Yesterday had some good moments, but overall there was way too much bus time! We got up early to visit Manuel Antonio National Park. We were supposed to go on Monday, but it's closed Mondays, so instead of spending all day there we squeezed it in in the morning., We walked in and then split up, most of the group staying with Edgar for a short hike ( Read more... )

Today was absolutely wonderful. After breakfast we headed to the beach, a beautiful white sand beach with good waves. Andrea and I rented boogie boards and spent hours in the water, boogieboarding and just floating on the waves enjoying ourselves. There were also some tidepools to explore, and we spent some time relaxing on the beach reading. ( Read more... )

Last night was too cloudy to see any "fireworks" from the volcano, so we didn't go. We just went to bed early. In the morning we piled onto the bus to head to Monteverde. The drive was beautiful. As we crossed the continental divide it became more pastoral, and then we entered a major area for coffee growing. Costa Rica provides 70% of the world's ( Read more... )

Costa Rica! What a trip so far. We left Cleveland on Monday morning and flew through Houston, where we had a stopover and ate lunch. The beginning of the end! On the flight from Houston to Liberia my stomach started to feel a bit upset. It got worse as the flight went on, and by the time we reached our hotel outside of Liberia near Playas del Coco ( Read more... )