Yare Hotel Y Restaurante Puerto Viejo

... entrance fee was a whopping $25 (Costa Rica, baby), though I did have quite a nice time there. I had seen sloths previously in the Bolivian pampas, but only as an indistinct blob at the top of a very tall tree. This gave me the opportunity to view some up close and personal, and by God are they cute (photographic evidence of such to follow at some stage), which I wasn't really expecting. And yes, they do move incredibly sloooooooowly, its quite comical. On the whole ...

... people from the mountains who were trapped in the landslides and underground. This is just the way it is when you live in a country like Costa Rica. We appeal to other countries' hearts for special help. Even ...

... there are some events in one's own life that we will always remember with "bright colors". In Puerto Viejo I left my Costa Rican mum and her big family, 150 children and their contagious vitality, my new tropical friends, the ocean and its lullaby...and then I left geckos, cute sloths, little iguanas and peaceful alley dogs...catty bugs ...

... and doing it as a corporate retreat. One of the women was talking about how awful the food was at their last company outing; apparently, they neglected to bring drawn butter with the lobster. When she asked for some, they brought her garlic butter, which she rejected, then they brought her plain butter, but it wasn't melted, and what was she supposed to do with that? It's a good thing my mom was wrong about my eyeballs getting stuck in the back of my head.

... the bus about 6km past Cahuita, and headed into the jungle! There is one road through Cahuita National Park, and it was a sweltering 35 minute walk through the jungle to the volunteer area. I saw a troop of howler monkeys, and tons of leaf-cutter ants, which are really cool, but of course they pack a nasty punch when they bite you! The basic idea behind the volunteering is to decrease the poaching of turtles, and especially their eggs. Apparently many years ago you couldn't ...

... have nothing particularly interesting to say about any of it. However, like the bars and restaurants, the beaches are deserted, if you like that, for planning your next vacation. Costa Rica is all about the eco-this and eco-that, and they do it well (and not having a military for 50 years in Latin America is amazing), even if I did not partake of much of it. And, with that, I am off to: Bocas Del Toro archipelago, Panama

Hey guys, hope all is well back in los estados unidos. We are all having a blast here. The people are friendly, laid back, and will to help us out whenever we can´t really translate. To some things up...I´m only going to say this once...with enough power that you understand what I´m saying. This place is beautiful. Liz is taking many many many pictures, and we can´t wait to have everyone look at them. We´ve ...

... unique way (names, countries, etc). This place was right on the beach. Like 30 seconds and you're there. This town was so unique. Tons of Bob Marley merchandise, fresh fruit vendors, as well as both black and white sand beaches.

I met a group of people who were from various places in the USA, currently studying in Puntarenas, Costa Rica but on a trip down here to Puerto Viejo for the ...

... die Reception tragen, denn fu** die letzte Nacht mussten wir das Zimm** wechseln (ich hatte von urspruenglich zwei auf vi** Naechte v**laeng**t). Danach fuhren wir wied** no**dlich Richtung Cahuita, um "Cacao Trails" zu besuchen. Cacao Trails ist eine ehemalige Kakao-Plantage, die heute eine Art Bio-Farm ist, und auf d** man Ti**e, Pflanzen und vor allem... Kakao zu sehen bekommt. Wir und ein junges Paar aus Spanien machten uns mit dem Fuehr** auf die Tour und ...

... had gone at 5 too, so eerily deserted. Head straight off for Cahuita at 10am, and bizarrely see 2 girls from Tamarindo on the bus! Cahuita seems a very laid back place, with Caribbean vibe. Half seems shut up, strange for high season! This is where K was originally working so strange to be here without her. Tourist and locals amble casually through the streets as the sea washes up against the shore, the wind is picking up and the glorious sun of earlier is fading.