Destination: Costa Rica

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Day 0: cruzando el charco

Wed, 17 Nov 2010 | By jgl97 | Views [455]

Leaving at 6pm

Photos: Cahuita

Fri, 5 Nov 2010 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

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Tormenta

Fri, 5 Nov 2010 | By viajerofrye | Views [557]

Today is the fifth day in November, and already there has been more rain recorded for the month than in the last 20 years! Every day since my arrival in Mastatal has been rain – for four straight days! And we’re not just talking ... Read more >

Cahuita

Thu, 4 Nov 2010 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1085]

Four days of rain have passed, and for the past couple of days there've been no buses to Panama via Paso Canoas or Rio Sereno since the road is washed out. Rain and thunder have wreaked havoc all over the Land of Pura Vida; all last night I listened ... Read more >

Paradise

Wed, 3 Nov 2010 | By viajerofrye | Views [471]

Paradise is no longer elusive – I found it! When planning began back in the states, I imagined this trip to have only one phase. But as we know things rarely go according to plan. The first phase of my trip was that of acclimation: getting around ... Read more >

Travel Day. Crap.

Tue, 2 Nov 2010 | By viajerofrye | Views [844] | Comments [1]

I knew it wasn’t going to be easy. Travel days during this journey rarely are, and often test not only my soul, but also the will and desire to remain in Costa Rica. Today was no exception. At 11:30 am, after waiting all morning ... Read more >

Photos: Manuel Antonio

Mon, 1 Nov 2010 | By viajerofrye | Photo Gallery

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Where The Wild Things Are

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 | By ryanandjo | Views [3133] | Comments [1]

With active volcanoes, dripping cloud forests and palm tree lined beaches on both coasts it’s easy to see why Costa Rica is a popular travel destination. It’s home to a huge variety of wildlife with some 228 mammal, 10,000 plant and 36,000 insect ... Read more >

Tags: dominical, manuel antonio, monteverde, montezuma, quepos

Season of Change

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 | By viajerofrye | Views [466]

Halloween and the season of change make for my favorite time of year. A landscape full of oranges and reds, pumpkins for carving, apples for picking, cooler days and the smell of wood-burning stoves. And Halloween… whoa! I mean, scary ... Read more >

Weekly Planner

Fri, 29 Oct 2010 | By viajerofrye | Views [485]

Next time, if there is a next time, I’m traveling lighter. Even with the box of stuff I sent home I still have way too many things, and hardly use any of them. Anyway, during the grand event of packing this evening I stumbled upon my poor, neglected ... Read more >

Traveling Man

Thu, 28 Oct 2010 | By viajerofrye | Views [493]

Hi-ya folks! No, I didn't forget about you over the last three weeks, and (thankfully) the snake meal was not the end of me. After a short trip to Quepos and Manuel Antonio with friends from Roberts Farm, I went to Villas Mastatal - the most perfect place ... Read more >

Photos: Snake, it's what's for dinner!

Wed, 27 Oct 2010 | By viajerofrye | Photo Gallery

For the second day in a row, Emily spotted a Fur-de-lance pit viper right off the front porch in a garden where she was working. The decision was made to kill the snake, with the plan to use as much of it as possible. We are drying the skin and head for ... Read more >
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Deep Thoughts (readers proceed with caution)

Tue, 26 Oct 2010 | By viajerofrye | Views [561]

The desired effect of working alone in the garden is to think. Not about day to day life with questions like what am I doing next? how can I do this more efficiently? where am I going this weekend? No - thinking in the garden is about digging ... Read more >

Trial by Fire

Mon, 25 Oct 2010 | By viajerofrye | Views [436] | Comments [1]

I really dislike itchy rashes. Poison ivy… vile stuff. I get it every year and there is just nothing pleasant about it. I end up scratching until my skin is raw and bleeding, then add some ethyl alcohol to dry it out and burn the stuff ... Read more >