Villas del Mar Jaco

... is a) mostly wild jungle and few if any buses ply this route, and b) hosts a high number of robberies and/or kidnappings, which are often armed! So I thought that I'd give that a miss. Instead I am planning to get to the Arenal Volcano, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Tortuguero National Park (named because of the turtles that nest there), and finish up with a three-day expedition through ...

... into sensitive ecological reserves of the country. Trust me, if that's true, then it is working. The roads are in short, "Kidney Smashers", especially if you are a fat guy sitting over the back wheels of a 25 seat mini-bus! You doubt the veracity of my statement...well try this...more than once we went over bump so big that it threw all 240 pounds of me straight up into the air and slammed me back into the seat. The moans were loud! The skinny guy on one side of me got ...

... s on every corner and all the main retail shops you would normally see in any American city. We caught a flight from Panama city to a group of islands on the coast called Bocas del Toro. We opted to stay in Bastementos for a couple of nights, really laid back atmosphere here, nice beaches and good treks if you feel up to it. We did feel a little intimidated by the locals here though as we ...

I have been here for three days. I am currently lying low and talking to my host family, friends in the calle and other people who might help me find a population in a city that is safe and interesting. It feels good to be back in Costa Rica. Little has changed. The fiestas are the same, the gente son muy simpaticos y there are still dogs that roam the street. I love it. But estoy buscando para un comunidad que puedo estudiar.....buscando a buscando....

... digital cameras, and headed for the rolling hills. As we were walking up the lush, green, hill, Caro and I felt like Julie Andrews from the Sound of Music (minus the whole nazi nun thing!) we were seriously on the verge of bursting into song. One look at the pictures I'm attaching and you will see why. To add to the scenic panorama, we were joined by cows. Caro ...

I saw a culabra on my way to my room yesterday. I was too shocked to get a picture and intrigued and scared at the same time. I didnt run and neither did the snake. But it hissed at me. I stayed and watched it for a while and then got a local guy with a machete to tell me what it was.When I went to show him it has already left. I forgot Spanish for snake so to began to move like one and he got it when he realized I went a snake. His eyes lit ...

... this is Eva, it's not written this way but I never got the right way to write, sorry Eva...Great smile, a real sweet heart! We went, Alexander, Eva and I, to dinner our last night all together at a italian restaurant. She sang Summer times...it was so pretty! Anyways, another day, another pic! take care all... The great adventurer

... planned on staying when i first got to costa. on the way there we passed through the whole town, and when i say whole, i mean the one street of it...like quite literally, i could have just walked had i not had my big bag, and even then it would totally have been possible. haha. so anyways, we arrive there and i finally can just lube myself up with tons of aloe and ...

... what had happened, the signs I should have picked up on screamed at me and I was really angry, slightly at the thieves but mostly at myself. We trundle back to Nathans Place and Andre rings the police, they arrive, take the details and head off on what I suspected would be an unsuccessful search. I realise we need to stay in Jaco for at least another night to report the theft and find out how I go about replacing my passport, tickets and make an insurance claim. The police station was ...

... cheese (again. ) Nimia shows me a love letter from Tino (one of the local guys who now is working in Jaco, near our farm). She shows me how the envelope is addressed to her (it was delivered by Efrain), but when she shows me the letter, it is written to a different lady! We all laugh and she says she will call him and give him a piece of her mind! We laugh some more. Since there is only one road through town, we don't need to go out and wait for the bus. We ...