After successfully managing to make it to San Jose and back to civilisation I headed straight to CRLA to pick up my belongings. I loved going back and saw lots of students who were still there from the weeks I attended. So I caught up with them over lunch and found out about their weekend travels! After a few goodbyes I made my way to the hostel for the night before heading off in the morning. Here I just relaxed for the evening in the hostel with a few guys fr...

In the morning with Khrissy feeling better we headed to the mainland ready for our huge journey. Feeling bittersweet (sad and excited for the jungle and turtles) we got a boat, boat, taxi, bus, bus, walked, bus, taxi, bus, bus boat and boat! And after 10 hours we finally arrived at San Fransico, a small village only accessible through small canals by boats. This was by far the most remote place I have been so far, with no roads or cars the locals use a small ca...

After around 16 hours sleep I woke up refreshed and with rather pink forearms and knees (water to wash off suncream and intense sun doesn't work well for my skin) I got ready and headed to school. After catching up with everyones weekend stories we headed to class where I was alone! On the first day I had private tution as noone else had joined us which helped with pronounciation etc! On Monday night my housemates and a few others met at a local bar, recommended...

After school finished on Friday, Nadwa and I headed to the bus station to catch the public bus to Puerto Viejo (direct translation as Old Port). The place was recommended by the school so we decided to visit. The public bus was not like the buses in South America. Very cramped, no air con or anything remotely luxurious but the £5 price and views of luscious rainforest from the window meant I couldn't really complain. During the journey we stopped off at a ...

As we were about to land in Costa Rica I couldn't believe how amazing it looked from the plane window, with rolling hills and mountations all covered in thick, green vegetation and rainforest the country looked beautiful. After a pretty hassel free flight I headed through customs to find one of the drivers, as promised in the email, waiting to pick me up...I'd never had one of the signs with my name on before! Here the driver and his wife (who were lovely, a gr...