BR in Costa Rica

Trip Start Mar 17, 2008
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Flag of Costa Rica  , Province of San Jose,
Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Costa Rica was my first chance to really try out my wilting Spanish for the first time in 6 years. I made some friends on the plane trip across which really highlighted how much I had lost.

The side of Costa Rica we saw with the kids was completely different to the Costa Rica I new. We were taken  around in a new private bus and saw the fruits of the tourist dollar at work. It wasn't the real Costa Rica. That said it was really cool. We stayed at Pozo Azul this place which offers a heap of different activities. While there we went zip lining, white water rafting (sweeeeeet), rappelling and horse riding. It was fun. I made friends with a few off the staff who extended an open ended invitation to come back and stay at their house. I'm definitely going to take them up on that when I go back. I love tico's (Costa Ricans). They're so mellow and layed back. Even when I had to do a hospital run with one of our kids. At one of the other places we rafted in and stayed in a jungle camp. It was some of the most amazing view I've ever seen. We even hiked up to a legit indigenous and met this old guy living in the most simple of conditions and loving it. Cool.

From Costa Rica we were off to Panama... a new one for me and the company.
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