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Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By pwu | Views [540]
Jungle living was a little too still for me. I descended back into town for a coffee. For $1.60, I got a freshly grounded pot of
coffee, brewed on order. I sat in the
shop for a while, enjoyed this pot of strong coffee that appeared to ... Read more >
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By pwu | Views [614]
Tugged away in the jungle is this glorious tree house, like
Noe’s but ten times bigger. It's an eco-retreat and takes in volunteers to help around
the organic farm. Organic garden is more like it, as I haven't seen
any animals. I think ... Read more >
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By pwu | Views [1071]
While still sitting in the courtyard of Tucan Hotel, an old
gentleman approached me and asked if I was going to Cascada Verde. I said Yes!
We ascended into the jungle together, about 1.24 miles. Hans, frail old guy, from Germany, has ... Read more >
Thu, 23 Oct 2008 | By pwu | Views [563]
Peggy-the-no-good-farmer decided not to return to Noe’s
commune with Chris and Amanda. Actually,
I told him I wasn’t coming back when we were leaving. It didn’t go quite well with him, considering
he assumed I was going to stay for a ... Read more >
Wed, 22 Oct 2008 | By pwu | Views [443]
String of beaches line the southwest coast of CR. I don’t know
how the locals tell where one begins and one ends. There are that
many. They are pristine, warm, and
softly sandy. Best of all, we had it all
to ourselves. ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By pwu | Views [506]
As far as hostels go, Tucan Hotel is a five star. It is clean, friendly, and full of character. The courtyard was lit with lanterns, some made
from sea shells, others made from bold, colorful rice papers. To top it off, they are wrapped ... Read more >
Tue, 21 Oct 2008 | By pwu | Views [521] | Comments [1]
This morning, I composted, fed the animals, used a machette to cut banana leaves to feed the goat and the sheeps. This may sound like a lot of work, but in reality, it didn't take very long, maybe 90 minutes or so. Noe{s farm is not an industrial farm, ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 | By pwu | Views [528]
Little enthusiastic old dude. Expat who came in the 60{s and fell
in love with CR. He still thinks it{s 1969. He has a pocket alarm
clock that reminds him that something needs to be done at that moment,
but doesn{t quiet tell him what. I don{t ... Read more >
Mon, 20 Oct 2008 | By pwu | Views [326]
Trusty taxi driver Orlando picked me up from the airport and took
me to the bus station. I thought he was going to take me to San Isidro
de General where Noe{s farm is located three hours south of the
airport. Noe was suppose to pick me up from ... Read more >
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [2349]
Monteverde is one of Costa Rica´s top ´ecological´ tourist attractions – it consists of two large cloud forest reserves, below which are the two villages of Santa Elena and Monteverde – which, like Manuel Antonio, are little more than ribbon development ... Read more >
Tags: climate change, cloud forests, mass tourism, monteverde, santa elena
Thu, 16 Oct 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [2655] | Comments [1]
We left Bahia Drake and took the bus up to San Jose
along the Inter-american highway (which runs from Alaska
to the Darien Gap, Panama).
This gave us another opportunity to
experience the difference in the road system between Panama and ... Read more >
Tags: listening to instructions, losing stuff on buses
Tue, 7 Oct 2008 | By fishpaw | Photo Gallery
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