The lesser intrepid traveller returns It´s with a broken and weary body that I write this entry. Five days of trekking, horseriding, ziplinig and canyoneering and I have arrived back in San Jose in pieces. Have been to the cloudforest in Monteverde and the rainforest in Arenal. Had a bit of a dull night trek but did see a tarantula up close, which was cool. The horseriding was great and I got to use my best rehearsed Spanish phrase, when asked if I wanted to g...

So Rio is behind us and I must say I´m glad. The reports about violence in Rio are overhyped. It is a beautiful city viewed from afar. The sights from the top of Corcovado (where Christ the Redeemer sits) are awesome and the cityscape at night from the top of Sugar Loaf mountain is completely spell binding. (Althoguh why anyone built a city in the middle of a mountain range is beyond me, they must have been nuts, or at least had some foresight to give taxi drive...