Ana y Jose Hotel

... . Brian knew where to stay in Las Claritas - he'd been there before with Mike and Amy and with Heather. We checked into a spacious, grassy hotel with rooms costing 12000 Bs. The TV was on in the bar area showing the NBA Final: San Antonio v. New York. I ...

... treat! Leaving the Britt factory with Tommy Cannon and Bobby Ball drinking large mugs of their precious cafe, Ana and I returned to downtown San Jose and the hotel returning the hire car on the way. That evening we had our "last supper" together, a ...

We wrapped up our stay at the Casa Alegre Hotel in Santa Ana.  We really enjoyed walking around this quaint old downtown.  While Santa Ana is now surrounded by the encroaching suburbs and commercialism of Escazu, the town center still has a ...

... attractive clean and welcoming and you are glad you have finally arrived.  We are staying initially at the Luisiana Hotel in the Santa Ana district of San Jose. It's a cute, if out of the way 'boutique' hotel that is comfortable and stylish. It's ...

... a crazy little rattle box to explore the country for the month.  Pictures to be added later. We had to drive to our hotel in Santa Ana.  I have driven across the US many times, I have driven through europe and to Mexico City.   I would like ...

... Hotel: A mighty 14 UK Pounds at the Hotel Aranjuez in Costa Rica. Complete luxury and the best brekky in town! Cheapest Hotel: A whopping 90p for the lovely Posada Xetewal in San Pedro, Guatemala. Act of Kindness: While we were hitch-hiking in ...

Three hours after leaving Jaco we arrived into the hustle and bustle of San Jose. We settled into our hotel and to our delight found white fluffy towels, hot water and comfy beds, such a treat and one we've said we'll stick to in major cities. We set out ...

... of Gallo Pinto (rice and beans) and established my three objectives for the day. 1) Collect Hire Car. 2) Locate Hotel near Airport and 3) Collect Ana from the airport - Yes the start of my 10 day holiday had finallyarrived. After the hardships of ...

... the birds singing in the morning, all new songs and beautiful.  Birds here in the lush greenery of our backyard at the hotel/b&b.  We learned that there are more bird species here in CR than in the whole United States and Canada.  CR ...

... all could meet one another.  We made many friends and compared stories as to how we arrived in Costa Rica.  The hotel we stayed in was very nice but there seemed to be some confusion over our room when we first arrived.  Its proximity ...

We're here!  Flew into pouring rain.  It has cleared up now, it's very beautiful and green!  Dave and Sydney went for a walk and Miranda is napping.  I look forward to seeing more of the view that I can see from our b&b. We're ...

... out. The well informed were actually pretty spot on and, having left around 0945, we arrived at our destination, the Hotel Royal Corin situated extremely close to the imposing Mount Arenal (which incidentally means sand in Spanish) just a whisker outside ...

... . I had arranged for a taxi to my lodging via the Internet, so was looking among the sea of signs for one that read "Hotel Espana" or "Farrell." I finally spotted it and met Joseph, a late teen in scruffy clothes. "Wait," he says, "I have to make a ...

... we have to go,  or what´s at the other end.  But we decided to go on and everything worked out perfectly. The hotel in Amatlan de Canas was fairly large, almost empty  and had 3 huge pools with varying degrees of hot water.  We ...

... and also to visit the playground there... we used to play there when we first arrived in Costa Rica when we stayed at the first hotel, Casa de Alegre.  They also stopped by the hotel for a visit and Dave got to see Juan Carlos again, a nice guy whom ...

... ...). After 2 days of no electricity and water though, we had to move to one of THE crappiest hotels (called the Hotel Colina, sorry Pier Luigi) for a couple of painful nights. One breakfast reduced us to hysterics- We should have ...

... bit of the Catholic Mass there, we also took a picture on the Cathedral steps (but i can't upload it becasue this is the Hotel computer). Then we took a walk across the square to the Art Center/Art School. We toured the show rooms, and even met a young ...