Destination: Costa Rica

Coasting Costa

Sun, 6 Jan 2008 | By marie-danielle | Views [535]

On a very turbulant night we finally arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica. The clouds were dark and misty, clearing just a little for us to see the last of the sunset. After 2 nights and a day in San Jose we were ready to leave on our adventure to the ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gallery: Cascade Verde

Thu, 3 Jan 2008 | By francesanddavid | Photo Gallery

For the Birds

Thu, 3 Jan 2008 | By connieandjohn | Views [856]

What do we find so fascinating about bird watching?   First of all it’s a great excuse to be outdoors.   Searching for new species and old favorites requires you to pay attention. You use all of your senses and tend to see so much more.   You need ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation

Cascade Verde, Uvita

Wed, 2 Jan 2008 | By francesanddavid | Views [1299]

Uvita is just past Dominical which is a surfer town. Both towns border the Pacific Ocean. On the bus on the way out, we noticed Finca Ipe (the organic farm which provided the original inspiration for Costa Rica as our travel destination). After we ... Read more >

The road to AMRTA

Tue, 1 Jan 2008 | By francesanddavid | Views [866]

On our way to Costa Rica, we stopped in Atlanta on December 28th, and spent the night in a hostel. A fellow there named Sam regaled us with stories based on his political humour, and he kept us up (in stitches) all night. We had 3 hours sleep before ... Read more >

Gallery: San Isidro

Tue, 1 Jan 2008 | By francesanddavid | Photo Gallery

Laying Low

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 | By connieandjohn | Views [880]

Between Christmas and New Year’s Ticos, as Costa Ricans are known, take the week off and head for the beaches and the national parks.   We had hoped to go from La Cruz to Laguna Arenal in the mountains but the hotels were full and it began to look ... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Gallery: Costa Rica

Mon, 31 Dec 2007 | By connieandjohn | Photo Gallery

La Cruz

Fri, 28 Dec 2007 | By connieandjohn | Views [867]

We went only as far as La Cruz, the first town with lodging and settled in the German-owned Bella Vista Hotel.   It is on the hill with a nice breeze and overlooks a beautiful bay.   There was a large group of bicyclists from Holland here last night ... Read more >

Tags: Beaches & sunshine

Nov2-Nov7

Sat, 15 Dec 2007 | By millmanapalm | Views [542] | Comments [1]

Friday, 2 We redid some of the concrete work on the shower. Also filled in the drainage with rocks. It works really well. Matt, Rebecca, and Erin began cleaning bamboo for the shower screen. before lunch we took tiles from the old shower. They were ... Read more >

Tags: Friends

Gallery: Inseltag

Thu, 13 Dec 2007 | By franzi | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Hier

Tue, 27 Nov 2007 | By franzi | Photo Gallery

Wann wenn nicht jetzt

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By franzi | Views [638]

Also hier nun the final blog. Der bleibt´s jetzt auch. Fotos gucken rechts, Geschichten erzaehl ich lieber per mail.

Tags: Culture

October 29- Nov 1

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By millmanapalm | Views [563]

Monday 29th Baking day! A couple of volunteers from Iguanan Chocolate stopped by to check out our awsome baking skills. They have a cobb oven but haven´t mastered it like Joey yet. Baking is an all day event. Sinead ended up helping cook every meal ... Read more >

Tags: Adventures

October 26- 28

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 | By millmanapalm | Views [687]

Friday continued. On our way home from Puriscal four people from University for Peace got on heading for Ranch Mastatal, to hang out for the weekend. We knew 2 of the girls from a past group. On the way home, though, Sineads foot began to swell and ... Read more >

Tags: Relaxation