watch out for the lava
Thursday, June 15, 2006
On the road
We spent yesterday traveling on from Nosara, first making our way up to Playa Hermosa just north of Tamarindo.
The beach there was peaceful and quiet but all the hotels seemed to be adding on or under construction. there is a lot development going on there. none of the places we looked at were very appealing so we decided to move on to the Arenal volcano.
We took the scenic route from Liberia around Lago Arenal, through the town of Neuvo Arenal and on to La Fortuna. We stayed in a hotel overlooking the volcano last night. Red hot boulders fly out of the top every few minutes and roll down from the summit sending showers of red sparks out. pretty fun . . .
today we are headed to the hot springs at Tabacon, Costa Rica´s number one resort. so far, the clientele looks more like the crowd at White Water to me. Costa Rica´s version of Sliding Rock with the mullets to match . . . we will see.
i have been trying to get some more pictures up, but the internet connections are terribly slow. i just waited for 30 minutes on the last one and it didnt even go through. maybe we will find a place with a decent connection later today or tomorrow.
having a great time, i will try to post at least once more . . .
The beach there was peaceful and quiet but all the hotels seemed to be adding on or under construction. there is a lot development going on there. none of the places we looked at were very appealing so we decided to move on to the Arenal volcano.
We took the scenic route from Liberia around Lago Arenal, through the town of Neuvo Arenal and on to La Fortuna. We stayed in a hotel overlooking the volcano last night. Red hot boulders fly out of the top every few minutes and roll down from the summit sending showers of red sparks out. pretty fun . . .
today we are headed to the hot springs at Tabacon, Costa Rica´s number one resort. so far, the clientele looks more like the crowd at White Water to me. Costa Rica´s version of Sliding Rock with the mullets to match . . . we will see.
i have been trying to get some more pictures up, but the internet connections are terribly slow. i just waited for 30 minutes on the last one and it didnt even go through. maybe we will find a place with a decent connection later today or tomorrow.
having a great time, i will try to post at least once more . . .
Monday, June 12, 2006
"Bompy" Roads...
Well, we made it to Playa Guontes on the Pacific coast. The picture you see of the three us is right on the beach. We drove all day yesterday to get here. The road was quite nice until Paul gave me control of the manual Daihatsu Terios. At that point things got a little hairy. "Bompy" to say the least.
There were holes in the road big enough to hide a large bovine as well as containing enough water to fill a large swimming pool. There were times when I missed a hole. At that point I had to go back and make sure I hit it...So this road lasted about 25 miles. Catherine was able to take one for the team and ride it out in the back. What a sport!
During our roadtrip we encountered many roosters and cows as well as three piglets (maybe even the three little pigs. At one point we had a cow in oncoming traffic. He was polite enough to let us pass before heading to greener pastures.
This morning we woke up to Paul shaking a lug wrench outside our little hacienda. We followed him to the Terios to find our back left tire completely flat. Catherine was the only one who knew how to change a flat, since she does this for a living and she did a stellar job replacing it. Now we are off to get our flat patched. We will be in this area another night or dos...
Posted by Susanna or Susana as they call me here...Oh, and Pablo did the changing of the flat.
There were holes in the road big enough to hide a large bovine as well as containing enough water to fill a large swimming pool. There were times when I missed a hole. At that point I had to go back and make sure I hit it...So this road lasted about 25 miles. Catherine was able to take one for the team and ride it out in the back. What a sport!
During our roadtrip we encountered many roosters and cows as well as three piglets (maybe even the three little pigs. At one point we had a cow in oncoming traffic. He was polite enough to let us pass before heading to greener pastures.
This morning we woke up to Paul shaking a lug wrench outside our little hacienda. We followed him to the Terios to find our back left tire completely flat. Catherine was the only one who knew how to change a flat, since she does this for a living and she did a stellar job replacing it. Now we are off to get our flat patched. We will be in this area another night or dos...
Posted by Susanna or Susana as they call me here...Oh, and Pablo did the changing of the flat.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
A room with a view...
We are here. We have not seen much yet, we are awaiting our breakfast of Gallo Pinto (Spotted Rooster), some special breakfast that is famous in Costa Rica. They have bananas on steroids here. There are about three times the size of the Chiquitas at home. It was a little foggy this am so we were not able to see the nearby Poas Volcano...Well, I think Paul covered most of the highlights so far so I will post more later.
We made it!
we are here in our hotel, safe and sound.
due to bad weather south of newark, susanna and I sat on the tarmac there for a couple of hours. our plane was scheduled for 4:55 PM and did not take off until well after 7. the rest of the flight was uneventful and we arrived here in costa rica about 10:30. catherine scoped the san jose airport out for us.
they are central time here without daylight savings. the hotel is great here, La Pura Vida. we fell asleep to frogs and woke up to what sounds like parrots and macaws. there are 3 very friendly german shepherds roaming the premises.
i think we are headed to the Arenal volcano later today.
right now we are having some breakfast and awaiting our chariot from the rental car agency.
due to bad weather south of newark, susanna and I sat on the tarmac there for a couple of hours. our plane was scheduled for 4:55 PM and did not take off until well after 7. the rest of the flight was uneventful and we arrived here in costa rica about 10:30. catherine scoped the san jose airport out for us.
they are central time here without daylight savings. the hotel is great here, La Pura Vida. we fell asleep to frogs and woke up to what sounds like parrots and macaws. there are 3 very friendly german shepherds roaming the premises.
i think we are headed to the Arenal volcano later today.
right now we are having some breakfast and awaiting our chariot from the rental car agency.
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