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Walk for a week....

So Thursday is a exteremly important day here in Costa Rica...it is the day of the Virgin. This is when everyone in the country (on the news it said over 2 million people) walk from wherever they live to Cartago--some people walk for a week or more! When they finally arrive, they finish the...

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Kristin Kyllo on July 31, 2007 from Cartago, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Kiki's adventures in Costa Rica

The Volcano... look... the Volcano is exploding...

So after 2 days of sadness and despair, we now find our heroes jubilant, victorious and celebrating with an impromptu Volcano dance, or as we like to call it, "La Grande Fuego". (EdC; our costa-spanish is lacking but with a bit of creativity....) That's right folks, we got fire, we got...

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REB on July 31, 2007 from Tamarindo, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Welcome to the Jungle...

Make crafts...

Montezuma is like an alternate universe...one where it is normal to sit on the same set of stairs with 10 of your friends for 3 days and not move, smoke pot, make crafts, and sell them on the street....or to spend your evenings juggling or flame throwing with your friends in the middle of town. ...

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Kristin Kyllo on July 30, 2007 from Montezuma, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Kiki's adventures in Costa Rica

BrAAAAWck - Polly Wanna Cracker

Left the Tree House of faded glory and did a dash north west to the Arenal Volcano. All the guides describe it as one of the most active volcanoes in the world. They also mention it is one of the cloudiest volcanoes in the world. We can certainly attest to the cloudiness, and have seen a few...

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REB on July 29, 2007 from Arenal, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Welcome to the Jungle...

Killer Ants!

Day 4 and its confirmed - Costa Rica is a stunning place... The day started so well... Woken at 5am by the extraordinarily loud sounds of howler monkeys - on second thoughts, the dementor description still fits but nothing like lions - more prehistoric - maybe the underwater rantings of...

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REB on July 26, 2007 from Cahuita, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Welcome to the Jungle...

Annexation of Nicoya

Today is a very important day here in Costa Rica--it marks the annexation of Nicoya to the rest of Costa Rica. Today at school all the kids dressed in traditional Costa Rican clothing, did the typical dances, and ate the traditional foods. I think it made me realize that we don't have anything...

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Kristin Kyllo on July 25, 2007 from Tres Rios, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Kiki's adventures in Costa Rica

Cacophany in the canopy

Woken by howler monkeys at dawn, yelling at each other across the jungle next to our cabin - sound like a cross between lions and dementors, very spooky and very loud. Didn't stop Ralph sleeping through till past ten. Meanwhile a sqzillion blue & yellow crabs popped up and down from their...

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REB on July 25, 2007 from Cahuita, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Welcome to the Jungle...

Crispy's Birthday!

Left Panama about 11am and made it through Costa Rica airport and onto Hertz by midday. Crispy in charge of navigation; decided to "avoid main roads" which took us through a "lovely" part of the San Jose suburbs. Started driving east and made it to the Caribbean coast by 6ish, just as it was...

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REB on July 24, 2007 from Cahuita, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Welcome to the Jungle...

On top of a mountain....

So this past weekend we spent our time up in the mountains. We debated if we wanted to do it or just go to the beach again, but we decided to check it out. We got there late-ish on Friday, after getting a flat on the bus--but instead of changing it, we just moved all the people who were...

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Kristin Kyllo on July 23, 2007 from Monteverde, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Kiki's adventures in Costa Rica

Vacation--week 2

So after I got Justin set and off to the airport I only had a couple of hours before my parents got here. When they first got here they got a great introduction to life in Costa Rica--the rent-a-car window was closed because the man decided he wanted to go home. Yup, it's pretty laid back...

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Kristin Kyllo on July 16, 2007 from Jaco, Costa Rica

from the travel blog: Kiki's adventures in Costa Rica

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