C & J Cabinas Puerto Viejo

... enough to give me a bit of a sunburn.
After spending the morning at the beach, I showered and went into town. The other people in my group went to eat at the same restaurant we ate at yesterday. I decided to try a different restaurant. I have been dying for pizza so I went to Ami Modo, an Italian restaurant that was highly recommended by one of our taxi drivers. I had a table on the beach and ...

... Puerto Viejo was great. We went back to Cafe Viejo and had an incredible meal and then headed off to the bar on the corner where there was live reggae. We listened to this guy who sounded just like Bob singing all of his best tracks. Then a few guest MC's and vocalist got on stage and sang along with him and a couple of them were quite good. We called it a night after a very good last impression of PV and geared up for our departure for Bocas the next morning.

... than 6,400 acres were affected. This number doesn't include the banana fields from the big banana companies in the country. Winds were up to the speed of 100 kilometers per hour. Temperatures reached 13 degrees ...

... very nice...let apart the dirt rocky road that leads to it. We sometimes wondered if we were on the right road, thinking that this inconvenient path could not be the way to a national point of interest. That happened a lot during our trip but we only had to remind ourselves to think Central America, the land where bus terminals are empty parking lots, restaurants are little carts on the streets and roads are narrow dirt paths. It is just a ...

... r jul, og de der er her i julen får næsten alle sammen besøg eller bor hos en familie så jeg synes det er rigtig dejligt de kommer :) Jeg er så småt ved at kigge på hvad jeg skal vise dem af gode steder. December og januar er sommermåneder her i Tamarindo så der er højest sandsynligt sol hele tiden de 2 uger de er her! Det tror jeg de sætter pris på ;) Det var alt for denne gang, der er en masse billeder I kan se fra turen og fra den sidste bytur også. Knus fra mig

... who turns his back on the waves, neglects to shuffle his feet in stingray territory, or otherwise forgets that this is Poseidon's world; we're just playing in it. It is with equal clarity, however, that I remember the first time I braved the gentle swells at Corona Del Mar and swam all the way out past the breakers by myself. The fear that had shot through my nerves and crackled in my toes and fingertips turned to raw energy, and then to elation. I might always be at a ...

... companions; I tamed a baby lizard that ran across our table whilst we were eating at a restaurant, me and Oli caught a massive crab (pictures to follow) and Oli and Ellie have encountered an angry monkey and a racoon during walks in the national park. Rachael stuck with the winged-variety however, allowing a free-for-all for the local mosquitos on her legs. She literally has more bites than hairs and claims that she has 97 on one leg - although this may be an exaggeration as ...

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 perfect German synchronicity, Steffi just arrived and came out of the customs area when we walked ...

... for a night or two. Cahuita is located on the Caribbean Sea in Costa Rica and has a National Park with some beautiful beaches at its doorstep. That afternoon we headed out for lunch and found our new 'favourite place' restaurant which was run by a friendly Rastafarian guy whom was a gem. Afterwards we hit the beach. The Beach closest to town is Playa Blanca and is back by jungle. It's a gorgeous setting ...

... eine gelbe "Oropel" (Palmenvip**) hoch oben im Baum - die **ste Schlange, die wir in Costa Rica zu Gesicht bekamen. Endlich! Und **st noch giftig. ;-) Wir amuesi**ten uns ob ein** Krabbe, die sich aufstellt und droht, wenn man sich ihr naeh**t. Ansonsten sahen wir nur einen Fregattvogel und viele T**miten-Nest**. Nachdem wir den Park v**lassen hatten, entschieden wir uns spontan, nach Bri Bri, einem kleinen laendlichen Staedtchen, zu fahren. Es gab dort keine ...