Destination: Costa Rica

Orosi Valley

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 | By lisette_juffermans | Views [527]

Orosi 23-2-2008 In de week erna ben ik met Alex, de kleinzoon van Lila, naar de Orosi vallei geweest. 1 uur rijden hiervandaan. Erg bijzonder, door de suikerriet plantages de bergen in, veel watervallen, Eucalyptus bomen en uiteindelijk uitzicht ... Read more >

Floreana Island, Galapagos

Mon, 18 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [3233] | Comments [3]

We traveled about 8 hours last night to reach Post Office Bay on Floreana Island.  We headed to shore and our first stop was the Post Office.  Back in the late 18th century, a barrel was placed here by English whaling vessels to be used as a post office.... Read more >

Tags: The Great Outdoors

Irazu vulkaan

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 | By lisette_juffermans | Views [1187]

  Irazu 17-2-2008 Op Zondag de Irazu vulkaan bezocht met 8 meisjes van de Spaanse school hier, waarvan 7 Nederlands en 1 Amerikaanse. Een gezellige groep maar helaas zijn de meeste daarvan alweer vertrokken. Dat is het nadeel als je ergens langere ... Read more >

Gallery: Santa Teresa 27-01-2008

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By lisette_juffermans | Photo Gallery

Gallery: San Miguel 30-01-2008

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By lisette_juffermans | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Montezuma 26-01-2008

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By lisette_juffermans | Photo Gallery

Pavones

Sat, 16 Feb 2008 | By lisette_juffermans | Views [455]

Ook al aardig wat tripjes gemaakt! Het eerste weekend hier heeft Lila mij meegenomen naar een Ranch in de bergen dat van haar dochter Annabel en schoonzoon Mark is. Heet La Bella Vista Ranch en ze verhuren daar huisjes met n gigantisch mooi uitzicht ... Read more >

Juffie Juffermans

Fri, 15 Feb 2008 | By lisette_juffermans | Views [1000]

Escuela San Rafael - 26 februari 2008   M’n vierde week op La Escuela San Rafael. De eerste week was ik voornamelijk aan t assisteren en ontfermde ik mij over groep 1, de 6-jarige ukkies. De Engelse lessen startten de week erop. Die week erop kwamen ... Read more >

Bienvenidos a Costa Rica!

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 | By kirstenroche | Views [1129] | Comments [2]

Man oh man. Have not stopped. Spent my first flight from Seattle (on 3 hours of sleep) sitting next to a 19-year-old mother and her 1 and 2 year olds. We chatted, babysat, good times actually. 5-hour layover in Atlanta, rested a bit but didn't sleep ... Read more >

Tags: friends

Travel day to Alajuela

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [1279] | Comments [2]

I left Monteverde this morning to begin my way back to the San Jose area since I leave Costa Rica in the morning. I took a small van/bus and the trip took about 4-5 hours. The first 90 minutes were on a dirt road that was very pot holed, bumpy, curvy ... Read more >

Tags: On the Road

Gallery: Tamarindo- Playa Grande y Avellana 2-2-2008

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By lisette_juffermans | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Costa Rica

Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Photo Gallery

Quakers and the Monteverde Cheese Factory

Tue, 12 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [2813]

Chocolate cheese anyone?  They really did have it, along with smoked gouda, swiss, Monte Rico (my favorite), and cheddar.  The chocolate cheese really did taste like a combination of both.  But no, I didn't walk out with a package of it.  The ice cream ... Read more >

Tags: Food & eating

Walking on Bridges in the Cloud Forest

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [5096] | Comments [1]

Today I went to Selvatura Park, a tropical cloud forest that straddles the continental divide. They also had zipline tours but since I had already done that, I chose to take my time and see the cloud forest so I chose the suspension bridges. There were ... Read more >

Tags: Mountains

Itchy feet

Mon, 11 Feb 2008 | By lisette_juffermans | Views [558] | Comments [1]

Baan opgezegd, spullen opgeslagen en gegaan! Op naar La tierra de sueños! Het land van dromen? We'll see. 26 januari 2008 aangekomen. De eerste 2 weken met Nas de stranden en plaatsen aan de Westkust verkend en met name natuurlijk de surfstranden! ... Read more >

Tags: adventures