Puerto Viejo

I was surprised that the beaches in Puerto Viejo are not as pretty as those in Mexico. I thought that the water would be as blue and clear as they are on the Carribean side of Mexico, but we have not found that yet. There is definitely more of a Jamaican flavor on this side versus the other parts of Costa Rica. The prices seem to be similar to the States for food anyway. Although if you were in a resort town in the States the prices would be higher. Unfortunately, for a lot of the day it rained. Our $5 ponchos have paid off.









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Puerto Viejo Costa Rica

Wow, this is an incredible house that we are staying at and we even have Wifi. What more could someone want? We have our kitchen/dining area out side on the porch and mosquito netting on each of our beds? We are completely surrounded by jungle. This place is so different from Alaska where you spend most of your time inside. Tomorrow we will explore Puerto Viejo.




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A day of shopping in San Jose...

We were a little apprehensive about going into downtown San Jose because we had heard how dangerous it was but we had a wonderful day. We took the local bus in and went to the Pre-Colombian Gold Museum and saw all the beautiful gold pieces and then went shopping at Mercado Centrale and Mercado Artisan.

I would like to say that the books were wrong and the food was actually good here, but as of yet I cannot say that. The food is pretty boring, at least what we have had so far. Tomorrow we are off to the beach on the Carribean side of the country. We will be there for 5 nights and I don't think we will have much Internet access so you will have to wait for an update.


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Drive from Monteverde to San Jose...

Today we drove down from Monteverde to San Jose. The road was one of the worst we have ever driven but the views were incredible. Tonight we are just hanging by the pool and enjoying the warmth and sunshine. It sure is beautiful here. Tomorrow we are going to San Jose to hit the central market and the gold museum.

Views from the road from Monteverde....


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Pool at our hotel in San Jose.

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Monteverde night tour

Monday evening,at the recommendation of the man who owns the cottage, we took a night walk through the jungle. What an incredible tour.






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Cloud Rain Forest and the night walk

The first full day in Monteverde we took the Sky tram and Sky trek tour. The Sky Tram trip was very rainy and foggy. To be honest, it was very scary because it was very windy and the tram was very high up. the Sky Trek consisted of walking through the rainforest on five long bridges. We even got to see a tarantula in it's nest. What a beautiful view from the top of the rainforest.



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Monteverde

What an amazing place! We have to admit that we agree that the roads to get to Monteverde have to be some of the worst roads we have ever been on. We did not get 4-wheel drive and there were times that we thought we might lose the car in a hole or a huge boulder in the middle of the road. We thought last night in the darkness why would anyone own a cottage up here? Then we woke up this morning and we knew why....what a beautiful place. Wow! The cottage we rented for just $60 a night is wonderful. If you ever plan to go to this area of Costa Rica, I highly recommend this place and it is so quiet.



















View from our cottage in Monteverde. What an amazing place.






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Location:Monteverde Costa Rica