Monteverde Travel Blogs - Page 3

At the end of my term in Honduras, I headed out to explore the rest of Central America with two of my teacher amigas. We made it through the borders, exchanged dinero, conquered the cloud forest, played in the rain, and experienced the hot springs.

Differs country, a lot of different kinds of rainforrest. Must travel trough the country! Erg mooi divers land. Veel verschillende soorten regenwouden en landschappen! De moeite waard om rond te trekken.

Since we didn't want to miss our bus at 6:30 AM, we grabbed a cab at 6:00. After a 5min drive, the cab driver wanted to charge us $5. However, he hadn't met my girlfriend before and she made him very clear, in fluent Spanish, that he could f*** off. He wanted to drive off immediately, afraid of the…

A master in the art of living draws no sharp distinction between his work and his play; his labor and his leisure; his mind and his body; his education and his recreation. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence through whatever he is doing, and leaves others to determine whether he is working or playing. To himself, he always appears to be doing both.

Woke up early and decided to do the canopy tour today, it costs 35$ which is very good so booked it and off I went. Well what an amazing adventure, 9 cables all through the forest it was wild, the guides were excellent and really looked after me well and put me at ease. It is amazing like flying th…

I arrived in Monteverde in the evening just about the time the local disco starting cranking up the music so that my hotel shook a bit in the night, who said that travel was always quiet anyway.   The next day I went with a group and a guide to see the quetzals in the cloud forest and was…

This morning we got up early because we had booked the morning Cloud Forrest tour the day before and had to be at the bus stop at 6:30am. The cloud forrest tour was also really great. We signed up for the tour with the guide and I really recommend this because he tells you so much stuff about the f…

Made it back to Oregon. I've updated some pictures with more to come.

We got the jeep-boat-jeep on a misty rainy morning from La Fortuna to Monteverde. The first jeep was a crap minibus, hardly the 4-wheel drive we were expecting. The boat ride took us across the beautiful lake at the base of Volcan Arenal , although the wildlife-enriched banks of the river, the…

Costa Rica is a beautiful country full of nature and adventure. The country has impressive forests, volcanoes, beaches and a lot of animals. Travelling and living there was an unforgettable experience. I love the food, the people and the country. Costa Rica es Pura Vida!!

I've taken a year off work to go visit the world! I have lined up the first 9 months to check out South and Central America, and who knows what after that...

Spent my first night in Costa Rica in Liberia , a cattle town not too far from the border . Seemed to be hit by a wave of over-tiredness when I arrived ... think the exertions of the past few days on Ometepe have caught up on me, so all I could manage was a quick walk into the main plaza (past…

Monteverde, Costa Rica and the cloud forest area. Apparently there are two main seasons in Monteverde, rainy and very rainy! There is a little sunshine mixed into that but to be honest it was too few and far between to really count. I imagined Monteverde to be a lot bigger than the small village we…

After a night of being quite ill, I came to the conclusion I wouldn't be able to go on the tour of the cloud forest this morning, and would be best to spend my time in bed resting and recovering and trying to stay hydrated. Martin knocked on the door at 07.00 to see if I was coming on the tour, but…

....now we had engaged in the tourist trail in Costa Rica... next stop, the cloud forests of Monteverde.We arrived late in the day, and went thru the usual routine of finding accomodation. Waking the next day, we checked out the rainforests... which were pretty cool, but didnt' blow me away. The pl…