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Costa Rica, the Happiest Place in the World

Wed, 29 Feb 2012 | By sally-annephillips | Views [1522]

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 >

Tags: bad hotel, central america, costa rica, heredia, museum, san josé, travel

My Trip Thus Far...

Thu, 10 Aug 2006 | By holly | Views [1130] | Comments [2]

Hola amigos! So it´s August 10th, and been over 5 weeks now away from home! At least 15 more left to go! So what the hell have I been doing for five weeks, you ask? (Or maybe you´re not asking and you really don´t care, but I´ll tell you anyway.) ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, on the road

Una dia

Sat, 25 Aug 2007 | By katebravado | Views [982] | 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: costa rica, culture

A little bit of Panama, but mainly Costa Rica - Week 8

Sun, 16 Nov 2008 | By hellie_and_bracey | Views [907]

Week 8 kicks off with our last couple of days in Panama - on the Bocas Del Toro islands to be precise. We woke on Sun 9th Nov to lashing rain and howling winds. We couldn´t complain really though as we´d had spectacularly good weather up until then and ... Read more >

Over the river and through the jungle

Fri, 1 Feb 2013 | By margitpirsch | Views [890]

Heading towards Porto Viejo we didn't have far to go. Nice to just kind of stroll along. We left the main road to Bribri and kept hugging the coast. This bustling, touristy little town didn't have a whole lot for us, but I did find some damn good ... Read more >

A hippy love story that's still going strong

Sun, 7 Jan 2018 | By rodeime | Views [565]

It's a beautiful hippy love story that began in Germany in 1969. Trudy and Ron were footloose and fancy-free when they met in Cold War Hamburg and fell in love. They hooked up and travelled to Australia where they were married before ... Read more >

Tags: alternative, costa rica, garden

About to depart

Tue, 9 Jan 2007 | By jegarry | Views [504]

Hey All, I will give this blog a try. Jace, Chris, Mike and I are leaving on Wednesday morning. We plan on meeting up with my dad and uncle in San Jose on Wednesday night, and on Friday, heading up to La Fortuna near the Arenal Volcano to meet up ... Read more >

Tags: costa rica, the planning phase

Imitation

Wed, 24 Nov 2010 | By viajerofrye | Views [426]

At 6 am I awoke in Montezuma and stepped out onto the second floor deck of Hotel Lucy. What I saw gave me such pause that I literally had to sit down. The sun had just risen over the Pacific Ocean, was shining brightly through sparse clouds ... Read more >

Adventure to the Rainforest and 1st day with the kids!

Tue, 1 Jun 2010 | By clogel | Views [313]

Hi everyone! So I haven’t been good at updating this yet, but we've actually done a lot since arriving on Friday morning. After a long night of traveling on Friday, we arrived into San Jose where Ingrid, the taxi driver for Maximo ... Read more >

Week 2 Tortuguero

Tue, 8 Jun 2010 | By clogel | Views [261]

Hello again! So we have been here in Costa Rica for a total of 1 week and 3 days, and I've enjoyed every second of it! Last week our night activities included seeing Prince of Persia in a mall, which made me feel like I was in the US, we also took ... Read more >

Photos: Rancho Plya Negra

Tue, 13 Jul 2010 | By kazdavevaughan | Photo Gallery

Prime position
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My Photo scholarship 2010 entry

Sat, 16 Oct 2010 | By tealthomsenphotography | Photo Gallery | Scholarship Entry

Though the act of snapping a shutter is simple in itself, the thought and inspiration that influences this action are what bring my photographs to life. Within my work, I aim to portray the widely diverse elements that tie a life together. In many ... Read more >
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Tags: #2010wnphoto, travel photography scholarship 2010