Parque Nacional Corcovado - recap

Corcovado National Park is located in southwest Costa Rica on the Osa Peninsula. According to Wikipedia, it was established in 1975, and encompasses an area of 425 km² (263 mi²), and it has a stunning ecological variety. It is home to lots of wildlife including Baird's tapirs, Harpy eagles, American crocodiles, Spectacled Caiman, pumas,...

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Puerto Jimenez, Costa Rica

After a grueling 9 hour bus ride on a non-air conditioned bus, Sara and I left San Jose and made it to Puerto Jimenez yesterday night. We spent the night at The Palms hotel for a mere $10/head, since the AC in the room was broken. On the plus side, we were given a fan, and the room had both a mosquito net and hot water (my first warm water...

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Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

Bueno, pues fuimos a Puerto Viejo ayer y ahora estamos otra vez en Limon. (We went to Puerto Viejo yesterday, and I am currently in Limon again as I write this). Christmas festivities here in Costa Rica are, as expected, a bit different than those in the U.S. Christmas eve, which is when we arrived in Limon, is more of a big deal than Christmas...

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Limón, Costa Rica

Ahora, estamos en Limón, Costa Rica. The link is in Spanish, but I am sure there is an easy way to reference it in English. After a sleepless (but fun) night in Atlanta, I departed for San Jose, Costa Rica yesterday morning, after a brief layover in Houston. I stood in the longest immigration line ever (it took two hours to get a stamp...

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Atlanta, Georgia

This is a recap of my few days in Atlanta, Georgia from Dec 20-22. On Monday morning, I left Americus via a shuttle from Warner-Robbins that took me to the Atlanta (ATL) airport. I caught the ATL metro (MARTA) into Midtown, where my Couchsurfing (CS) host met me and took me out to his shared home in East ATL. Something important that CS...

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Americus, Georgia

This is part one of my new series, "Where in the World is Suzi?" Thanks to my fellow SSG writer Jodi for the title inspiration. I just spent the past day and a half in Americus, Georgia. Never heard of it? I don't blame you. It's a small town about two and a half hours south of Atlanta, and it's actually where the international headquarters...

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Minneapolis, En Route to Atlanta

This was written on Saturday afternoon, December 19, 2009, on my Delta flight from Minneapolis to Atlanta.James Cameron's epic new film Avatar has gotten enough press to raise my curiosity to the point of spending my last night in Seattle for the year 2009 at the premiere of Avatar. Having not seen any visual or written previews of the film,...

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Seattle, Predeparture

A lot has happened since my last post. Perhaps the biggest news was the successful first flight of the 787 Dreamliner on December 15, 2009, which was amazing to witness. The other big news (in my life, anyway) was getting the chance to officially photograph my first big concert: Visqueen at Deck the Hall Ball. Sure, I've been covering...

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Bali, Indonesia - recap

This is a recap of a week-long trip to Bali, Indonesia I took during the last week of November 2009.  With a population of approximately 3.5 million people and 90% of the population adhering to Balinese Hinduism, Bali is a unique tourist destination renowned for its beautiful beaches and arts. Stephanie and I in Bali Bali's largest...

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