From Anchorage to Ushuaia by Bike

It’s been a little while since we updated our blog. We’ve been spending time with our family instead of searching for internet access. For an account of our most recent adventures, we give you Sara’s cousins, Titouan and Anélie, who are primary students at Jean Macé de Vergèze, one of our partner schools in the Gard.

Arrival in Costa Rica

We got up at 4 in the morning to catch our flight out from Marseille to Madrid. Then at 12:30 we got on the flight for Costa Rica which lasted 11 hours. The food was not good at all. To pass the time we watched the movie “Australia” which was showing in Spanish, English and Italian.

The first hotel that we stayed in was very noisy. A lot of traffic and it was next to the airport. There were a lot of planes. Luckily we didn’t stay there very long.

Cahuita

We drove a long time to get to Cahuita, in the South-East of Costa Rica, where there is a beautiful national park right on the Caribbean Ocean. We saw m!!!onkey!!!s, yellow snakes, white-nosed coatis, giant crabs and mosquitoes. The m!!!onkey!!!s were Capuchin M!!!onkey!!!s and weren’t shy about rifling through the tourists’ bags. We also went swimming in the Caribbean Ocean.

Arenal

We drove a lot to get to Arenal. There was a really nice volcano that rumbled a lot but we didn’t see any lava, even though normally at night you can see red lines of lava running down the volcano. It might wake up at any time. In the evening, when the sun was going down, we swam in a stream that was heated by the volcano. It was very warm and quite nice. The next morning we went to the Volcano Observatory and walked around. On our walk we were attacked by a baby Jaguar. Then we swam in a pool and a Jacuzzi, overlooking the volcano.

Corcovado

We took a lot of roads to get to Drake Bay.

The first day we went snorkelling: driving with a mask and snorkel, but no air tank. We left from the beach in a boat and went close to an island called “Isla de Caño.” A couple of meters from the island, we jumped out of the boat. We tried to swim at the surface of the water and watch the marine life at the bottom: fish, coral, algae…

The next morning we split into two groups to do two different activities: canopy tour and horseback riding. A canopy tour means going on different zip lines through the forest. The horseback riding was Cowboy-style, without helmets. We rode down to the river and swam in the waterfall and then came cantering back along the beach. Then we rested in the afternoon and fixed the 4x4 that had a flat tire.

Sara & Sébastien

This trip is outside the preview of the Association Planète Durable et Solidaire, but we will use the website to keep you updated on all our adventures.