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Here are pictures from Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica, and Boquete and Bocas del Toro, Panama. Enjoy!
http://picasaweb.google.com/102902177234791651515/Week12CostaRicaAndPanama#
Here is a video clip of the kids in Bocas del Toro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMXuSMo4Zek
Here is a video clip of Paul’s and Quinn’s synchronous diving:
I have mixed feelings about travelling in Costa Rica. The countryside and beaches are amazingly beautiful, the roads are clean of trash, generally good and well marked, the people are friendly and often speak English. For a one or two week vacation, Costa Rica is a dream. However, as part of a nine month trip, staying within budget here is very difficult. We seek out inexpensive accommodations and food, but even then, we are barely staying within budget and are not able to indulge in any treats like zip lines, ATVs or tours, as we have done in other countries.
We spend the last part of our time in Costa Rica at Playa Hermosa, a surf town on the Pacific. We enjoy watching the surfers – most from the States – and relaxing in the pool. The undertow is too strong to swim and the sand is black, so we do not find this as our ideal beach. However, Paul is in for a special treat when he finds the Sharks’ and Red Sox games on the TV in our hotel room.
We are now staying at a dump near the border and will leave for Panama tomorrow. If all goes well, our minivan will be on a ship headed for Columbia on June 15th. That gives us almost a full month in Panama!
Bienvenidos Costa Rica! After a relatively painless border crossing, we drive into lush Costa Rica. We immediately notice the lack of trash along the side of the roads, good signage, nice houses without barbed wire or ... [Continue reading this entry]
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