Orosi Hotels - Reviews and Rates

Leaving Madrid was kind of hectic. Although I am one to always enjoy saving a dime, there are times that I should just bite the bullet and pay the extra dime. Leaving Madrid was one of these times. With 4 pretty have bags, one of which is a 50-60lb backpack, I chose to take the Subway to the airport and use one of my remaining 10 subway purchase...

Hojancha truly is the most peaceful and friendly town I have ever been to. Within days of arriving I have friends religiously stopping by my house to see what I am up to. In addition to providing me with a great opportunity to practice my Spanish, each person I have met is genuinely kind and sincere. Being such a small town "todo el mundo conoce...

Love and Adversity


. After a month in San Jose I set out to follow my heart. There are two ways to get to the Caribbean from San Jose. The northern route goes through the rain forest, mountains and the national park. It is the fastest and most efficient with the best roads - a four hour drive. I went that way by tour van last Februar...

From San Jose we took a bus south that got us to Cartago. Cartago is the old Capitol of Costa Rica. It was busy with locals selling fruit, buses zooming here and there, school children skipping on the side walks etc. We asked about five different people how to catch a bus to Jardin Lankaster, finally getting to the right destination. We took a b...

Dagen etter rafting og med en god Tico-frokost i magen, dro vi fra Heredia og inn til San Jose for aa plukke opp Amelle. Sammen dro vi tre soerover til den lille landsbyen Orosi. Det eneste vi visst var at vi ville bort fra San Jose igjen, og vi endte opp med Orosi. Orosi ligger i en frodig dal med vulkansk jord. Det gode klimaet og det rike jor...

Sorry to be MIA on e-mail and blog for so long. I got horribly sick Tuesday night, and didn't really feel like myself completely (as in I can do whatever I want) until today. In a nutshell, I got "el virus" (pronounced "el birus" which is confusing since "biru" is "beer" in Japanese). The virus is going around town -- Dylan had it about 5 days b...

     " 'The beginning of the school year for the Education Ministry (in Costa Rica) is an exercise in how to control Murphy's Law.' "

    - Minister Leonardo Garnier (as quoted in the Feb. 8, 2008 Tico Times, Costa Rica's English language newspaper)



Unbeknownst to me when I booked my trip in December, I planned my arrival i...

So I´m back in Orosi after four months, and it´s weird. Everything is the same - the Coto still overcharges for beer and OTIAK even has that same brownies mixed with cigarettes smell. I´m back in my old house with my first host family, who are just as fun as ever. I find myself slipping into my old Orosi habits, relishing the easiness of this li...

One week of orientation with the other 21 volunteers of WorldTeach Costa Rica 007. We spent the majority of our time in meetings, drinking coffee with lots of sugar and practicing our Spanish. Each volunteer stayed with their own host family and throughout the week we had fun events to bring all the families and volunteers together such as a BIN...

I leave Orosi in an hour. It seems strange to think that this will no longer be my home, that I won't be spending mornings learning Spanish at Otiak, or evenings playing cards and enjoying a few Imperials at Coto. It's just so strange that I won't be able to giggle over coffee with Steph, Liz, and Christina every day while recounting the antics ...