Feature Destination: Costa Rica
Mention Costa Rica and people think paradise. The country's Disney-like cast of creatures — ranging from howler monkeys to toucans — are prolific and relatively easy to spot. The waves are prime, the beauty is staggering and the sluggish pace seductive.
Costa Rica, despite being such a tiny nation, draws well over a million visitors every year - and you can see why. The incredibly varied topography means you can cruise a cloud forest one day, climb a volcano the next, and finish passed out on a hot sandy beach.
Latest Stories from Costa Rica
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [148]
Costa Rica is one of the prettiest countries you can visit, full of exceptional wildlife, beautiful scenery and wonderful people. However, always remember that to be a responsible tourist there are some Do’s and Don’ts you should follow. Do: Do ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, travel tips, culture, responsible travel
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [202]
Costa Rica is a fabulous destination and any style of traveler will find something fun and exciting to do there. The vast majority of travelers will have no health problems on their adventure. However, travel to the tropics is different that travel ... Read more >
Tags: travel health, tropical medicine, rabies, hepatitis a, hepatitis b, typhoid, costa rica, immunizations, vaccinations
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [63]
The sublime tropical climate of Costa Rica brings a few interesting and exotic nasties. WorldNomads.com 's roving medical expert Dr. Erik McLaughlin MD just loves tropical medicine and helps sort out your trypanosomiasis from your ... Read more >
Tags: tropical medicine, travel health, costa rica, central america, mosquitos, malaria, dengue fever, infections, chagas, chinche bug
Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [112]
Few places in the world can offer travelers volcanoes towering up to 12,530 feet and a seemingly endless 700 miles of coastline on the Pacific and Caribbean like Costa Rica can. Though Costa Rica is known for many of its great tourism specialties there ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, surf, surf tips, surf trips, surf travel
Tue, 30 Jun 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [25]
Location: Nicoya Bay, Puntarenas, Costa Rica Date: Saturday closest to July 16 Level of Participation: 3, Puntarenas is a fun town to visit and watching the festival adds the icing to the cake Description: This popular Costa Rican celebration, ... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, world festivals, virgin of the sea fiesta
Sat, 20 Jun 2009 | By muimui2009 | Views [6]
I wish I was a better writer, so that I could capture better in words my extraordinary experience at Caño Palma Biological Station. When I was planning my 3-month trip, I wanted to incorporate maybe a week or so doing something I have never done ... Read more >
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Mon, 15 Jun 2009 | By lockers | Views [73] | Comments [1]
June 5 th
As I still haven't picked myself up a
guidebook on this part of the world, I was lucky to meet a French
guy, Eric, while waiting for the boat to take me from Bocas del Toro,
on the island of Colon, to mainland Panama. In fact, ... Read more >
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 | By k-lero | Views [139] | Comments [5]
Rumbo norte por Centroamerica, alla voy, y de todos estos pequenhos paises Costa Rica es el mas turistico de todos y por tanto el mas caro, ese es el motivo de que solo hayamos pasado aqui 2 semanas, Nicaragua es mucho mas barato. Pero el turismo y ... Read more >
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 | By katieburns | Views [20] | Comments [1]
Mum and I had 5 nights on the Galapagos Islands. We took a land based tour which gave us 3 nights in Puerto Ayora on Isla Santa Cruz and 2 nights on Isla Isabella. Of course this was not long enough. Ideally you would want to cruise around for 10 days ... Read more >
Tue, 9 Jun 2009 | By aquamarine11 | Views [46]
I have been in San Jose for the last couple of days now, getting treated for a crab bite. More accurately, I either stepped on or kicked one, I'm not sure which,while I was swimming and he grabbed onto my foot and held on tight! It really hurt, so I ... Read more >
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