02/10/2010

Hello again


The trip to the Caribbean is on again. According to the Tico Times, while the rest of Costa Rica is getting pummeled by torrential rains and devastating mudslides, the Caribbean is experiencing the "longest dry season in more than a decade" and is "perfect for swimming for kilometers over bright sand and psychedelic reef". According to the article, the bottlenose dolphins and manatees are doing just that so, Kristiana, perhaps I will get that photo of a manatee for you yet.

Tomorrow we will do bus bus boat to Tortuguero... (San Jose to Cariari to Pavona to Tortueguero). Price, under $9 each. We'll stay in Tortuguero for four nights then we'll take a boat and bus to Cahuita for another six nights then on to Puerto Viejo for four nights. Then home. Unless, by my luck, storms drive us out early. Rain is predicted everyday next week so we shall see.

3 comments:

Roy said...

You are spending less money to travel than it costs to park at our airport.

Kimberlee said...

Clear blue water, white sand beaches, enjoy....we never got to make it over to the Carribean side because when we were there it was being flooded by a Hurricane the water was up to the top of the door jams in some places. Mother nature has some sort of grudge against the natural living beauty of Costa Rica.

asha said...

Roy, you're right but still CR is expensive compared to other countries in Central America and don't get M. Lee started on how affordable Thailand is.

Kimberlee, I am still waiting for the clear blue water and white sand beaches too. The sand is black in Tortuguero and the sky has mostly been gray but it is a cool place in spite of the rain. One for the short list!