Hard Rock Resort and Casino Jaco

We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is ...

Small village on the main road but Tucan Hotel set back. Not cheap and only 2 showers/toilets shared between up to 4 people in treehouse, 4 in hammocks, multiple others camping plus 12 people in dorms when fully occupied. Female shower/toilet always full of men as bigger - thankfully came when quiet.

Cocked up the directions to the falls, Cascadas Verde & didn't turn left before hardware store. Ended up crossing the river ...

... the Moutain of Death.

The Moutain of Death is a mountain range on the InterAmerican Highway that got that name long before cars were around when people used to cross this moutain range by foot, horse, or donkey. Many people died back then and this moutain was almost the dealth of poor Wesley as well! We barely made it over the pass as Wesley was sputtering, blowing smoke, and wouldn´t go over 40 kms. We even pulled over and Devin replaced the fuel filter as ...

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Had to change plans as there was no space at Sirena Ranger Station. Margarita was able to organise alternative route into Corcovado
Got Marvi bus to Sierpe. Stayed in good cabinas and had excellent meal in their restaurant

... a few frogs, which are even cooler. These are about as different from the brown frogs in England as you could imagine - think of the sorts of photos or video of exotic frogs that you might see in nature magazines or documentaries and you're on the right lines. I had always assumed that the colours were enhanced for publication, but I can tell you that no, these rainforest creatures really do look like that!

... the shuttle and was surprised to find that I would be sharing it with only two other fellows. They were from Panama and clued me in on some dos and donts of staying in Jaco. Half way there, the driver stopped at an open air restaurant in the mountains. They were cooking rice, beans, chicken and potatoes outside and the ...

... w me/w my spanish dictionary and sunblock, and thank God Jamies camera! I'm doing fine down here other than being a little home sick. This weekend im going to a mountain called Rincon with the some of the school, we will get to the adveture at 730 and do activities, repelling and rock climbing, canopy zip lines,! tubing down a river and to get to each activity we will be horseback riding! lunch is included 2, but we have to stay a night ...

... positioned hinself sat at the front of the stage where he was free to add to other peoples performances or disrupt them depending on what charachter he was up against. He had my vote for the entertainment factor, but the dj and a big chunk of the crowd preferred Mr Bling Bling (basically a seventies disco dude with dollar medallion and funky affro, his act consisted of flexing and pointing to people in the crowd, grinning and pointing. He didnt even attempt to dance much). I couldnt help ...

... past is obviously interesting and we take the conversation down that road. Before he was successfully diagnosed, he believed for a number of years that he could hear Gods voice. He made a change to a god fearing minister from a tough, heavy rocker dealing with explicit and dark lyrics, on the road with bands and all that comes with it. He no longer played those type of songs and if my hazy memory serves me right he started playing religious music instead. It was only when he was ...

... in the boonies you are or in how beat up the bus is; if there are paying passengers, there are hungry countryman, and the vendors are working. As we approach Matagalapa, we pass a few organic coffee coops. We get to the terminal and have to catch a taxi across town to the next terminal. It seems each town has a road in and a road out. And if you are not a local bus running around the city, you don't get to pass through. So to pass through, you taxi across ...