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Costa Rica

COSTA RICA | Wed, 11 Nov 2009 | By thefuegoproject | Views [126] | 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

Costa Rica, ACTION PUR und PURA VIDA!!!!!

COSTA RICA | Sat, 26 Sep 2009 | By steffen_graz | Views [303] | Comments [3] | Video

Tach zusammen, oder frei ins Spanische übersetzt: Buenas! Vor vier Monaten hatte ich es hier in diesem Blog „angedroht“, dass ich wieder Teil der Graz`schen Reisegruppe sein werde – jetzt löse ich mein Versprechen ein: it`s Schnittchen-... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, san josé, monteverde, vulkan arenal, jacó, parismina, turrialba

Do’s and Don’ts When Travelling in Costa Rica

COSTA RICA | Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By travel-tips | Views [1094]

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

Costa Rica: Travel Immunizations

COSTA RICA | Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [1315] | Comments [1]

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

Exotic nasties in Costa Rica

COSTA RICA | Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [953] | Comments [1]

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

Costa Rica Surf Safety Tips

COSTA RICA | Wed, 1 Jul 2009 | By safetyhub | Views [754]

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

July - Virgin of the Sea Fiesta, Costa Rica

COSTA RICA | Tue, 30 Jun 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [377]

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

Hello, Marine Turtles!

COSTA RICA | Sat, 20 Jun 2009 | By muimui2009 | Views [282] | Comments [3]

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 before, ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, turtles

April - Juan Santamaría Day, Costa Rica

COSTA RICA | Thu, 30 Apr 2009 | By worldfestivals | Views [510]

Location: Alajuela, Costa Rica  Date: April 11 Level of Participation: 4 – there will be parades, concerts and dances – get your dance on. Description: Does Juan Santamaría sound familiar? He had the national airport named after him ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, world festivals, jaun santamaria day

Pura Vida...siempre!

COSTA RICA | Sun, 18 Jan 2009 | By cinepunk | Views [130]

hola todos! Ok, so here I am in Costa Rica.  I've been here for 5 days now, and its been a totally different experience than expected.  Firstly, I haven't visited the beach yet, which is one of the first things that I thought I would be doing when I ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, volcanos, expectations

PUBLISHED ARTICLE FROM TRAVEL MAG- NO SILENCE IN EL SILENCIO

COSTA RICA | Fri, 2 Jan 2009 | By living_the_dream | Views [66]

http://www.travelmag.co.uk/article_1440.shtml The brutish animal stamped her foot and glowered at me with resentful eyes. The humidity was stifling, with moisture rising in waves from the mud and causing my t-shirt to stick to my back. The farmer ... Read more >

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Not so Magical Flying Buses

COSTA RICA | Sat, 15 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [194] | Comments [1]

Does every bus journey create a story? They certainly seem to. The first thing I have to say is that despite the difficulties, I have thoroughly enjoyed the bus trips we have taken. I have stayed awake through most of them (excluding the over-nighters) ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica

Costa Rica - Montezuma

COSTA RICA | Sun, 9 Nov 2008 | By heywoods1976 | Views [183]

Nicola here.... Caught a boat from Puntarenas over to the Nicoya Penninsular.  It took about an hour and on the other side we were bundled on to the local bus, very hot, dark and humid and didn't get a seat for the first half hour - Steven had to stand ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica

Santa Elena Monteverde Costa Rica

COSTA RICA | Tue, 22 Jul 2008 | By ma_and_pa | Views [107]

Walter Ferguson - "National Park" [audio:http://whatwilltheyfind.com/wp-content/uploads/audio/Walter Ferguson - National Park.mp3] Santa Elena is a Tico (Costa Rica) town founded sometime in the 1930s by loggers and farmers; it adjoins the Quaker ... Read more >

Tags: santa elena, monteverde, costa rica

La Fortuna and Arenal Costa Rica

COSTA RICA | Sun, 20 Jul 2008 | By ma_and_pa | Views [126]

La Fortuna was a sleepy farming town until it was “discovered” and now the grid of streets are lined with hotels, hostels, tour operators and souvenir shops. The main attraction of the area is its proximity to the Arenal Volcano and the relative affordability ... Read more >

Tags: la fortuna, arenal, costa rica

Destinations for the Spirit

USA | Fri, 4 Apr 2008 | By cam2yogi | Views [305]

Traveling is a choice, and it is a choice to make traveling sacred.  Travel can be more than an eye-opening experience into a new culture of relics, ruins, history and tradition.  It can be more than a destination-oriented expedition from Point A to ... Read more >

Tags: spirituality, destinations, yoga, meditation, india, costa rica, pura vida

o yeah! i'm heading off to costa rica on sunday :)

NETHERLANDS | Wed, 19 Mar 2008 | By kitcat | Views [207] | Comments [4]

just a lil' intro before i leave, cause i'm pretty sure i'll be too freakin' busy taking care of preparations to write at the end of this week! plus i need to help my lil' sis move into her new condo.... why i'm keeping a travelblog when going away ... Read more >

Tags: intro, costa rica, leaving soon

splotches on the ceiling

COSTA RICA | Fri, 7 Sep 2007 | By katebravado | Views [226]

it woke me up three or four times before I started to realise how loud the noise actually was...it was definately electronic and coming from inside the house. The most recent resonation of the noise woke me more fully from my slumber. It must have ... Read more >

Tags: adrenaline, costa rica

Una dia

COSTA RICA | Sat, 25 Aug 2007 | By katebravado | Views [243] | Comments [2]

Howdy those of you who still read on!! Hard to beleive five months has passed since we left lovely sydney - can someone let me know if winter is over yet? Have included some pictures in this entry of various artworks Gabriel and I have been doing.... Read more >

Tags: culture, costa rica

Where are you now?

COSTA RICA | Wed, 8 Aug 2007 | By katebravado | Views [315]

Hey kidlets - sorry for the long hiatus... we met some butterflies and their babies, and some snakes, we saw dolphins, turltes and many many buses. We walked long and far and now we are home cause our hats our hanging and our shoes are on the front ... Read more >

Tags: on the road, costa rica

Borders

COSTA RICA | Mon, 23 Jul 2007 | By katebravado | Views [295] | Comments [2]

Well, it´s quite a leap for me as an Aussie to understand the whole nature of borders. An invisible line which dictates the division of one country from another, it costs money to cross and you must have your passport with you...strange goings on. ... Read more >

Tags: adventures, costa rica

Rolling on

COSTA RICA | Sat, 7 Jul 2007 | By katebravado | Views [249] | Comments [1]

Sooo it takes Gabriel and I about 25 mins to walk to town from our new house. Add to that the fact that we have the most incredible panoramic view from our little lounge room and cable television and you might be partially correct in thinking that ... Read more >

Tags: snow, costa rica

Putting it to the People

COSTA RICA | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 | By katebravado | Views [326] | Comments [4]

Well folks Gabriel and I are now into our third month on the road, and we've got the mosquito bites to prove it! One of the reasons that there have been no entries for the last few weeks is that Gabriels school work finally arrived and I started back ... Read more >

Tags: work, costa rica

Welcoming June

COSTA RICA | Sun, 3 Jun 2007 | By katebravado | Views [280] | Comments [2]

Well June has rolled in and bought with it sunshine glorious sunshine to our dampened spirits! Hoorah. Gabriel was struck down with a horrible gastro virus for the last week which hit him hard. It coincided with a week of torrential rain and flooding ... Read more >

Tags: doctors, hospitals & health, costa rica

AARRGGGHHH

COSTA RICA | 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


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