Posted on April 2, 2008 by hvthompson
I went to Corcovado. Oh yes. I spent those three days traipsing through the jungle, carrying everything I needed to live, unable to tell the difference between sweat, humidity and rain, and desperately keeping my eyes peeled for tapirs, sloths, even those little squirrel monkeys would have done. I got bitten to shit by the [...]
Filed under: San José, wildlife | Tagged: anteater, cockroach, corcovado national park, Costa Rica, lions, San José, sloth, universidad de costa rica, zoo | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 2, 2008 by hvthompson
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It has long been said that you have to suffer for beauty. While counting mosquito bites and pulling ticks out of their toes, hikers who have just walked 50 kilometers (31 miles) in tropical heat through the Osa Peninsula might be inclined to agree.
From [...]
Filed under: Traveling, wildlife | Tagged: anteater, beaches, beauty, bull sharks, camping, Carate, corcovado national park, Costa Rica, hiking, jaguar, jungle, mosquitoes, Osa Peninsula, Pacific, rain forest, Sirena, tapir, ticks, undisturbed, wilderness, wildlife | Leave a Comment »
Posted on April 2, 2008 by hvthompson
As I sit here in Vienna, eating strudel, listening to the rain and generally being European, it seems to me the perfect time to start a blog about Costa Rica.
Every time I return to Europe after a significant time away, I find that it has become more beautiful. Architecture in Costa Rica can be called [...]
Filed under: First blog | Tagged: army, beach, brownies, Costa Rica, crime, eco-tourism, elections, free trade treaty, gallo pinto, HIV, indigenous, life expectancy, literacy rate, Nicaragua, passport control, pollution, puerto viejo, racism, San José, Vienna, welfare system | Leave a Comment »
