Costa Rica
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Saturday, 18 Apr 2009 | Views [617]
When we get back to the San Jose house, we meet another of Andrea's family; this time her cousin; Pilar. Pilar's boyfriend lives two doors down so we spend the evening with them watching TV and drinking beer. Nice. Tomorrow is Sunday and the whole Familia ... Read more >
Thursday, 16 Apr 2009 | Views [612]
We finally pries ourselves away from the Caribbean and head back to San Jose, so we can pick up the keys for a beach house we've been offered on the Pacific coast. Andrea's Grandfather (Andrea being Alicia's brother's girlfriend) Snr Forn and Uncle ... Read more >
Monday, 13 Apr 2009 | Views [646]
Let's go to the beach. Caribbean or Pacific? Caribbean or Pacific? Errr...Caribbean. There are two places we want to see. One is Cahuita - the first main settling spot for Afro-Caribbeans in Costa Rica, and the other is Puerto Viejo. They're close ... Read more >
Sunday, 12 Apr 2009 | Views [494]
It's Easter Sunday but it doesn't feel like it - no church, no brunch, no chocolate eggs or jellybeans. So to compensate for what we're missing we go on a Canopy Tour in the morning. Canopy tours are connected zip lines above the rain forest. So ... Read more >
Saturday, 11 Apr 2009 | Views [371]
Today we head over to Monteverde for forest activities. It's a 3.5 hour, mainly dirt road, drive around Largo Arenal for those of us with a hire car or a 2 hour Jeep-Boat-Jeep ride for everyone else. What do I mean by Jeep-Boat-Jeep? Well take a guess ... Read more >
Thursday, 9 Apr 2009 | Views [374]
Our next trip is to La Fortuna, which is a small town at the base of Vulcan Arenal. Vulcan Arenal is a very active volcano - so active in fact that at night you can go and see the red lava rocks flowing down its side (during the day they just look ashen ... Read more >
Tuesday, 7 Apr 2009 | Views [672]
Costa Rica is a land of many volcanoes. Did you know that? We didn't. Everywhere you look on the map, there's Vulcan X, Y & Z. Apparently there's a pretty interesting one not far from San Jose. "Not far from" is of course a stupid term for ... Read more >
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Sunday, 5 Apr 2009 | Views [773]
Arriving into San Jose airport, we are greeted by our extended family member; Esteban. Esteban is Alicia's brother's girlfriend's cousin and has somehow landed the unenviable task of picking us up from the airport and welcoming us to Costa Rica. Despite ... Read more >
