Hotel Nine Jaco

... point a large crowd of people were gathered at a bridge and peering down at something, and a rescue attempt seemed to be in progress, but I couldn't see who or what was being rescued. I arrived at the School of the World in the early evening, and after two whole days was finally able to have a proper shower and get on a clean change of clothes!

... feeding frenzy sounds like a recipe for, no not disaster, an amazing dive and we were not disappointed. Even to the point whereby a 3.5 meter Galapagos shark decided to join us as well for 20 minutes of our 40 minutes underwater - just ask Alberto how big it was as he literally came face to face with it, I happened to be looking in his direction at this point and recall watching him jump in surprise as anyone would! 2/12/08 - I woke this morning feeling excited in ...

... take a canopy tour in the rainforest. There were zip lines running from treetop to treetop where we got to attach ourselves and fly from tree to tree. I had done a canopy tour in Puerto Rico as well, but here was much better. The view from the rainforest was great. We were able to see through the trees and out to the small mountain range. I was with a good size group of just my friends, which made it a lot of fun. After zip lining through the ...

Ever inserted a skewer in each of your ears simultaneously? Have you then grabbed the ends of said skewers (now protruding from your lugs) and twisted them at irregular but frequent intervals? Like me you probably haven't but if you had you would have some insight into the sensation I woke up to last Monday night. At first I thought that I had got too much sea water in my ears and that I just needed to jiggle it out. After about an hour of jiggliing (I have now developed quite a ...

... taking in the city of Santa Ana in the distance, and talking about life. We decided to descend though, so we could walk to the local store before the rain arrived punctually at 3pm. GUAVA TREES AND MOUNTAIN TOPS It was nice to have company on my first walk to the local grocery store. I have committed to doing that strenuous walk everyday and am happy to report ...

... It is times like this that you try as best you can to communicate no matter how stupid you look. He was as excited as I was but since we both didnt speak much of each other's language the conversation that ensued was pretty funny. I described it to him in the Spanish and he conveyed to me that if it pica my leg I go to Clinica. No Bueno for me. He then demontrated that if I went after it with a rake it would pica but if I stood a far it ...

We take a 4 hour bus journey through the cloud forests, breathtaking views, clouds dropping in front of us, The roads are crazy here, trucks speed past at unbelievable pace shaving the sides of the bus. Arrive late, we get more hassle, with locals trying to rob us, its a royal pain in the ass having to put up with this ****. Some kind lady picks us up and drops us to our hotel. We are staying in a pretty cabana overlooking the ocean, a hammock on the porch, and the garden is ...

We finally got off the sunloungers up in Tamarindo and headed inland to see...a volcano! Shock horror a volcano in Central America?! We spent 2 nights in La Fortuna, in the shadows of active volcano Arenal. On arriving the weather had the check to start raining and it didn't stop for most of the day. This made our family walk to what Lonely Planet rated as a nearby waterfall a failed mission. An hour in we were not near, we were soaked and the ...

... will please the guitar maestro. I leave to go back to my room and laugh hard. Nathans Place, Nathan and the people who hang about are not to everyones taste, there was a steady flow of backpackers coming in to have a look around and then swiftly leaving. We enjoyed it, it was very different and fun and I recommend it to anyone who likes rock music, surfing or just interesting conversations and episodes. After those few days at Nathans, we pack up and catch the bus to Dominical. The story will continue soon....

... will hold up; especially bouncing along on this dirt road. 2 hours into the trip I am wondering if people actually might ask the driver to pull over for a sec, when we enter Muy Muy. Muy Muy is a good size little town and it is the half way mark with a small terminal. But more incredibly, it is a 10 minute pit stop for all the folks in the same condition as me; gracias a dios! I pay a cordoba to use the "servicios"; the toilet rooms are operated by a young ...