We’re actually not so sad to leave Puerto Viejo. It seems like a fun little seaside town if you’re into loud parties and drugs, but with the incredible day getting to hang out with sloths yesterday, and, learning about chocolate…
Shortchanged for $2.68 In Puerto Viejo
10:22 PM Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica Cabinas Guarana Being Shortchanged After another delicious breakfast this morning at Bread and Chocolate, we came back to pack up and move to another hotel, Cabinas Guarana. We decided to try a different hotel…
Leaving La Tortuga Feliz: Bataan to Puerto Viejo
If all has gone according to plan, right about now, we are leaving the turtle project at La Tortuga Feliz and are headed back to Bataan. At the time I wrote this (on October 9th) and scheduled it to post…
Cabinas Casa Verde and Breakfast: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica Cabinas Casa Verde 7:45 AM The high pitched hum thing is back again this morning, though seems to be a bit less frequent than yesterday. I woke up itching again, and was awake in the middle…
Observations From our First Couple Of Weeks Traveling:
San Jose, Costa Rica: As with all big cities, there are homeless people. No matter how much we travel, it’s still odd to see people just laying on the street randomly in the middle of the day. It’s difficult to…
Cabinas Casa Verde: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica
Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica Cabinas Casa Verde 7:30 AM Spanish verb of the day: llavender (yay-vahn-dare: to wash – clothes in particular). Even though we didn’t wear many clothes at La Tortuga Feliz, pretty much everything in our suitcases needs…
Limon, Costa Rica
Impression of Puerto Limon, Costa Rica: Picture Manhattan car traffic, add Bourbon street crowds, put them all on a street outside a small but relatively busy bus station, and you’ll have an idea of what we got off of the bus into in Puerto Limon. I’m going to report you in Limon. Hope this tip saves you some time and confusion if you’re in Limon, Costa Rica and wanting to get to Puerto Viejo or Manzanilla.
Should You Come To La Tortuga Feliz?
La Tortuga Feliz. Since we’re not working any more shifts at the hatchery or the beach, we can now announce the Total Turtle Tally from La Tortuga Feliz. Turtle Time! Carrie and I worked the evening shift together last night from 6:00PM-10:00PM. 73 turtles hatched from one nest!
It’s Turtle Time! Hatching Turtles at La Tortuga Feliz
La Tortuga Feliz: Releasing baby turtles – So we started taking those out and measured and released 60 turtles. It was fun to hear their shells clicking together. They don’t really make sound, other than the little peeps coming from one that got stuck in the fence – we got that turtle out and released it to the ocean.
How Many Liters In A Kilometer
La Tortuga Feliz: Turtle tracks, but no turtle. Patrolled the beach last night with Neil and our guide Carlos last night from 10:00PM-2:00AM. Saw turtle tracks up the beach and back to the ocean, but no eggs and no turtle. Last night was the clearest I have ever seen the constellation Orion.