Coping with public and private transport since 2001
A new day, a new guided tour. This time it is after a dinner without Gallo Pinto, a first for me since we have landed in Costa Rica. Why, I hear you ask, is it that I didn’t have Gallo Pinto for breakfast? Well, that is simply because this hotel does not offer Gallo Pinto as a breakfast option. We
Continue readingAnother early start as we leave the lodge near Arenal, this time without any flat tires. 🙂 The journey today will lead to another well known location in Costa Rica: Monteverde. Most well known of course is the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, which consists of, you guessed it, tropical cloud forest. The 120kms again take about 3.5 hours to drive,
Continue readingThat is just our luck. 2 flat tires. Just when you least expect it! Luckily, we were at the hotel still, and the chico from the front desk could communicate with the people from the rental company as they didn’t speak English! 2 hours later, and we were underway! Walking in the Arenal National Park is generally nice as the
Continue readingBeing the only guest in a lodge certainly has its advantages, as breakfast is served whenever we feel like it. Today, it was around 07:30. Right after this, we embarked on a small boat for yet another boat safari on the river system. Caño Negro is a swampy area right next to a lagune which almost completely drains during the
Continue readingWe start the day in Sarapiquí like many others before this one in Costa Rica, with a big breakfast. I have started each and every one with a good sized portion of Gallo Pinto, the local rice and beans recipe, and today was not different. I can get used to breakfasts like these! Fresh fruit, Gallo Pinto, freshly pressed juice,
Continue reading05:00 am, you know the drill. Get up, curse at yourself for having to wake up this early, dress up for the canoe trip, grab a cup of coffee and wait for the dude in the boat to arrive. 05:45: Rey junior shows up and we are off! Being in a group of 6 today instead of a private tour
Continue readingWow. Early mornings and I will never be good friends. Even with my jet lag getting up at 05:00 am is not a good start to the day. The reason however is really nice: we will be in a canoe with a local guide to get a completely different look at whatever we can find out there! We spent the
Continue readingAfter a short night of sleep in Le Bergerac because of the noise of the city of San José and our jet lag, we got up around 05:10 to pack and get our breakfast at 05:30. We were to be picked up at 06:00 from our hotel by the Tortuguero people to be brought all the way to the National
Continue readingWhen I say easy going, I mean easy going. After an early start we had an appointment with the local travel agent for some more background information on our trip and Costa Rica in general. The travel agent advised us to walk through the center of San José as most touristic destinations are within a few hundred metres of each
Continue readingDay one of our holiday starts off like many of them: by plane. We arrived at Schiphol Airport around 10 in the morning as our flight was scheduled to leave at 1PM. As a severe rainstorm just happened to pass over Schiphol right around the time we would take off, this event was delayed for about 15 minutes as the
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