Arrecife Lodge Puerto Viejo

It was wonderful to sleep in a clean, air conditioned room last night. And it was even better to have a nice, hot shower this morning!
After a quick breakfast at the hotel, I headed to the beach. I walked along the beach and had fun taking pictures. I also sat on the beach and read on my Kindle. It was so nice and relaxing! The weather was a little cloudy but, later in the morning, the sun was ...

... ran into a bunch of friends from the show and had dinner with them at Chili Rojo. After dinner it was back to Johnny's where we did a lot of the same as the night before.

Our last day was a little disappointing as we had to deal with banking stuff so most of the day was spent in town on pay phones and at the internet cafe. We managed to get a little bit of beach time toward the end of the day, but other than that it was an uneventful day. Our last night ...

Awakened throughout the night by heavy rain leaves me to believe the beginning of the "green season" is approaching. I believe it goes from mid May through August. The rain can be a "come and go" or "here to stay" episode, you just never know. We picked the perfect time if so as our visit to Puerto Viejo has been dynamic. The sun began poking through the clouds about 6:30 a.m. and was very beautiful with the reflections off the ...

... to the puerto viejo open pro. went and had lunch grabbed a pizza some beer a watched till it started raining went back to the hostel, started drinking and had a brownie moment with my girl Iowa. now I'm sitting here waiting for the ride of my life.. need to wake up bright and early so will hit the bed after i show these guys i can hang but no one thinks so i can; time will tell..> it didn't hit so ...

... same idea and the same dream - to work together to help somebody to make a better life. I was a volunteer at Cocles elementary school, close to Puerto Viejo de Limon on the Caribbean coast. My host family was a continual coming and going of many people: mum, dad, two daughters, the grandmother and grandfather, an uncle and a little ...

... in poor repair; of our two showers, only one yielded hot water, and there was that kitchen... But it turns out what he really meant was, "no one works here." If something broke, he could hire someone to fix it, but it was hit-or-miss whether the guy would even show up when he said he would, much less whether he would get the job done. People made plans and broke them; reservations and appointments meant little, and the locals operated on what my psych ...

... called Samara. This place was recommended by several people so we were excited to go. Four buses, a boat and 12 hours later we arrived at the point of destination. After a long day of travelling the shock and horror of it`s primary touristgroups hit us like a ton of bricks. Dutch families (nearly the Tokkie-Flodder kind) and american christian missionaries everywhere! Needless to say, we ...

... from Nicaragua and after nearly being hit by numerous cars (they will drive on the wrong side of the road) i decided to stick to the pedestrian areas. This is where we saw our first cow statue - a pole dancing cow complete with g string and false eyelashes. Further up the road was another colourfully pained cow, and then a statue of 2 cows dancing. I still dont know what was going on. On the way back to the hostel we tried to find the other hostel to check it out. We ...

... which go the adrenaline pumping. That night I bumped into a few friends from Guatemala and had a couple of coldies. The next day I went to San Jose so I could head off to the Caribbean. I stayed a night in my usual hostel and I got an email from a Swedish girl I met in Fortuna saying she wanted to tag along. Me and Martha headed off the next day and checked into Rocking J's. For 5 bucks we were given a hammock and access to the amazing Caribbean beaches. We met a bunch of ...

... on every rock! Then got taken on an afternoon minivan to Puerto Viejo, a little afro-caribbean town on the southeast coast of C.R. Accommodation of choice was a place called Rocking J´s, a huge hostel on the beach where you could sleep in hammocks or tents. Timing was a bit rough though, was stuck there over semana santa when the town got crushed with ...