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Hola agian....not really in San Isidro but its the closest place...when I go to add an entry it asks me to nominate the place and its not always there!...so we're actually at Domenical on the Atlantic coast...yes, another famous surfing spot!...quite a few surfistas around, the rest of the place is fairly westernised, again the ex-pats run the businesses, and here the places are really strung out .....halfway between the main road and the beach, a bit odd, its all still a few hundred metres from the beach...nowhere has beach views!...except for some places way up on the hill...maybe a conservation thing...about everywhere in CR is a park of sorts..ecotourism has been the big earner here and responsible for a lot of CR's income....and all the tracks off the main road are really badly potholed and they're all full of water, big rains yesterday!.

Roosters to Feather Dusters

Bill Shum
2006-03-24 22:02:22

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Hola agian....not really in San Isidro but its the closest place...when I go to add an entry it asks me to nominate the place and its not always there!...so we're actually at Domenical on the Atlantic coast...yes, another famous surfing spot!...quite a few surfistas around, the rest of the place is fairly westernised, again the ex-pats run the businesses, and here the places are really strung out .....halfway between the main road and the beach, a bit odd, its all still a few hundred metres from the beach...nowhere has beach views!...except for some places way up on the hill...maybe a conservation thing...about everywhere in CR is a park of sorts..ecotourism has been the big earner here and responsible for a lot of CR's income....and all the tracks off the main road are really badly potholed and they're all full of water, big rains yesterday!.
But back to the Carribean...Puerto Viejo is 60 odd kms past Limon the main port city for Costa Rico...coming intotown we come across huge compounds with mountains of sea containers...like Port Melbourne 10 fold...an old railway line runs down the middle of the road to the wharf area....it all seems remarkably quiet..maybe the business has moved on, only one container ship heading out, not the usual hustle and bustle you associate with ports.....then again, its v carribean....the town is pretty clunky, old timberbuildings with wide eaves and balconies....the usual mash of market stalls, street vendors and the array of dentists, lawyers, official offices.....a huge modern cathedral starting to dominate the city centre, a triumph of blue colourbond corrugated iron and massive concrete superstructure....just hope someone up there appreciates it....
On to Puerto Viejo, a sleepy little beachside town stretching along a couple of streets along the beach, lined with coco palms and the same old timber 2-storey, wide verandah, paint peeling, tin roofers...with a few localslazing around ...offering good ...