HitchBiking, Diving and Partying
30 C° - Sun - Bike - Beach - Ron - What the hell is christmas?
Well I just called home and confirmed that it s happenng again - down here it doesn t look like …
What happened in the last weeks in Costa Rica?
On the 11th of December I was on Costa Rica Radio. Talking about Hospitality Exchange Networks.
On the 13th of December I went down to Bahia Gigante where the Costa Rica Camp with 30 people from all over the world took place. I cycled there in two days from San Jose. I figured out a nice route on my map but the information wasn t very good. Apparently I ve bought a futural map because there are roads marked who are going to be build (sometime) but there are not yet there. So I ended up riding on traintracks and donkey paths with all my damn luggage. Anyway - it was an experience. On the first night a camped on a Police station and the cop offered me a ride on his Pickup truck for the next morning - perfect, the road I was supposed to take was too busy anyway. So I easily got to the ferry and on the Peninsula Nicoya I had lunch after ~15 km cycling. While having lunch I decided to drink two beer which together with the sun brought me to try HitchBiking. By the time I left the restaurant a Pickup truck approaced and I putted out my thumb. He stoped and brought me straight to my destination. The Camp was an amazing experience again. I ve got to thank Paloma and Cyril for their help while organizing the camp. After the camp I HitchBiked200 km up to Plaas del Coco for diving. I saw a Mantaray, some White-Tip Sharks a wreck and several Stingrays. It was nice but expensive (95 US for two tanks). During my three days I stayed with Bianca, an austrian diveinstructor I met some weeks ago in Samara. After Cocos I cycled down all the coast of the Peninsula Nicoya, passing by Tamarindo (overcrowded and noisy), surfing in Playa Avellana, checking out a rodeo festival in San Juanillo, camping in two Turtle Wildlife Reserves and finally got to Mal Pais where I met with 7 other students to party. We ve been staying in the Funky Monkey Lodge which was one of the best places I stayed so far. Yesterday I ve got back to San Jose and tomorow I m heading the mountains of Talamaca. There I m gonna take part in a traditional event of the Borucas until the 2. of January. After that I m heading north to Mexico…
I can t find the cable to my camera so you ve got to wait for new pictures… Just two new ones so far:
Thats what my Christmas eve looked like!
The Costa Rica Camp!
December 28th, 2008 at 6:22 pm
[…] spending a traditional Christmas with my family this year (not like last year) I continued to London […]