The Osa - best bits! - Turtles, turtles, turtles (and one nest of teeny tiny tortugitas!!) - Listening to the surf from my cabina - Meeting so many lovely new people - Smores and bonfires on the beach - Sunsets and sunrises - The stars! Who knew there were so many! - Sparkly, phophorescent sand (almost the coolest thing ever) - Greg and his guitar - Being constantly amazed at my good luck at ending up in such an amazing place - Monkeys! Everywhere! Th...

19th July - 21st August 2008: Sand, sweat and turtles, turtles, turtles So, how so I go about explaining the last five weeks that I´ve spent in a remote and tropical paradise which I am now completely in love with?! Firstly, my particular paradise is called the Osa Peninsula, on the south-east Pacific coast of Costa Rica. This area includes Corcovado National Park, which among other things, boasts the largest remaining tract of lowland Pacific rainforest in ...