Destination: Costa Rica

LA to San Jose via San Salvadore

Mon, 1 Mar 2010 | By kazdavevaughan | Views [455]

Taca airline business class how luck are we.top flight and service.Hired a little Getz from Adobe rent a car San Jose.Equipped with GPS and directions from our host off we trekked on right hand side of the road(most times?).Beautiful countryside,stopping ... Read more >

A Costa Rican nutshell.

Tue, 23 Feb 2010 | By robrobjos | Views [1003] | Comments [1]

Reluctantly leave Nicaragua, feel sad. Hit infamously slow border crossing between Nicaragua and Costa Rica (because of age old rivalry, feuding, mutual discontent) queue in several seemingly needless passport queues for hours, enter Costa Rica. ... Read more >

Photos: Costa Rica

Mon, 1 Feb 2010 | By claire_agni | Photo Gallery

Photos: Costa Rica

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 | By clare_tommy | Photo Gallery

Chirping Ceiling Lizards

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 | By claire_agni | Views [2368] | Comments [4]

Lizards are abundant here. At night they all gather together on the ceiling, and while you´re doing your haterchy night watch between the hours of 6 and 6, you can lay down and watch them run around. They also chirp, or make a sound like chirping. I´ve ... Read more >

Depends on the river

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 | By claire_agni | Views [748] | Comments [6]

¨Depends on the river.´´ We hear that a lot. It means that we may not be able to leave our camp because the river is too high (remember the part where we have to wade through to get to the other side?) It hasn´t been too bad the few times I've done ... Read more >

Brasil

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 | By katieburns | Views [350]

Iguazu on the Brazil side is equally as spectacular and gives you an overeall view of the entire waterfalls. A trip highlight for me! We decided to hit the beach and head straight to Florianapolis. We spent one week a few party nights, beach days and ... Read more >

Y despues...

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By claire_agni | Views [532] | Comments [5]

Had a long day. Super tired, and tomorrow´s going to be even rougher. Have to be at the bus station at 6 for 5 hours of driving. Then when we get there, we have to wade a river and walk a mile, and it´s going to be hotter than hell. I just really hope ... Read more >

Day Uno

Tue, 19 Jan 2010 | By claire_agni | Views [672] | Comments [1]

In Alajuela, Costa Rica which is just outside San Jose. Haven´t seen much of it yet; got in around seven last night and then had to wait at the airport for another bloke (I saw that cause he´s from London) to get in. We ate dinner, which was spaghetti, ... Read more >

Gallery: Monterverde/La Fortuna

Fri, 20 Nov 2009 | By ole_thirsty | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Montezuma/Quepos

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 | By ole_thirsty | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Santa Teresa/Mal Pais

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 | By ole_thirsty | Photo Gallery

Costa Rica

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [3081] | Comments [1]

La Cruz to Rio Sereno 12/10/09 to 3/11/09 - 952 km (total km’s 17700) Costa Rica, Pura Vida One of the joys of bike touring is not always so much about the riding, but it’s about getting to out of the way places and experiencing nature.... Read more >

Tags: beach, costa rica, cycling, cycling friends, turtles, wildlife

Gallery: Costa Rica

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Photo Gallery

Oy, what did I eat?

Sat, 7 Nov 2009 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1070]

Through my travels, I've shared the good and the bad, so now it's time for the ugly. All three elements are bound to occur (although I hope for mostly the first of three). As I lay here in a dilapidated room in Playa El Coco (situated on the Pacific) ... Read more >