travel blog entry by tlvice

This morning we set out with 46 others to go to Mount Poas and La Paz Waterfall Gardens. Before we left the hotel we were able to eat breakfast. After that we sat in the lobby of the hotel waiting for the rest of our companions to assemble.

By about 07:00 the others arrived. At about that same time the two buses arrived. By the time we …

Satisfaction

A travel blog entry by dancinginblue

... not scored as well as he had liked. This same student received nearly a perfect score on yesterday's final quiz.

As I was on the bus scoring the tests, I was overjoyed that my students did so well. I am not sure if everyone who teaches feels this feeling, but when a student does well, I am filled with happiness.

This weekend is Costa Rica's Independence Day. I will post more about los faroles tomorrow, and the celebration we have at the office. :)
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The little things :)

A travel blog entry by rachael.fennell

... view of the fog falling over the city. And every day I would always notice how the train passes over this little valley with these big super green trees and a big lake running under a bridge. It looks like a picture. Another "little thing" that I always make a point to enjoy is the rain (when I'm inside)..when I'm outside its pretty annoying :) but when I'm in my room and it starts to rain its awesome because since we have a tin roof it ...

Welcome to the jungle

A travel blog entry by arean

... smile and indicated that the bus was here, it became apparent that I got to go on one of those iconic classics seen in many movies. Wasn't that just one of those bucket list dreams come true?
That the bus ride itself didn't turned out to be as romantic as I thought quickly became clear. This bus had all the right ingredients to make it a genuine non western local bus. Too many miles on the tired engine, too many people, too much luggage and a variety of stacked food ...