Tag: CostaRica

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.

  • 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…