Happy Birthday!

I have good news. Today wanderingjellybean.com is turning one! Yay! Over the last year it has been so exciting! There have been 102 published comments. 4102 page views, from over 20 different countries, including Bosnia, Herzegovina, Israel, Russia, The Netherlands, The Ukraine, and Turkey! It has been a great year! Here are some of my favorite pictures from the last year.

Out and About in Alajuela!

We have been to the provincia de Alajuela a couple times in the past eight months. Alajuela is one of the seven provinces in Costa Rica. It is north of San Jose and west of Heredia. It has quite a few volcanoes in the area. The weather is very cold at the higher elevations. Some of the highlights of are travels have been,
Sarchi,
Sarchi is a town nestled in the hills of Alajuela. The town is known for its handy crafts, such as wooden furniture, leather rocking chairs, and hand painted ox carts. The chairs in our house were made in Sarchi. One of my favorite things we saw was a giant ox cart that was hand painted. The entire town is decorated with the beautiful ox cart patterns.

The Jaguar Rescue Center!!

Hey, guys! This blog post was written by one of my best friends. She came to visit me in Costa Rica. So, for once, I get to sit back and relax. I am proud to present....this blog's very first guest blog post. Yay! Go C Frey! 

JB

Top Five Restaurants Near Montezuma!

1. Cocina Clandestina:

Cocina Clandestina is a little restaurant in Delicias, just up the hill from Montezuma. It is a little bit out of the way, so, there aren't as many people as in some of the restaurants in Montezuma. It is delicious Mexican food. I would highly recommend their Street Tacos!  It has a cozy, mellow vibe. I liked every bit of it. Bonus- If you are a kid you get a cool kids menu to color. Seriously, there are different designs, not just one. 

Nicaragua!

We went on vacation to Granada, Nicaragua.

Granada is a little town on the Lago de Nicaragua (Lake of Nicaragua). The Lago de Nicaragua is 99 miles across in some places! The hotel we stayed at was called Hotel con Corazón. It had a giant chess board.

Arenal!

One of the most popular volcanoes in Costa Rica is called Arenal. Arenal is about 1,600 meters above sea-level.

We went to Arenal to go to the hot springs. We stayed at a resort called Tabacon. Tabacon is named after a town that was destroyed in 1968, the last time the volcano erupted. Tabacon has a series of geothermal pools that you can swim in that are all heated by the volcano. The pools are different temperatures and some are mixed with cool river water as the different streams flow through the park.

Kayaking in Bahìa Rica!

We went kayaking in a bay close to us..... at night?!

Did you know that is actually very hard to see your fellow kayakers and where you are going? Luckily, we didn't go very far. The main reason we went out was to see this.....

Phosphorescent plankton. When you put your hand or paddle in the water it lights up like a bunch of fairy lights. When fish jump it lights up in ripples. You know when you skip a rock it makes ripples around each skip? Well, imagine that but all lit up. It was very hard to photograph but it was really neat to see it.  If you ever in Costa Rica, Bahìa Rica Adventures is a good place to go to see it. It's amazing.

Ciao!

JB