Category Archives: Costa Rica, 2013

Unfortunately our trip is nearly done, so we are on our way home.  We got to the tiny Drake Bay airport, only to find that our suitcases have mysteriously gotten heavier, even though we’ve thrown a few things away.  In … Continue reading →

I didn’t have the greatest sleep.  Our mattress was not very good, and I could feel the floor under my hips.  At 3 am the people next to us, on both sides, got up to leave (you have to catch … Continue reading →

We arose early to eat breakfast at 5:15 in order to be on the boat to Corcavado National Park, which is about an hour south of Drake Bay on the ocean.  Together with a number of other guests from Cabinas … Continue reading →

We had a great deal of difficulty arranging a tour to the Sierpe River mangroves today.  The hostel at which we are staying would only do the tour for a minimum of five, and no-one else here seemed to want … Continue reading →

We had an early breakfast in order to leave on the boat at 7:15 for our snorkeling tour to Caño Island.  We wondered how they were going to get all the people on the boat, and they weren’t.  We were … Continue reading →

We will be home a week from today, and what a change in weather that will be!  This morning we left San Jose where it was clear and sunny, with a temperature of about 20C, and flew to Drake Bay … Continue reading →

We decided to take a taxi to the Cateratta La Fortuna, which is about 5 km away from where we are staying.  We hailed a cab on the street, and the driver, Jesus, wanted to practice his English, and told … Continue reading →

We didn’t have any plans for the morning other than staying here at the hostel and doing some reading.  However, there is a taxi driver who comes and visits every day and brings spoiled fruit to put on the bird … Continue reading →

Last night after they’d shut the gate there was a lot of yelling outside of “Hola”,  Since we don’t know enough Spanish, I more or less ignored it, until suddenly I heard my name.  When I walked out on the … Continue reading →

We took the bus-ferry-bus route from Santa Elena to La Fortuna today.  Though its advertised as jeep-boat-jeep, we were really happy to be riding in a 20 passenger mini-bus rather than on the back of a jeep.  The road to … Continue reading →