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Apres maintenant une semaine au Costa Rica, je peux dire que le Nicaragua me manque de par

son integ ri ter et authenticite. Malgre que le Corta Rica semble avoir un peu plus de tresors naturels , il en est d'autant plus touristique ce qui de temps a autre gache un peu le plaisir. Il va sans dire que c'est toutefois un mau dit bea u pays!!! Nous nous sommes diriger vers la petite ville de Samara dans la peninsule du Nicoya pour debuter notre sejour Costa Ricain. Vraiment une charmante petite ville de quelques rues a peines. La plage etait superbe mais difficile de comparer avec celle d e Jiquilillo!!! Nous avons finalement decider de se louer un petit 4x4 pour se rendre a Montezuma et Santa-Theresa. Heureusement car nous avons eu droit a toute une aventure dans un chemin etroit, boueteux, avec de serieuses p entes qui donne sur des ravins. On a du traverser 5 petites rivieres sans parler de

celle s qui s'ecroulais sous notre voiture en descentant les chemins de boues!!! Une super histoire a raconter avec du recul ;) Nous sommes ensuite aller visiter le Parc National Cabo Blanco sur la poin te de la peninsule ou une agreable randonnee de 4 heures nous mene a une superbe plage remplis de Bernards l'herm ite, de gros lezards et de "white face Monkeys"!!! C'est vraiment genial etre en pleine nature et de rencontrer tout ces animaux. On a aussi vu des coatis, papillons bleus, armadillos et plus...
Nous sommes maintenant de passage a Jaco beach avant de se rendre demain a notre superbe villa Costa Ricaine pour la prochaine semaine! On se gate!!!



So far Costa Rica has been marked by abundant wildlife, nature and beaches. It's so lush and green here and w e are frequently entertained by the interesting wildlife around us (including the lazy dogs who usually lay out in th e middle of the streets without moving too quickly for oncoming traffic). We spent our first few days in Costa Rica at a wonderf ul beach called Samara, on the Nicoya Peninsula. From there, we met a Canadian couple with whom we rented a jeep and headed further south. We decided to spoil ourselves instead of taking a 10 hour bus ride. The road was ridden with potholes that would make even a Montrealer's eyes bulge out!!! We found a relaxing place to stay in Montezum a, a town o n the southern tip of the peninsula. Our first day there was really rainy so we decided to take advantage of having a jeep and drove off to a town ne arby (7km away). We were advised by our trusty american friend to take the ¨shorter¨ route because it would take less time. Well, it appears that he'd never been on this road in th e rain and let me tell ya, we were extremely happy to have 4x4 on our jeep! At times it was so steep and slippery that it took Maxime several tries to make it up. We went thru at least 5 small rivers, slipped and slid on the muddy and rough terrain and at times I would just remove my seatbelt to have a quick exit in case our jeep went flying off the deep c liffs (let's just say guardrails are not really popular in Costa Rica!). Luckily we lived to tell the story and once we got there (1 hour to drive for 7km!!!) we treated ourselves to a yummy lunch at Casa Zen (appropriate place to be to calm our shaken nerves!). After a few days in this surfer area, a walk in the beautiful jungle - where we saw tons o f awe some wildlife (maxime even found a stick to ¨protect¨us from a growling coati - we weren't too sure if it would attack or not), we headed to Jaco, another beach town where we'll just spend the night before meeting our Quebecois friends. We will join them tomorrow at the villa for a wonderful week set in the jungle near a national park and tons of beaches. Life is beautiful!!!

The interne t place is shuttting...goodnight and sweet dreams

Maxime et Brigitte xoxo