Talina and Beck in Costa Rica

Thursday, March 18 to Thursday, March 25, 2004

Talina Wood and I decided to travel over Spring Break. At first, we thought we'd go to Greece, but upon further examination, Greece sounded too cold and too crowded (on account of the Olympics being held there the coming summer). A friend of Talina recommended Costa Rica, and despite never really considering Central America as a destination, we decided to travel there. Because, hey, why not.

Talina was busy with work and I was busy with school the two months preceeding our trip, so we never really planned out where we were going or what we were doing. I went out and bought a Lonely Planet guide book (because I had such good experiences using one during my trip to Fiji) and that was about the extent of our preparation. Things went well despite our lack of planning, and we ended up doing a fairly comprehensive tour of the country.

Thursday to Friday: We arrive in the capital city, San Jose
Friday to Sunday: Cahuita, on the Carribean coast
Sunday to Tuesday: The cloud rainforests of Monteverde
Tuesday to Wednesday: La Fortuna, by the Volcon Arenal
Wednesday: San Jose, mark two
Thursday: Departure from Costa Rica