Tag: CostaRica
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Official Name: Republic of Costa Rica Established: – 15 September 1821 (Independence from Spain) – 01 July 1823 (Independence from Mexico) – 14 November 1838 (Independence from Federal Republic of Central America) Population: 4,999,441 (2018 estimate) Religion: 52% Catholic, 25% Protestant, 17% No religion Language(s): Spanish (English is also commonly spoken) Capital: San José Order…
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Friday 1 February 2013. Highlights: Long Border Crossing, 50th country visited, Boat ride to our Island. At 8 am we all assembled on time for our bus ride to the Panama border. Unfortunately the rain started at the same time we walked to the bus stop. Liza got me to ride with the bags in…
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Thursday 31 January 2013 Highlights: Animal Rescue Centre, Organic Ice Cream. Lisa escorted five members of our group to an Animal Rescue Centre. This centre was established by two individuals who moved to Puerto Viejo from overseas and they met here and then married. As one was a veterinarian the locals kept bringing injuried animals…
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Wednesday 30 January 2013 Highlights: The Beach at Puerto Viejo, Mountains during bus ride. An early morning start for the first full day of this tour as we had to be at reception at 5.30 am for a taxi to the bus station. Everyone managed to be on time so that is a good start.…
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Tuesday 29 January 2013 Highlights: New Group and CEO. During the day I farewelled most of my original group. Some I had been travelling with since Mexico over 6.5 weeks ago and other for more than 4 weeks so I found the occasion sadder than normal. Stephen decided to quit the group and spend more…
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Monday 28 January 2013 Highlights: White water rafting, Group farewell. The last full day of this leg of the tour turned out to be full on adventure, bumps and bruises! Instead of just catching a bus to San Jose nine of our group decided to go white water rafting and drive from this activity to…
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Sunday 27 January 2013 Highlights: The diverse and amazing wildlife of Costa Rica. Today I decided to visit the Wildlife Refuge at Caño Negro which took the majority of the day. My tour mates all did other things today so it was me and a few strangers for a change. I ended up chatting to…
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Saturday 26 January 2013 Highlights: Lake Arenal crossing, Stunning scenery, Eating like the Locals. We left the mountains around Monteverde via windy and rocky roads. The private van ride provided some stunning scenery along the way. The boat ride on Lake Arenal was very different in that we boarded from the shore not from any…
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Friday 25 January 2013 Highlights: Zip-Lining, Flying like Superman, Night Forest Walk. An action packed day in Monteverde. The weather here is actually more moderate due to the altitude and the mountains. I’m expecting this to be one of the last places that I can wear something other than shorts.
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Thursday 24 January 2013 Highlights: Tough border Crossing, Toucan Sighting, Sunset in Monteverde. With a 6 am departure time today we had an early start. Our host family provided a good breakfast to Stephen, Daniel and myself. I shipped todays cold water shower hoping the the thermal springs swim yesterday was enough of a clean…
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