Nicole's Adventures

The rest of my time in Costa Rica was awesome and a little dried than before, thank goodness! And to update you... I didn't have any problems with my ATM cards, turns out it was all of the three machines in Monteverde which apparently don't accept mastercard even though the banks say they do! Crisis averted :) I spent my birthday on a bus and a boat gtting to Montezuma. Montezuma was soo cute, and small. The atomsphere was fabulous.  I headed to the beach as soon as I arrived and met some French Canadians who were throwing a frisbee. We went out to dinner and they treated me to my bday dinner. After, I hung out with an Aussie I met in my hostel and the bar made sure to play their cheesy "feliz cumpleanos" song and some free shots of Casique.. the Costa Rican sugar cane rum.. Which is quite rough, kind of like rubbing alcohol. The days after that I enjoyed a waterfall hike with Adam, the Aussie, days on the beach, and a snorkeling tour. After Montezuma, I headed...

HOLA from Costa Rica! Pura Vida is the perfect way to describe this country. It is so easy going and laid back, friendly and just lovable. I can see why so many tourists love this place. The first week Tyler and I were here we did a little tour of San Jose, mostly it´s just a typical city. We walked around and found an adorable pink school, and all sorts of crazy hustle and bustle traffic. The next morning we headed straight to the beach on the carribean side. We enjoyed relaxing so much over there that we decided to make the most of his short time away and hang out there for a week. During the week we spent time surfing, biking, and visiting a jaguar rescue center. We didn´t see any jaguars there but got to play with baby monkeys, see an anteater, owls, snakes, red eyed frogs, sloths, and toucans! It was really awesome. The people there were so sweet and so much fun. Tyler got to learn how to climb a coconut tree and use a machete to get to the stuff out of the coconut!  For Tyl...