I had a good meal last night. My dinner had lots of vegetables. Its so hard to get vegetables for dinner here. Always dodgy little salads, so I really enjoyed my dinner with a big head of broccoli, cauliflower, beans, carrots…
Mundo de los Insectos
Today I visited another animal related place. This time it was Mundo de los Insectos or the world of insects. Yes for some people this would have been hard to stomach. Lots of very huge bugs both alive and dead.…
The 3 F words
F’in Flying Fox……Yes today I did what is known as a Canopy tour, because well you hang in and above the canopy. This Canopy tour was 15 flying foxes or ziplines spread through primary growth cloud forest. The forest is…
Orchids and frogs
Well I started today with the so called jeep-boat-jeep trip from La Fortuna to Monteverde. The bus apparently takes 8+ hrs to negotiate 136kms of bad roads. The jeep-boat-jeep option cuts it down to a 3hr trip. But there are…
La Fortuna
Well my first full day in Costa Rica is over. I planned to try and see the Arenal Volcano, but the view from my room had it covered in cloud. I asked about seeing the lava flow from the other…
Border crossing
Well lets just say I arose early this morning after my afternoon lap lasted 13 hours or so. Must have been the sleep deprivation on the ferry. I caught the express boat back to San Carlos, I had no idea…
El Castillo
The ride along the river to El Castillo was stunning. I’d say it felt Amazon like, but I’ve haven’t been down the amazon yet.It took 3 hours and it rained most of the way. As we rounded the bend all…
The ferry to San Carlos
9 bloody hours on a ferry at night……Well it started with waiting to buy a ticket. Having secured my 1st class ticket for about $4 I waited for the ferry. It arrived and there were a few other foreigners who…
Birds, Monkeys and Moonrises
So when I last left you I was on a crappy internet and computer. Ok things have improved, the snobbish hotel down the road where rooms start at $55 (sounds cheap hey) have a computer with a screen that does not…
Mountainbiking, Nica style.
Today I decided to hire a mountain bike and go for a ride. The first one had a flat tyre. The second one was ok, but the seat couldn’t be adjusted so I kept on riding along the road between…