Destination: Costa Rica

Rachel writes about a taste in the life of gringos in Costa Rica!

Sun, 25 May 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [1471] | Comments [3]

What follows a slightly more factual account of our time here, to complement Dan´s sitcom!   At the time of writing, it´s 10.30am on Sunday morning here in Santiago de Puriscal in Costa Rica.    Dan and I are catching up with our emails for the ... Read more >

Tags: cabanas siempre verde, mastatal

Gallery: Monteverde / La Fortuna

Sun, 25 May 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Photo Gallery

Costa Rica Rundtrip mit Familie

Sat, 24 May 2008 | By andi | Views [1090]

Meine Meinung nach 8 Monaten Costa Rica wirklich alles gesehen und erlebt zu haben wurde abrupt revidiert. Man nehme meine Schwester Elli mit zwei Freundinen Beate und Helga, drei die nicht von traurigem Gemuet sind, meinen Vater als weisen Berater und ... Read more >

Tags: karibik cahuita nationalpark tortuguero

Gallery: CR Pflanzen

Sat, 24 May 2008 | By andi | Photo Gallery

Monteverde

Sat, 24 May 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [415]

We´re now in Monteverde in the cloud forest of inland Costa Rica where the weather is sunny in the mornings and currently bucketing it down all afternoon. Today we went on a zip-lining tour over the forests and through the trees, which was ... Read more >

Turtles... what turtles?

Thu, 22 May 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Views [368]

After a brief trip back to Manchester (congratulations Angela and Darren!), we flew on down to San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. (It´s actually embarrassing how much geography I am learning on this trip but yes, I can now name the capitals ... Read more >

Gallery: Tortuguero

Thu, 22 May 2008 | By stu_n_anna | Photo Gallery

<still alive

Sat, 17 May 2008 | By o0eva0o | Views [927]

<its been a few weeks since my last post. <letäs see what has happened, a new volunteer has joined me, <tom a young brit. what else ohh today new ppl will also be joining us about 12 or so. <however iäm in <san jose leaving for Quepos ... Read more >

Photos: Costa Rica

Mon, 5 May 2008 | By agradecidotraveler | Photo Gallery

hombre grande

Mon, 5 May 2008 | By o0eva0o | Views [6451]

That is the tree that ´I have for the pass 4-5 days been drinking. In english it´s called bitterwood. And yes it´s very bitter! I have been drinking this for my many mosquito bites. The tree is said to have a cleansing affect in the blood and allowing ... Read more >

My favorite "Soda" in San Pedro

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [3194] | Comments [2]

In Costa Rica they have places called "Sodas" which are small cheap restaurants where Costa Ricans eat often to avoid spending money in more expensive restaurants. At this particular soda in San Pedro they offer you steak, a pork chop, or fish along ... Read more >

Het begin van mijn reizen

Wed, 30 Apr 2008 | By caspar | Views [822] | Comments [1]

Hehe, Eindelijk de tijd en de middelen om weer wat interesse bij het thuisfront op te wekken. Een computer met degelijke internet verbinding is hier natuurlijk niet overal vanzelfsprekend. Gelukkig zijn er hier in dit superhostel Oasis in Granada, Nicaragua ... Read more >

Gallery: CR Besucher

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 | By andi | Photo Gallery

Gallery: La Fortuna

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 | By caspar | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Monteverde

Tue, 29 Apr 2008 | By caspar | Photo Gallery