 | Tortuguero
2009-08-10, Tortuguero, Costa Rica. By: rossnkaren | | We had a few days after the project before we had to fly back to Rio so we decided to head for the Caribbean coast in search of Green Turtles which were in full nesting swing and reportedly much more ... |
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 | Matapalo
2009-08-02, Matapalo, Costa Rica. By: rossnkaren | | So we headed off next morning bright and early for our 5 hour bus ride to Matapala. Not too bright for some of us, the ‘Ladies drink free night’ at the casino had taken its toll. Still, a quick stop o... |
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 | San Jose
2009-07-30, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: rossnkaren | | Do you know the way to San Jose? Well, from Sucre you take a 10 hour bus south to Uyuni. From Uyuni you take a (absolutley freezing) 7 hour bus and then change onto a 2 hour bus to the Argentine bor... |
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 | Arrivals and Departures
2009-07-25, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: Ellamae | | Hola companeros,
Ya estoy acqi! I am here! Yes, Mom & Dad, I am safe. The flight into San Jose was straight forward and I had plenty of opportunities to marvel at southeners while on my layover... |
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 | Solomon the Sloth
2009-07-10, Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. By: Kerry20 | | Kerry and Mike here, updating this time from, as Mike says, the farthest south he has ever been.
Kerry says: We walked to the bus station and spent a while putzing around there yesterday, before t... |
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| Solomon the Sloth
2009-07-10, Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. By: Kerry20 | | Kerry and Mike here, updating this time from, as Mike says, the farthest south he has ever been.
Kerry says: We walked to the bus station and spent a while putzing around there yesterday, before t... |
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| Wandering Around the City
2009-07-09, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: Kerry20 | | Mike and I arrived safely in San Jose last night after a long bus ride. We got slightly lost on our walk to the hostel, which became rather unnerving because more than one person stopped us and told u... |
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| A Busy Few Days
2009-07-07, Monteverde, Costa Rica. By: Kerry20 | | Kerry and Mike are here, updating for the last time from Monteverde.
Mike says: The zip line canopy tour yesterday was tons of fun. We went extra fast, free fell down a rappel line, did a crazy t... |
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| Made it to CR
2009-07-06, Monteverde, Costa Rica. By: Kerry20 | | Kerry and Mike are here once again, updating this time from a new country--Costa Rica! We arrived in Monteverde, a rain- and cloud- forest area this afternoon, and plan on spending the next few days h... |
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 | Final entry July 3 7 AM
2009-07-03, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: sconner3 | | Final Entry July 3 7 AM
It is Friday--- our final day before we go home tomorrow and leave this place. I feel sad to go back out into the real world but happy also to go home. Having... |
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| Entry eight
2009-07-01, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: sconner3 | | Tues. 9:45 Entry eight
My favorite comment of the day was just before we entered the clinic for injections this afternoon. Ian and I were alone in the front seat as the others were bringing aroun... |
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| Entry Seven
2009-06-29, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: sconner3 | | Entry Seven… Sunday evening
This morning we said good-bye to the people who have become our friends from TX, Colorado and North Carolina. It was really rather sad. Everyday we have been there for e... |
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| Day One in Paradise...
2009-04-13, Guanacasti, Costa Rica. By: puravida09 | | As soon as the air from the Pacific drifted into my range I knew the trip would be perfect. It felt like Miami but I knew what awaited me would be far better. |
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| Entry Six
2009-06-27, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: sconner3 | | Entry Six Friday afternoon
The wheelchair part is in Customs now. They say that on Monday an engineer from the Melodia company can come to our hotel and install it. I hope that is true. I can’t b... |
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| Entry Five
2009-06-26, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: sconner3 | | Entry five Thursday night
It was another full day. Ian had 8 injections in his pectoral muscles. Once again he seemed ready to accept whatever he needed to. The placement of those stem cells will ... |
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| Fourth Entry
2009-06-25, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: sconner3 | | Entry 4 Wed. evening Once again the pouring down rain has kept us inside of our room with all three of us on laptops. Ian is taking a college algebra class on line so he is trying to keep up with... |
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| Third entry
2009-06-24, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: sconner3 | |
Day 4
11:15 We have an hour now to hang around the pool between appointments. Ian slept all the way through the night last night and has not felt bad at all. We all needed the rest.My e-mail is ha... |
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| Second Entry
2009-06-24, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: sconner3 | | Day 3: I am officially frustrated. The wheelchair is broken which makes Ian even more dependent and less happy. He has to be pushed everywhere. Even to go outside for the lovely breakfast buffet aroun... |
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| Our first days
2009-06-23, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: sconner3 | | This is going to be in reverse order of how the days have progressed. Today is day 3. Day 1 was traveling. Day 2 was our first day here and now we are at day 3. In about one hour we will go for Ian's ... |
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| Trip to CR
2009-02-23, Jaco, Costa Rica. By: chuckboom7 | | I went to Costa Rica and stayed in a hotel. then went to Jaco frhe day. Got food poisoning and came home |
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 | Last Day.......sniff sniff
2009-01-23, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: vonjo27 | | This is our last day in Costa Rica :( We're both really sad that we have to leave this place and in no way are we happy to go home right now....it's quite depressing- back to the cold, school, wo... |
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 | Awesome vacation so far....
2009-01-18, Quepos, Costa Rica. By: vonjo27 | | Hey guys, I just got a wi-fi connection in my apartment so I thought I'd drop a couple of lines.
My wife and I arrived to Costa Rica earlier this week and we've had a blast ever since. It has been... |
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 | Good-byes
2008-07-13, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: DaniGurl2 | | Hi everyone! This will be my last journal entry for my trip to Costa Rica. I want to say thanks to everyone for your comments and encouragement. My time here has been more than I ever expected it to b... |
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| Campa Elévate
2008-07-01, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: DaniGurl2 | | Good morning! I hope everyone had a great weekend. I know we certainly had a great one here in Costa Rica! We held a bilingual youth camp for the youth from the church in Tres Rios and the youth from ... |
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| Free days
2008-06-24, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: DaniGurl2 | | Hi everyone! I hope you're all doing well and enjoying your summers. We've had several days off since our last team left, but we've yet to catch up on our sleep! Jaxon, Parker and Amy's son, turned a ... |
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| Tilaran
2008-06-19, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: DaniGurl2 | | Wow! Where to start? We just got back from El Dos de Tilaran in the province of Guanacaste, which is about 4 hours from San José. The team from South Carolina left today as well, so it's somewhat of ... |
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 | Another day at TFI
2008-06-07, Platanillo, Costa Rica. By: Ali13 | | Today I woke up at 5:30 am after a very itchy night. Last night was almost unbearably humid, and I was unbelievably itchy. Breakfast was cereal with powdered milk and fruit. The only place you can buy... |
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| Weekend stuff
2008-06-16, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: DaniGurl2 | | Hi everyone! It's been several days since my last post and we're about to embark on a three-night trip to Tilaran (about four hours away) so I figured I'd update you while I can. The last few days hav... |
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| Hiking TFI
2008-06-05, Platanillo, Costa Rica. By: Ali13 | | We had breakfast early and then started off to hike the trail up to the top of te TFI property. The main hub of TFI is located in a valley. The ridge-line is about 3,500 feet, and the trail is probabl... |
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| Intro to TFI
2008-06-04, Platanillo, Costa Rica. By: Ali13 | | We woke up in the morning in Dominical. I was frustrated early because both instructors left the room (I shared a room with them) and I had no idea where they went. they didn´t leave a note or the roo... |
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| Preparations
2008-06-12, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: DaniGurl2 | | Hi everyone! I wanted to write a cool Spanish greeting to open this post, but this site requires all text to be in English. So, English it is... Today was a busy day because our first team is coming i... |
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| I made it!
2008-06-10, San Jose, Costa Rica. By: DaniGurl2 | | So...I officially arrived in Costa Rica last night around 9:30! There's a two-hour time difference, so it was 11:30 in the States. I experienced my first car ride of the trip on the way to Parker and ... |
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| Banditos
2008-06-03, Dominical, Costa Rica. By: Ali13 | | So we spent the night in the Los Volcanes hotel. After going to the market, we hopped in the van to head to Dominical.
The roads were curvy but pretty smooth pavement, so the beginning wasn´t so b... |
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| High Pressure Latin American Clubs
2008-06-05, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | One thing that I can tell you about the people in Costa Rica is that is that the people LOVE the weekends and holidays……. they can throw down with the best of them. I have had the opportunity to fre... |
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| JesusChrist SuperCock Found Dead
2008-06-03, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | At approximately 8:35AM on Thursday morning, the body of JesusChrist Superstar was found lifeless (Picture Has Been Attached) on Samara Beach. Since everyone was still asleep.....no complaints have be... |
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| post desayuno (breakfast) update
2008-06-03, Alajuela, Costa Rica. By: Ali13 | | so I was misinformed. they didn´t go to the market without us. we are leaving in several minutes for the market. so thats a relief. I was really dissanpointed there for about 30 menutos (minutes)
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| May I have another napkin please?
2008-06-03, Samara, Costa Rica. By: ashby74 | | I think, by far, the most disappointing item in Costa Rica has to be the napkins. Why so much hate for the napkins in this country you ask??? Well……let’s just say that some brilliant person here in ... |
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