Destination: Costa Rica
There are [261] stories and [3558] photos from Costa Rica
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Wed, 16 Jan 2008 | By connieandjohn | Views [175]
National parks in the US are major tourist destinations and visitors expect a certain level of infrastructure: lodging, campgrounds, restaurants, and most important, access roads. But the reason the parks were established was as preserves to protect ... Read more >
Tags: Relaxation
Mon, 28 May 2007 | By katebravado | Views [395] | Comments [1]
Cabin Fever.
Listless limbs, walking in ever decreasing circles,
Not sure which is thicker outside,
the rain or the mosquitoes.
Eyes flash at each other,
What did you say.
The phone rings -
its' the outside world greeted with desperate smiles,
kids ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, costa rica
Tue, 24 Apr 2007 | By katebravado | Views [239] | Comments [1]
Howdy folks - well Gabriel and I have finally left San Jose. The really sad part about being there, other than having to deal with the lost baggage department, is that the streets of San Jose are largely considered unsafe for foreigners after dark ... Read more >
Tags: Laughter
Thu, 6 Nov 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [668]
A Fairy tale by
Daniel and Rachel
Chipi the Coati lived in the forest near the volcano. He was happy as there were plenty of nice
juicy grubs and worms to eat, by digging them up with his long claws, and yummy
fruit ... Read more >
Tags: fairytale
Mon, 14 Nov 2005 | By tjwhale | Views [775] | Comments [5]
Hello All, Our trip from Montezuma to Monteverde started early, at 5 am on the advice from our spanish hostel owner, Ramone, who sits around ALL day on a couch with his friend smoking cigarettes and watching girls, to be sure we didn't miss any buses ... Read more >
Tags: adventures, costa rica
Mon, 9 Apr 2007 | By alyssa_schwartz | Views [410] | Comments [4]
Hello again from San Jose. Luckily I got out of the city for the weekend and spent 2 1/2 lovely days on the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica in a little beach town called Cahuita. (Alyssa, Thanks for the recommendation. We loved it there!!) As everything ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, costa rica, san jose
Wed, 11 Nov 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [130] | Comments [1]
La Cruz to Rio Sereno 12/10/09 to 3/11/09 - 952 km (total km’s 17700)
Costa Rica, Pura Vida One of the joys of bike touring is not always so much about the riding, but it’s about getting to out of the way places and experiencing nature.... Read more >
Tags: costa rica, cycling, wildlife, cycling friends, beach, turtles
Sun, 14 Jun 2009 | By k-lero | Views [396] | Comments [6]
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, 25 May 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [419] | Comments [3]
Well, contrary to popular belief, Rachel and I have managed to survive our first week outside Blighty with all our limbs intact. Yay for us. That´s not to say that we haven´t acquired various things in that time – mostly masses of mosquito and ant ... Read more >
Tags: bugs, birds
Sun, 25 May 2008 | By rachel_and_daniel | Views [413] | Comments [3]
What follows a slightly more factual account of our time here, to complement Dan´s sitcom! At the time of writing, it´s 10.30am on Sunday morning here in Santiago de Puriscal in Costa Rica. Dan and I are catching up with our emails for the ... Read more >
Tags: cabanas siempre verde, mastatal
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 | By kitcat | Views [217] | Comments [3]
and i dedicate the title of my new story to intercultura friends lisa and jessy...u guys are really something else! have not had time nor the chance to write something since what feels like forever. i can now proudly call myself 'outback cat' (stop ... Read more >
Fri, 28 Mar 2008 | By kitcat | Views [185] | Comments [3]
¡Hola! i know….it took a while to put a story up, but there’s only so much you can do on a computer in Costa Rica! arrived safe and sound after the longest flight ever. try sitting next to (and not be annoyed by) a combo of 5 very spoiled lebanese ... Read more >
Tags: juán santamaria international airport, heredia, host family, intercultura, spanish classes, las cataratas de los chorros, colorful, flowers
Wed, 30 Apr 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [890] | Comments [2]
In Costa Rica they have places called "Sodas" which are small cheap restaurants where Costa Ricans eat often to avoid spending money in more expensive restaurants. At this particular soda in San Pedro they offer you steak, a pork chop, or fish ... Read more >
Sun, 20 Apr 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [339] | Comments [2]
I left early Friday morning to catch the bus to Monteverde at 6:30 am. I stayed up pretty much all night so I would have no problem sleeping on the bus, and so that would cut down on the 5.5 hour bus ride, and knowing that I would be doing the same ... Read more >
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 | By sregevig | Views [306] | Comments [2]
I left Monteverde this morning to begin my way back to the San Jose area since I leave Costa Rica in the morning. I took a small van/bus and the trip took about 4-5 hours. The first 90 minutes were on a dirt road that was very pot holed, bumpy, curvy ... Read more >
Tags: On the Road
Sat, 7 Jul 2007 | By moley | Views [271] | Comments [2]
Hi all, now in Costa Rica. We crossed the border from Nicaragua through a small door where we had to pay a dollar, this was the local tax to get to the immigration office! We then had to line up and wait for hours at both the Nicaraguan exit and the ... Read more >
Tags: Party time
Wed, 2 Apr 2008 | By kitcat | Views [217] | Comments [2]
last weekend
was amazing; my friend nadja and I took a bus to quepos to enjoy the beachside
for the weekend. The trip to quepos was not exactly w/out some necessary bumps
in the road and pretty exciting in itself. And we totally have ourselves to
blame ... Read more >
Tags: quepos, manuel antonio, bus ride, coca-cola, san jose, barba roja, makanda by the sea, infinity pool
Wed, 4 Jun 2008 | By seths-pad | Views [210] | Comments [2]
So Monday was the day from Hell i attempted to enjoy a whole day in downtown san jose. It did not go so smoothly i was utterly lost and the smog was causing me to nearly choke. I did how ever go to 3 museums which were semi interesting. My fav. part of ... Read more >
Sat, 12 Nov 2005 | By tjwhale | Views [583] | Comments [5]
Hello Friends... We've tried a few times to add information to our site...without luck. Reading internet in other languages tied with funky internet connections makes for a few necessary trial and error sessions. Anyway...our adventures to date ... Read more >
Tags: beaches & sunshine, costa rica
Thu, 17 Jan 2008 | By connieandjohn | Views [1013] | Comments [1]
Canopy tours are all the rage in Costa Rica and we have avoided them…until today. Much of the life in the rainforest exists only in the canopy. Scientists like Meg Lowman of the Explorers Club continue to discover new species of plants and insects ... Read more >
Tags: Adventures
Tue, 11 Mar 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [639] | Comments [1]
So, for my first night out on the town in San Jose, I met up with some couchsurfers at a restaurant for Josh and Marianas birthday. This site is so cool, and I try to get everyone that likes to travel to sign up for it...www.couchsurfing.com...everybody ... Read more >
Tags: people
Mon, 5 Oct 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [136] | Comments [4]
Sodele, wie Schnittchen so schön zum Schluß gesagt hat ist die Zeit schon wieder vorbei und ich wieder allein unterwegs! Nachdem wir mit dem Bus von Turrialba nach San José zurückgefahren sind, quartierten wir uns wieder in das Gallileo Hostel ein, in ... Read more >
Tags: cahuita, puerto viejo, bocas del torro
Mon, 31 Mar 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [666] | Comments [4]
After a 6.5 hour trip from San Jose to Montezuma via a bus and a ferry crossing the Golfo de Nicoya, I was a little exhausted. I had to catch a bus from Guadalupe to San Jose before 6 am...then another from San Jose to Puntarenas...then took an hour ... Read more >
Thu, 2 Jun 2005 | By realeyes | Views [398] | Comments [1]
As soon as I stepped off the plane into the corridor leading to the air terminal in San Jose, Costa Rica, it was evident that I was in the jungle. The air in that corridor, and engulfing the rest of the country, was choryphyll-flavoured and clothed ... Read more >
Tags: country introduction, costa rica
Sun, 13 Apr 2008 | By ryanj_clark | Views [391] | Comments [1]
My buddy and I were able to line up a sweet deal for white water rafting down the Rio Pacuare in Turrialba, Costa Rica. It was Class III-IV rapids and a great time! This river gives you the ultimate blend of wilderness exposure and excitement. The ... Read more >
