Hola Costa Rica!!!
Door: Karen
10 December 2004 | Costa Rica, San José
Wow, last weekend I spend on Isla de Ometepe, really an amazing place!!! Shogo and I went to a farm to stay there, it was so good!!! I met really nice people, relaxing, nice views, really cheap, perfect!!!
My main goal was to rest a bit coz I was still not okay, but I saw some amazing petroglyphs on the second day. The people don't know exactly how old they are, but they think they must be like 3000 years old!
That evening my friend Ana arrived at the Finca and we went to a local beauty queen competition/party. The daughter of a lady that works in the kitchen was an contestant and she won!!!
The next day, a worker of the farm who guards the organic coffeeplantation, took us on a little hike to see all the plantations. It was really nice to walk there, everything is so amazing green!!!
On Monday Jacob, a Swedish guy, and I were heading to Costa Rica. He wanted to go a day earlier actually, but that night he got robbed, at the Finca! While he was sleeping!!! So, he waited that day for the police to make a report and the next morning we left the island. It took us the whole day!!! So we didn't made it to Costa Rica, traffic can be soooooooooo slow here!
Tuesday we arrived in San Jose, I dropped my big backpack at the hostel (it's so heavy!) and will now travelling with my little one for I think a week or so.
On Wednesday we went to Tortuguero, at the Caribean coast. The Lonely Planet describes it as the mini-amazon, so I had to see that! It is still the raining season at the Caribean, and it can rain sooooooooooo hard!!! But it was really beautiful, boating on a river through the jungle, lots of animal-spotting, really silence, just the sound of nature!!!
The guide actually knew how to call some animals in Dutch and he said that Floortje Dessing and Chris Zegers were there 2 years ago for YorinTravel!!! Chris Zegers also went to Cahuita to make a report, the place I'm going to be in a couple of days!!!
This morning it was really sunny when we took the boat back, and it was nice, but I like it more when it's a bit cloudy and a bit rainy, then you really feel like you're in the rainforest. It is soooooooooooooo goooooooooooood to be here!!! I really had to think of the students that are doing their internship right now, no, I made the right decision to come here and experience this!
Today we wanted to go to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, south of Costa Rica, Caribean coast. But the traffic is so unpredictable here, so we made a stop here. Tomorrow I will be swimming in the Caribean, or snorkeling, or cycling, or trekking and partying!!!
My main goal was to rest a bit coz I was still not okay, but I saw some amazing petroglyphs on the second day. The people don't know exactly how old they are, but they think they must be like 3000 years old!
That evening my friend Ana arrived at the Finca and we went to a local beauty queen competition/party. The daughter of a lady that works in the kitchen was an contestant and she won!!!
The next day, a worker of the farm who guards the organic coffeeplantation, took us on a little hike to see all the plantations. It was really nice to walk there, everything is so amazing green!!!
On Monday Jacob, a Swedish guy, and I were heading to Costa Rica. He wanted to go a day earlier actually, but that night he got robbed, at the Finca! While he was sleeping!!! So, he waited that day for the police to make a report and the next morning we left the island. It took us the whole day!!! So we didn't made it to Costa Rica, traffic can be soooooooooo slow here!
Tuesday we arrived in San Jose, I dropped my big backpack at the hostel (it's so heavy!) and will now travelling with my little one for I think a week or so.
On Wednesday we went to Tortuguero, at the Caribean coast. The Lonely Planet describes it as the mini-amazon, so I had to see that! It is still the raining season at the Caribean, and it can rain sooooooooooo hard!!! But it was really beautiful, boating on a river through the jungle, lots of animal-spotting, really silence, just the sound of nature!!!
The guide actually knew how to call some animals in Dutch and he said that Floortje Dessing and Chris Zegers were there 2 years ago for YorinTravel!!! Chris Zegers also went to Cahuita to make a report, the place I'm going to be in a couple of days!!!
This morning it was really sunny when we took the boat back, and it was nice, but I like it more when it's a bit cloudy and a bit rainy, then you really feel like you're in the rainforest. It is soooooooooooooo goooooooooooood to be here!!! I really had to think of the students that are doing their internship right now, no, I made the right decision to come here and experience this!
Today we wanted to go to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, south of Costa Rica, Caribean coast. But the traffic is so unpredictable here, so we made a stop here. Tomorrow I will be swimming in the Caribean, or snorkeling, or cycling, or trekking and partying!!!
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11 December 2004 - 06:24
Mila:
Hey Karen,
Wat fijn dat je geen spijt hebt van je besluit!!! Ik kan me voorstellen dat je het daar super naar je zin hebt...het klinkt ook allemaal zooo geweldig! Je geeft me nu wel weer zin in the Caribean sea!!!! (en wij hier in vrieskou brrr ;-).
Heeel veel plezier nog met trekken, zwemmen, mensen kennen, feesten etc etc
Liefs,
Mila -
11 December 2004 - 10:57
Anne:
He karen, fijn dat je het zo naar je zin hebt!
En dat de mensen zo aardig zijn! Geniet ervan, ik geniet van al je reisverhalen!!
liefs anne -
11 December 2004 - 13:01
Carolien:
Hee Karen,
klinkt echt gaaf allemaal. Heb je wel je gewone camera bij je? Ik neem aan van wel, ben wel erg benieuwd naar de foto's! -
11 December 2004 - 13:07
Jelte:
We beginnen je wel een beetje te missen hier hoor! Theatersport is weer begonnen :)
Maar toch goed om te horen datje het zo leuk hebt nog steeds. -
11 December 2004 - 18:17
Lillian:
hee karen, puerto viejo de talamanca is een leuk dorpje aan de caribbean. Ik hoop dat je er kan zwemmen, ik was er nl woensdag en donderdag en toen heeft het 2 volle dagen geregend!! inderdaad regenzeizoen.
Als je voor wat zon wil gaan , kan ik je de pacific coast aanraden! Big hug vanuit Chile :) -
12 December 2004 - 19:08
Carmentje:
heej siz
wat leuk om te horen dat je in costa rica bent. jahaa daar kan je heel goed surfen heb ik gehoord. dus......pak een plank en probeer wat golfjes te pakken. hopelijk kan je het veel beter dan ik, hier spreekt namelijk de grootste surfkluns allertijde. anyway papa en mama missen je heel erg en mama wilt dat je haar zo snel mogelijk belt.ze is een beetje bezorgd over je gezondheid. nog veel beterschap van je kleine zusje -
14 December 2004 - 12:06
Ruud:
Hey K,
wat kan het leven toch goed zijn he!!!
al die vette verhalen heerlijk alleen dat stukje van dat je elke keer ziek bent is een domper op het geweldige verhaal als het aan blijft houden misschien toch maar een keer naar de dokter.
probeer zoveel mogelijk te genieten ooooh en geen apen meer van streek maken he! -
14 December 2004 - 21:39
Ana:
hi karen!!
so i finally checked it out, and now i am really excited to go to costa rica :) what a fun website this is.
so are you in touch with shogo still? are you still hanging out with jacob?
so now i know to check your site every once in a while! except it's a bummer that i can't read other people's reactions :( bueno...cuidate amiga! tal vez vamos a encontrarnos otra vez muy pronto!
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