La Tortuga Feliz: Taking the kayak out on the canal behind La Tortuga Feliz, I saw a family of monkeys, a horse, several birds, several lizards, and several crabs. La Tortuga Feliz isn’t all just bugs and turtles.
La Tortuga Feliz: First Impressions
My first impressions of La Tortuga Feliz, a turtle conservation project near Bataan, Costa Rica
Santa Teresita: Going to Church in San Jose, Costa Rica
Santa Teresita, San Jose, Costa Rica is a beautiful building and is about 4 short blocks from our apartment here in San Jose. (It’s the church on the map here. Here is the inside of the Santa Teresita church. Santa Teresita in San Jose also has beautiful stained glass windows.
Hotel Aranjuez Video Review: San Jose, Costa Rica
Aranjuez hotel and apartments are located in the Aranjuez neighborhood of San Jose, Costa Rica. Video Review: What’s BAD about Hotel Aranjuez and apartments, and what’s good about Hotel Aranjuez in San Jose? Join CarrieAndJonathan as we travel the world!
October 8, 2009: Spanish Verb and Cafe Mundo
Cafe Mundo is a popular place. It mixes creative cuisine with an ambiance of casual elegance. Cafe Mundo has wood tables and Art Deco wrought-iron chairs which are spread spaciously around several rooms. Why are there several rooms? Cafe Mundo is actually in a former colonial mansion.
ABC’s of idioms
Carrie and I sometimes play games that other people might find annoying or stupid, but we like them. Especially for long flights, inventing little games is a fun activity. We decided this time, from Houston to Costa Rica, to invent…
Yes, but Where Exactly In Costa Rica Are You?
Where exactly In San Jose are you?” Someone asked me that today. Rather than tell her, I decided I would show her, and show you too, through the magic of Google Maps. Here’s a map of landmarks we’re finding in…
24 Hours In Costa Rica: Most Common Questions
24 Hours In Costa Rica: Initial questions from people about our first 24 hours in San Jose include questions about Costa Rican weather, Costa Rica time zones, Costa Rica weather, and what we are doing here at the Hotel Aranjuez in San Jose.
Longing For the Unfamiliar
Longing for the Unfamiliar We’ve come to expect, whenever we’re in a big city, that it is not quiet. So we anticipated this morning, our first morning in San Jose, Costa Rica, that there would be a fair amount of…
Safe in Costa Rica at Hotel Aranjuez
Hotel Aranjuez review: San Jose, Costa Rica. The Hotel Aranjuez location is quiet (minus someone’s TV in another room) the room is very nice, the wifi works okay (if slow) from this room (312 in the Hotel Aranjuez Apartments), and it has a nice kitchenette. More pictures of our room and of the hotel Aranjuez tomorrow.