Hola friends! I'm writing from the same hotel in Santa Elena, Costa Rica to catch up with blogging. Sorry no pics to show you until I get back next week!

So rewind 5 or so days....

Rara Avis is must be one of the hardest to get to remote places in Costa Rica, and it is (perhaps) also the birthplace of "eco-tourism" in CR. ( Read more... )

Hey!!! I'm alive!! Yes, I finally got to use the internet again for more than a few minutes at my hotel Cipres somethingruther in Monteverde, Costa Rica. I'm covered in many different buggy bites, bruises, and scratches but I'm a-smilin' still so its a good thing. Note to travellers, take 100% deet bug repellent and lots of it. Seriously, I'm spraying myself down several times a day, before I go to bed. This a fecund (right word?) country!

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Halloo again. I only have a couple minutes before meeting up with the group for dinner.

Day 2 was spent mostly on the bus going to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca. Hope I spelled that right. Crocheted a pink bracelet. Staying at lovely gated set of bungalows each with a porch and a hammock out in front like little houses. Most of us headed to the beach which was covered with mysterious black sand. Hmm! I went in for a bit but the waves were a bit rough. Played with some dogs on the water that wanted to follow me around.
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