Belize bound
Four hours of sleep and we are on our way.
Costa Rica Day 4
The tour today centered around Cano island. The weather was much calmer but butts were still sore and chaffed from the days prior. We had two snorkeling sessions amoung the reefs that surround the island. Supposedly, the under water sights are not as grand as at other locales in the…
Costa Rica Day 3
Today began at the ungodly hour of 5:30 after a full night of what one would expect a good rain forest storm to be like. We had only time to scarf some fruit and coffee before being rushed to the boat for the start of our tour. Over one hour…
Costa Rica Day 2
Our great travel agent Sarah had planned for us to travel all day today via car to our departure point for the rain forest. Aside from getting pulled over and the 2 hours of dirt roads, the majority of the 6 hours journey was uneventful. The last of three cars…
Costa Rica Day 1
The first day of our Costa Rica trip passed more or less uneventfully. There was some trepedation on my part because of the slight sickness I had acquired shortly before leaving. However, I am feeling spry enough now and we all are safely here. We met Shama after customs as…
More Humid Adventures
During our stay, most of the other tourist visiting the lodge were older Americans — older as in 60+. Our guide told us of one 90 year-old individual who wished above all else to go on the canopy walk. The normally 40 minute hike out there took him 4 hours….
We Can Now Hunt Squirrel
One of the stops on our tour of the area surrounding the lodge was an indigenous village. Unfortunately, there are no indigenous peoples that live in traditional villages any more. This village was created by request of the lodge to given tourists an idea of how these peoples used to…
Fish and Bananas, Bananas and Fish
The denizens of the rain forest eat two meals per day. They have bananas and fish for breakfast and fish and bananas for lunch. All their food can be obtained locally. Fish from the river and fruit, rice, yuca, and etc. are grown locally. They need only trade with people…
Rain Forest = No Internet
The title is not entirely true. I am writing from the lobby of a posh resort on the banks of the Amazon. It is owned by the same company through which we have been seeing the local sights. It is so grand as to even have a jacuzzi connected to…
Of Reeds and Smog
The reed islands were very, very cool. They are so very unique. After all, who would normally think ¨Hey, let´s build an entire village comprising of 80 floating islands.¨ (In their defense, they were fleeing from some sort of opression). Not only that, but the islands used to be farther…