We left early to do a suspension "hanging" bridges tour of the rainforest canopy. It was noticeably cooler up in the cloud forest and we started a tour which involved 8 suspension bridges and a great tour guide. He pointed out flora and fauna as we walked the trail, and any wildlife that could be spotted in its natural jungle habitat. It was absolutely amazing feeling like you were essentially up in the trees with the birds, walking at branch level and seeing t...

We made ourselves a feast of a breakfast and then went out to take a look around San Jose. The weather was pretty miserable and our first impressions of San Jose were that it was dull, dirty and tacky. It felt very strange being back in such a big city again, especially with all the large department stores and nice vehicles. We walked into the main park and walked around the surrounding markets and were again unimpressed with San Jose - it felt like being in Wa...

I woke up far more hungover than I'd expected to be - maybe even still drunk! Liv and I realised that we actually hadn't made any plans as to where we were moving into next and were to be checking out in a few hours. We made an impressive breakfast for travellers in a hostel, consisting of freshly baked bread, scrambled eggs, avocado, pesto and tomatoes - a perfect start to the day - and decided that we should move onto Costa Rica's infamous cloud forest region i...

We got out early and walked down to Playa Colces in order to watch the surfers as we sunbathed. The weather was perfect for tanning and the sun was gleaming with hardly any clouds in the sky at all. It was however so bloody hot we couldn't lie there for more than 5 minutes without having to cool down in the sea. With the rough waves and rip tides this was no easy task! Mid-afternoon we returned to Salsa Brava beach; the day had been so relaxing. We still had a l...

I woke up with a completely swollen face, in particular my eye, from being attacked in the night by Mosquitos! Liv and I had a good laugh at the state of me and then decided to rent bicycles for the day and cycle down to the next beaches. It was unbelievably hot and humid so we were in a way kind of thankful that there were some clouds in the sky to dampen the sunshine. The next beach down from Salsa Brava and Puerto Viejo's main town is Playa Cocles, a beach al...