I was fortunate to visit Costa Rica recently. I was there for a couple of weeks, touring around the country, recharging the batteries. I was in a group of 10 and we travelled from the Caribbean coast to the Pacific, discovering Costa Rica’s lush green rainforests, white sand beaches and amazing abundance of wildlife along the way. They say that Costa Rica represents 0.1% of the world's land mass (it's the same size as Belgium) and 5% of the world's biodiversity. As you can imagine, there were many tales and photos to share. One friend, Ant, was updating his Facebook profile every other day - you'd be surprised, but wherever we went there was a decent internet connection. He took a notebook with him - they are really quite cool and good value at £325. Give me one of these over the iPad any day.

Several of the group wrote postcards and we were all amazed that place after place, we couldn't find a postbox. Of course, by this stage, I had already written and sent personalised postcards using Carderoo. Several of the group also used the site to send a few tio their loved onmes - thankfully, they all liked the idea and execution.Eventually, at La Fortuna, we found a post office, but this was closed for 2 days, and we had to wait for the 9th day to find a postbox, at Monteverde. In summary, it was 10 times easier to find a decent internet connection than a postbox.