I have made my first solo excursion in Costa Rica. I spent a weekend in North Western Costa Rica, on the Nicoya Peninsula at Brasilita & Playa Conchal which, according to my lonely planet (as well as the family I am staying with) is the loveliest beach in Costa Rica). It took about 5 hours to get there (& strangely, 6 hours to get back) but it was indeed lovely. YOu walk 1km along Playa Brasitia which is a nice enough beach itself but is totally ignored ...

Today is Tuesday, my brain is full of conjugated verbs and I'm having some trouble with the grammer as I can't recall what the definition of a reflexive verb or future perfect is in English let alone Spanish. Last Thursday night I went to a great salsa club, I was rubbish but the locals (Ticos) were great. I'm going to go to a lot more slasa classes this week. I'll give the merengue a miss as it's hard enough trying to work out what to do with your feet never mi...

Since I last wrote I've been up to loads of stuff - Ive been to a roller disco and was almost too scared to get on my feet but after making it 10 feet to a pillar & back a number of times I gave it a go on the proper rink & didn't fall over at all thankfully. I visited Cahuita & Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean coast with an Irish girl I met called Sinead & during the couple of hours a day when it wasn't bucketing with rain we visited the national...

Came home from a night out on Monday evening to find a lizard had made itś home in my bathroom & ran through to hide behind my bed when I opened the door. Too tired to argue with it so ignored it. Itś back in the bathroom now & freaks me out every time I open the door as it scuttles off. Itś currently raining which it seems to do for about an hour or so every day with thunder & lightning as the norm. Itś warm though, probably late 20ś. My hair i...

iHola! I´ve arrived with only minimal jetlag, despite accidentally getting up & ready at 5:15 this morning instead of 6:15. I am officially rubbish at Spanish & am in a beginners class with 5 others which is good. I haven´t got much more to add yet really. I only arrived at the house I´m staying in at 23:30 last night after a long days travelling. Also - you´ll be glad to hear that I managed to avoid eating MacDonalds this lunchtime & investi...