Well our escape from the earthquake was remarkable as we had only passed through the epicentre hours before. Some french tourists, whom we had met at a coffee plantation enroute, were not so lucky and had to be airlifted out. After a couple of days at Arenal volcano, near La Fortuna, and not having seen the top because of cloud, we moved on to the cloud forest at Monte Verde. This involved a half hour minibus drive, a half hour boat ride and finally a one and a ...

Well we arrived in Costa Rica on Monday the 5th having spent most of Johns birthday travelling from the Galapagos via Guayaquil to Quito and met up with our rep William from andes connexion. It was good to see him again. We stayed at the same hotel in Quito overnight and had an early start as we had to fly to Lima and get a connecting flight to San Jose. After a night in San Jose, another early start . A group of 16 of us travelled to Tortuguera Beach through som...