Thanks everyone for the travel reports and all the websites. I bought the Moon Handbook for Costa Rica for quik info, which was good advice. We usually go to Mexico and Belize, but it has been years for my wife and myself to return to " Ticalandia". We will be in the Dominical area south from Quepos area staying where the Baru river touches the Pacific ocean. I am going to fish like a fool, there are baysnook or rainbow bass in the river, and the Pacific side is famous for rooster fish, wahoo, barracudas, etc. If i can remember the Costa Rican's Spanish is alittle bit differant then the yucatan and Belize. Our national family hosts mumbled and cut off 1/3 of the words, of course they thought we had weird accents. Central America is such a kick, I love the area. Europe is wonderful, but I prefer the tropics..........best-wishes, mel s.

Mel Sinderman