Here at Luna Llena we love falling asleep to the drone of insects and geckos chirping with the waves crashing in the background, and waking up to the rustle of leaves and tweets of birds in the morning. In the rainy season, the patter of rain on the roof makes for the best sleep of your life.
The Tico Times wrote an article on August 12 about jungle noises minimizing stressful thoughts and helping people fall asleep. Luna Llena's owner, Milly Anz, was quoted in the article. Follow this link to read more!
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
A Lovely Poem About Costa Rica
This poem was published in the Tico Times on February 18, 2011. We wish to share it with our readers because we feel it beautifully captures the essence of life in Costa Rica.
This poem was submitted [to the Tico Times]by Katherine Ridley, 13, who attended the Talarke School in San Ramon de Tres Rios from 2000 to 2007, and the European School in San Pablo de Heredia from 2007 to 2010. She now lives in Geneva, Switzerland.
Pura Vida
I know a country with a heart of gold and goodness.
The animals, so colorful and exotic,
They look like part of a dream;
The mountains that breathe fire
Like hot-tempered, scaly dragons.
The restless land that shakes and shudders
Letting the people know it is alive.
Bright red berries that sprinkle the coffee plants at harvest time;
Drops of blood on a green garment.
Sandy beaches snaking around the country:
Ropes preventing all that beauty from spilling into the sea
That already has its fair share.
Coral reefs that grow just as dense
As the rain forest with its endless showers
As if it was trying to wash the evil from the world.
And the people that smile as if life is good
Because it is.
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Question of the Week: What's the Best Way to Get to Tamarindo/Samara from Montezuma?
Montezuma is located at the Southeastern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula. A lot of folks who are traveling for the first time in Costa Rica or in the Nicoya Peninsula don't realize the roads here are bad year round and many are impassable during the rainy season. There are no public buses that travel directly from Montezuma to the Northern part of the Nicoya Peninsula, where Samara and Tamarindo are located. That's right, no public buses. Many travelers are surprised to discover this once they get here.
If you wish you travel by public bus from Montezuma to Samara or Tamarindo, you have to take the bus from Montezuma to Paquera, then the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas, then a taxi from the ferry dock to the bus stop in Puntarenas, then another bus to Liberia if you're headed to Tamarindo or to Nicoya if you're headed to Samara. You're looking at a 12-hour trip that will cost approximately $25 in bus and taxi fare. Plus you have to remember that traveling for such a long time is tiring and you're going to have to pay for bathrooms along the way, plus the over-priced food and drink for sale on the ferry and at bus stations. By the time you arrive in Tamarindo or Samara 12 hours later you will most likely have spent $45 on your trip and you'll arrive exhausted.
This is why we at Luna Llena Hotel highly recommend reserving a shuttle. For just $45 the shuttle will pick you up right in front of Luna Llena Hotel (or any hotel in Montezuma) in an air-conditioned van and drive you directly to your hotel in either Samara or Tamarindo. And the trip only takes four and a half hours! You save about eight hours of your vacation time, and you also save a lot of hassle. You will arrive at your destination with energy to get out and hit the waves, or rent a bike and explore the town, etc. It's like adding an extra afternoon to your vacation for free! The only catch is that there is a minimum of two persons to reserve a shuttle.
The other ways to travel between Montezuma and Tamarindo/Samara include renting a car or ATV. During the dry season (December-April) you can drive a 4-wheel drive vehicle up the road along the Western coast of the Nicoya Peninsula and witness the isolated and beautiful beaches that are practically uninhabited between Manzanillo and Samara. Some hearty cyclists have been known to make this trip by bicycle, too. But as soon as the rains come this road is entirely impassable and off-limits.
If you wish you travel by public bus from Montezuma to Samara or Tamarindo, you have to take the bus from Montezuma to Paquera, then the ferry from Paquera to Puntarenas, then a taxi from the ferry dock to the bus stop in Puntarenas, then another bus to Liberia if you're headed to Tamarindo or to Nicoya if you're headed to Samara. You're looking at a 12-hour trip that will cost approximately $25 in bus and taxi fare. Plus you have to remember that traveling for such a long time is tiring and you're going to have to pay for bathrooms along the way, plus the over-priced food and drink for sale on the ferry and at bus stations. By the time you arrive in Tamarindo or Samara 12 hours later you will most likely have spent $45 on your trip and you'll arrive exhausted.
This is why we at Luna Llena Hotel highly recommend reserving a shuttle. For just $45 the shuttle will pick you up right in front of Luna Llena Hotel (or any hotel in Montezuma) in an air-conditioned van and drive you directly to your hotel in either Samara or Tamarindo. And the trip only takes four and a half hours! You save about eight hours of your vacation time, and you also save a lot of hassle. You will arrive at your destination with energy to get out and hit the waves, or rent a bike and explore the town, etc. It's like adding an extra afternoon to your vacation for free! The only catch is that there is a minimum of two persons to reserve a shuttle.
The other ways to travel between Montezuma and Tamarindo/Samara include renting a car or ATV. During the dry season (December-April) you can drive a 4-wheel drive vehicle up the road along the Western coast of the Nicoya Peninsula and witness the isolated and beautiful beaches that are practically uninhabited between Manzanillo and Samara. Some hearty cyclists have been known to make this trip by bicycle, too. But as soon as the rains come this road is entirely impassable and off-limits.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Welcome to Luna llena blog
Welcome to Luna Llena Hotel’s brand new blog! Here we will be posting information on current events happening in our corner of the jungle, as well as photos for all of those across the globe who want to see what’s going on here at Luna Llena Hotel and throughout Montezuma, Costa Rica.
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Be sure to check in with us on Sundays when we’ll be posting our special feature “Question of the Week.” We’ll focus on one frequently asked question that we receive from guests of our hotel and we’ll post the most complete and helpful answer we can come up with. If you have a question for us, you may find it answered here!
Log on to our site often and feel free to link to us if you find the information posted here helpful to you. But most of all, don’t forget to recommend us to anyone you know who is coming to visit Montezuma, Costa Rica and wants to feel at home in paradise. All the Best from Sunny Montezuma!
-Luna Llena Staff
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