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Costa Rica, the Happiest Place in the World

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 | By sally-annephillips | Views [1433]

Costa Rica is the happiest place in the world. It says so on a big welcome sign at San Jos é’s Santa Maria International Airport, and they didn’t just invent that slogan, it is based on the results of an independent survey conducted ... Read more >

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Costa Rica

Fri, 3 Feb 2012 | By rubylucas | Views [989]

With warnings from other travellers about how expensive Costa Rica is we did not spend long here…in fact only 3 days. We stayed one night in Puerto Viejo at an absolutely enormous hostel that had a variety of rooms, tents and hammocks available ... Read more >

Photos: Costa Rica

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 | By rubylucas | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Jaco

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

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Photos: Parque Nacional Carara

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Photo Gallery

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Carara and Jaco

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [934]

My next dentist appointment, which will get my crowns put in isn't until Thursday. Mario isn't here yet either so today I'd be making a move to see another area of Costa Rica. Whilst this is my fourth trip here I feel like I haven't seen a huge amount;... Read more >

Finishing my dental work

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 | By kiwiaoraki | Views [1475]

Today was really intense! And I was almost not here today; when I went to board my flight to Costa Rica yesterday the lady at the counter told me that since I didn't have a ticket out of Costa Rica, that I had to either buy a plane or bus ticket. Fortunately, ... Read more >

Our First day in San Jose

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 | By utopicsummer | Views [248]

Well We arrived at 11 pm on Saturday night and we're greeted at the airport by the exuperent and exciting Eddie Sallys teenage friend from when she did an exchange her in school. She spoke of Eddie as this exciting costa rican DJ full of life, adventure ... Read more >

Pura Vida

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 | By mr306 | Views [367]

Good Morning Vietnam. Pura Vida (Pure or Good Life) is Costa Ricas most used saying and its easy to understand why as it is a beautiful country. This moning I awoke in Manuel Antonio, CR which is a lazy surfer town on the pacific coast. I am currently ... Read more >

landed

Wed, 4 Jan 2012 | By mr306 | Views [312]

Hola! this message will be brief but just wanted to let you all know I made it. This morning its off to the carribean but I better go so I make the bus.... talk to you later matt

Change of Plans

Sat, 24 Dec 2011 | By monkeypoo | Views [535]

While in Boquete we decided to see a little more of the country, so we took a bus to Cerro Punta. It´s a beautiful little town nestled in the foothills of Volcan Baru. It´s also a hub of vegetable production (it supplies a majority of Panama´s veggies), ... Read more >

Destination, Panama!

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 | By monkeypoo | Views [513]

Hola amigos! We had a great last day in Piro- we hiked through the jungle to a waterfall and three species of monkeys stopped by our porch at the same time just hours before we left. After Piro, we decided to explore a little more of Central America ... Read more >