Destination: Costa Rica

Scary night in San Jose

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1709]

            I landed in Costa Rica tonight. I went through Customs (which took over an hour) and got another passport stamp. Right outside, I met a young man named Adrian, from France. He asked if I wanted to share a taxi, but I told him we should ... Read more >

Tags: I should have known better!

Gallery: August sunsets

Sun, 19 Aug 2007 | By katebravado | Photo Gallery

Gallery: All over

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 | By katebravado | Photo Gallery

Where are you now?

Wed, 8 Aug 2007 | By katebravado | Views [899]

Hey kidlets - sorry for the long hiatus... we met some butterflies and their babies, and some snakes, we saw dolphins, turltes and many many buses. We walked long and far and now we are home cause our hats our hanging and our shoes are on the front ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, on the road

Borders

Mon, 23 Jul 2007 | By katebravado | Views [1009] | Comments [2]

Well, it´s quite a leap for me as an Aussie to understand the whole nature of borders. An invisible line which dictates the division of one country from another, it costs money to cross and you must have your passport with you...strange goings on. ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, costa rica

Rolling on

Sat, 7 Jul 2007 | By katebravado | Views [778] | Comments [1]

Sooo it takes Gabriel and I about 25 mins to walk to town from our new house. Add to that the fact that we have the most incredible panoramic view from our little lounge room and cable television and you might be partially correct in thinking that ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, snow

Costa Rica

Sat, 7 Jul 2007 | By moley | Views [678] | Comments [2]

Hi all, now in Costa Rica. We crossed the border from Nicaragua through a small door where we had to pay a dollar, this was the local tax to get to the immigration office! We then had to line up and wait for hours at both the Nicaraguan exit and the ... Read more >

Tags: Party time

Gallery: costa rica

Sat, 7 Jul 2007 | By moley | Photo Gallery

Gallery: Costa Rica

Sun, 24 Jun 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Photo Gallery

Putting it to the People

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 | By katebravado | Views [877] | Comments [4]

Well folks Gabriel and I are now into our third month on the road, and we've got the mosquito bites to prove it! One of the reasons that there have been no entries for the last few weeks is that Gabriels school work finally arrived and I started back ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, work

Welcoming June

Sun, 3 Jun 2007 | By katebravado | Views [738] | Comments [2]

Well June has rolled in and bought with it sunshine glorious sunshine to our dampened spirits! Hoorah. Gabriel was struck down with a horrible gastro virus for the last week which hit him hard. It coincided with a week of torrential rain and flooding ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, doctors, hospitals & health

AARRGGGHHH

Mon, 28 May 2007 | By katebravado | Views [1110] | Comments [1]

Cabin Fever. Listless limbs, walking in ever decreasing circles, Not sure which is thicker outside, the rain or the mosquitoes. Eyes flash at each other, What did you say. The phone rings - its' the outside world greeted with desperate smiles, kids ... Read more >

Tags: beaches & sunshine, costa rica

All over the world

Thu, 24 May 2007 | By katebravado | Views [1670]

Dona Angelina Salas was Gabriels great grandmother on his grandmothers side, and a highly regarded woman in Puerto Jimenez. She had 12 children and 88 grandchildren and I don't think anyone had bothered to count the great grandchildren of which Gabriel ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, family

Things roll on

Thu, 24 May 2007 | By katebravado | Views [12296] | Comments [3]

Just thought I better let you all know what happened with the dog Osa - cause I didn't want anyone losing sleep and feeling 'out of the loop'. So, we did infact find her again as the photos show. She was equally thrilled to see us and happily followed ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, friends

Gallery: The wet season

Wed, 23 May 2007 | By katebravado | Photo Gallery