Hola!! I've got a TON to write already, after just 5 days here! I'll start from the beginning... flights were pretty standard - nobody next to me to Seattle, then a red-eye to Miami, and a great connection to San Jose, Costa Rica. It was about 915 when I arrived, and I took a taxi to Heredia, a suburb of San Jose, to sign in for my week of volun...

Early morning yet again...this time to get to the airport on time to meet Steffi and pick up the rental car. The airport of San Juan is only about 12kms away but traffic is terrible at rush hour so it takes around 40 minutes to get from the centre to there (although very cheaply on the bus $750 colones for 2 = $1.25 Dollars). As it goes with per...

Fleeing the sweltering heat of the Panamanian lowlands, we headed out Monday for Boquete - a cheery little mountain town nestled beneath Volcan Baru, Panama's highest peak. Of course, we had to climb it! Pat and I set out early the next morning (Maybe even too early because we forgot to stop at the store for extra food!) and began the long 8 mil...

Banaaniparoni Friman on taas voimissaan!! Eilisillasta pysynyt sisuksissa jo ne aiemmin mainitut kaksi suolakeksia, mehulasi, kaksi ruokalusikallista ruokaa ja kaksi leipapalaa. niin ja kaksi kaljaa, ai ai. Siispa uskalsimme lahtea kohti viidakkoa apinoita etsimaan, me likes!! Tan paikan nimi, siis puerto voejon, ny ollaan lahipuskakylassa cahui...

Tina accidentally deleted her really excellent post. It was very long and full of detail, and I'm sure you would have enjoyed it. Now I will retype the post as she dictates. We left our hostel yesterday and wandered the streets of San Jose looking for a restaurant. But instead, four Tico students stopped us because we are obvious tourists with o...

Well, we left you lot peering over the fence of a banana port, and while I'm sure for the vast majority of you watching big ships and container movements is your happy place too (Francie can tell you all some tales of waterfront walks that have ended with Sam at the container port lookout...), we must tear ourselves away to get this blog finishe...

Hier hadden we de mooiste plaats, een hostel met zicht op zee, een hangmat en ligstoelen, het ruisen van de zee is een zalige ervaring.

Travessia dos canais entre Toruguero, passando por Parismina, até Puerto Moín (de onde saem enormes barcos cheios de Bananas Del Monte, Chiquita para a Europa), bus local até Puerto Limón (maior cidade na costa este) , apanhado no meio do nada com umas rochas a "assinalar" a paragem, meia dúzia de voltinhas e logo autocarro para Cahuíta. Brilhan...

I caught the bus Cahuita on the Caribbean coast. Most of the journey was through the cloud forests that seem to surround San Jose's north, east and west sides (haven't been south). This meant I spent most of the journey looking at the thick cloud mist outside the window with just a few glimpses of the mountains outside. The town is supposed to h...

It´s been 6 days since our last entry, 3 of those we spent in Cahuita which is a beach town on the East Coast; the ¨Caribbean Coast¨. Our days at home have consisted predominantly of movie watching (Xmen 1 and Xmen 2) and bumming around the property as usual. The night before we left to Cahuita (June 30th) we were warned that the East Coast was ...