Resort Martino Hotel & Spa
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Shopping, black sand beach
... not like we had much time for that anyway, since we didn't get checked out of our hotel until almost 11.
We cabbed down to the ATEC office to meet up with Lauren. She tagged along with the 4 of us as Sara and I led the charge to get all of our misc souvenirs / gifts for people. Not much to report today, but there were a few highlights:
- Finally hunting down Pisco, the liquor Carol and i loved in Monteverde
- Discovering recycled item jewelry. I bought ...
Living the good life with good friends
... she protectively watches over them through the day. We’re happy to have made a little parrot family!
Life at La Virgen is muy tranquilo (peaceful), getting up at sunrise, eating fresh mango and papaya for breakfast, working in the forest with Elise and Rigoberto til noon, returning home to a delicious Rigoberto-made lunch of beans and rice, doing computer work and relaxing in the hammock for the afternoon, and then going to bed around 9 at ...
Potholes, Waterfalls, and Chiquita Banana
... sides. It seemed like most of the traffic was on one side so we hung around there for the most part. There was a line of red taxis on that side as well so we figured if someone was stopping to pick anyone up, it would be there. By the way, we knew we had been dropped off some time around 8:30 but neither of us knew the time after that.
So while we were waiting several things happened...as we were walking around we saw a squirrel which was no ...
Getting crazy
... snake which we could even see. The ranger only told us there might be one . . .
Enjoying the beautiful view we were faced with our next challenge:
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Experiences of a lifetime
... old-self (I’ve missed her); learned new life lessons and reinforced the ones worth keeping. I’d say that’s quite an accomplishment. I just hope they stick. They probably will be with me (always) in some form.
I’ll be home by the end of the week, relaxed and ready to get back to my life in a new and improved way. I keep going back to what Dr. Kelley told me after the medical relief portion of my trip: although the ...
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- Swimming pool
- Room service
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Restaurant
- Fitness/Health center
- Business Services