Ecuador v Costa Rica OFFICIAL THREAD

[Barrel of Fun]

two white posts, a white crossbar and netting behind...

 

[Trufflehound]

Truff, did you venture near Mindo/Bellavista?

No, never ventured that way. Spent most of my time in the highlands and down in the Oriente. Pasochoa was one of my favourite places.

 

[Parson Henry]

No, never ventured that way. Spent most of my time in the highlands and down in the Oriente. Pasochoa was one of my favourite places.

You never struck me as the two week package in the Don Paco Hotel, Palma Nova type!!

 

[Dick Knights Mumm]

I like to blend in with the locals.

 

[Barrel of Fun]

My favourite place was possibly Bellavista. In the cloudforests seperated from the rest of the world.

I did rather have a soft spot for Banos, although it was quite touristy. That is where I had my first taste of Cuy. I refrained from entering the baths though....bit yellow for my liking.

 

[jonny.rainbow]

Did he just say Brighton, Crewe, Leyton Orient and Crystal Palace?

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Just mentioned that theres a brighto flag in the crowd

 

[Dawsey]

Did he just say Brighton, Crewe, Leyton Orient and Crystal Palace?

He did - no idea what he was going on about though.

 

[ben andrews' girlfriend]

Did he just say Brighton, Crewe, Leyton Orient and Crystal Palace?

He did indeed - he was talking about flags in the crowd

 

[aftershavedave]

I like to blend in with the locals.

yippaddydoodah DKM can post pics!

 

[Man of Harveys]

I like to blend in with the locals.

Er, is it half time yet?

 

[Barrel of Fun]

Where is that by the way? I was going to guess but didn't want to make a fool of myself.

 

[aftershavedave]

Er, is it half time yet?

she's spent all morning (including the early bit when some of us were working while you were still asleep harvs) working it out. SO LEAVE HER ALONE!

 

[Basil Fawlty]

A President off a club in the Costa Rican League, ran on the pitch and knocked out the referee.

 

[Trufflehound]

I refrained from entering the baths though....bit yellow for my liking.

The baths were quite OK, but there was a small waterfall there you could sit under which was bloomin' freezing.

Some friends of mine were there at the same time and were serious mountaineers. I am not, so I met them in the pub each time they tried to reach the summit of Tungurahua, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, etc... And failed on every occasion as one or other of them would get altitutde sickness...

The best cloud forest I know is, coincidentally, Monteverde in Costa Rica. Home of the resplendent quetzal, no less...

 

[Gazwag]

A President off a club in the Costa Rican League, ran on the pitch and knocked out the referee.

I assume that hasnt just happened but was something a commentator said as I can see no mention of this in the bbc text commentary

 

[Barrel of Fun]

The best cloud forest I know is, coincidentally, Monteverde in Costa Rica. Home of the resplendent quetzal, no less...

Reserva Bellavista was an Eco-Toruism reserve gradually buying more and more of the forest to save it from the loggers.

Very occasionally we helped out at the hotel (Ewok Village). There was great excitement when someone announced they had seen a Kinkajou.

All the tourists rushed about to try and see it. The American Chef (drug addict) leant out the window and prclaimed to have lots of them in New York.

Nice to get back to our log cabin and leave the gringo's behind.

 

[Man of Harveys]

OK, people: as it's the 43rd minute now, get thee over to Google Images for today's halftime entertainment: posting your very own "Images of Costa Rica and Ecuador" (of course, the images can come from anywhere and be of anything). GO

 

[Man of Harveys]