Villa Romantica Quepos

... welcoming and kind. We each have our own room. Mine is called the Vanilla Room. How appropriate is that?? HA! As soon as we got our stuff in our rooms, I layed down for a minute and was OUT like a light. I only slept for an hour, but I sure needed it. Oh, and before settling in we stopped for dinner at Kelly's favorite restraunt and I finally got to SEE my first CR monkey! I ...

... sloths, monkeys, iguanas, birds) but as soon as u get too hot u head to one of the lovely beaches and go for a swim. brilliant. we spent the whole day there and it was one of my favourite places in costa rica,so pretty. next day we did actually manage to get to corcovado via shuttle bus and beauitful one hour boat ride from sierpe.

... to our room and then had a few beers downstairs. We´ve not had any dinner for the last few nights, we´ve just been drinking a few beers ... Sean got talking to an American guy about the recession, stocks ... bla bla bla ... they seemed to be agreeing with each other, surprisingly enough. Snooze for me, though ...Can I have another beer?

Van, jurée! Ben ca alors. Trop bien, j´espère que tu pourras en faire au moins un. Tu dois être toute folle.

So I finally made it out of the country. Lydia drove out from arizona on saturday for a mini-vacation to the beach--needed to get away from the hell hole that is phoenix.  We went to the beach for a while then met up with gramps and grams and "norte" {formerly fidel's}.  After dinner we drove out to oceanside and walked along the pier/people watched for a few hours; there was an outdoor screening of the goonies, and i was sorely tempted to buy some kettle corn. Sunday was spent at the ...

... crashed early again last night as I´m still sick... yes I know.. but today I have found the cure!!!! Lying on a beach in the sun all day will fix anything. I transfered to my hostal now Vista Serena this morning after I checked out of my box... love it love it love it!! I has the greatest view of the Pacific ocean from up on top of a hill and the people there are fantasitic, so I have ...

You get used to the heat when living somewhere like this, but I think one of the main reasons it hasn't been bothered by it is beacause I'm in the water everyday. You cool down at the beginning of the day and stay chilled for the rest. Due to a recent mishap I'm currently on crutches and therefore am unable to dive (obviously!). I'm in the ...

... rooms, but I am a bit of a spoilt princess now and couldn't possibly stay in something so basic! He recommended the hotel across the road which was much closer to the standard to which I have become a custom! We had a quiet night, went to the pub for a few drinks then to bed reasonably early. After a sleep in, we went for a walk into town, had some breakfast, then went to the National Park which the town is named after. Although it is very small, it is the most visited ...

... the park itself is absolutely stunning. We were in thick rainforest looking down and listening to the crashing waves with islands visible (depending on how heavy the rain was) in the distance. While we were there we went by boat  to Sirena, the southernmost station on Corcovado, and saw our first whale. During the walk we came across a very large crocodile, troops of Spider Monkeys and Howler Monkeys, a beautiful red Brocket deer, basilisk, wild turkeys and many ...

... was a bathroom and beds, which was enough for our first night. We knew we'd find a better place the day after, but hoped that it would suit us well. Everything was ok until all the lights were off, people were starting to dose off, and suddenly Kirsten starts screaming near the top of her lungs. An oversized cockroach had somehow climbed into Bryson's hair, then migrated to Kirsten's side of the bed. Quickly all the lights were back on, Kirsten ...

... got to San Jose we more got in some regions of cloud forrest. (so a bit foggy). We arrived in the dark in a not so nice neigborhood in San Jose but due to the helping of the busdriver and a girl from Panama we found a nice and save hostel in the unsafest area in San Jose. Just after arriving we phoned a friend of the Stroppe Family and told him that we arrived and made an appoinment for the next day. We are now staying at their ...