Well, the past few days have been quite exciting. Since my last post, we've celebrated a birthday, climbed a volcano, swam in hot springs, and went rappeling through waterfalls. Pretty amazing stuff! Tuesday night, the gang and I went to an awesome dinner in Monteverde and celebrated Tennessee Bo's birthday. It wasn't too crazy of... Continue Reading →
Costa Rica – Monteverde (my worst and best day so far)
Yesterday I left Montezuma at 8am and did not arrive in Monteverde until 11pm last night. We should have arrived around 5p...but ended up getting stuck in a traffic jam for 6 hours. The first four, we waited on the side of the road. The last two had us crawling at a snail's pace in... Continue Reading →
Costa Rica – Mal Pais
In the past few days, I was able to head over to Manuel Antonio National Park...which was extremely gorgeous....a little touristy...but still worth the trip. I hitched a ride with Ian and Annie (Annie is from Portland and used to work at 94.7...small world) a couple that was staying in the same cabinas as us.... Continue Reading →
Costa Rica – Surfing in Mal Pais
So I went surfing today. Mick, a laid back Aussie dude, was my instructor. He was pretty cool...taught me quite a bit. But he pretty much kicked my ass. The breaks here are beach breaks and they come every 3 to 5 seconds so you are constantly fighting the water. Everything hurts right now...especially my... Continue Reading →
Costa Rica – Playa Hermosa
After a 2 and a half hour bus ride through the jungle and some weird broken spanish conversations (hardly anyone speaks English), I've made it the beach. Hermosa is a small town just south of Jaco. The beach is about 1 km long and there is hardly anyone here but surfers. I thought this might... Continue Reading →