Kelly and I loved Costa Rica and hope to make it back someday to explore more of the towns in Guanacaste, Nicoya, and the Caribbean side. These are our final thoughts before we head off to our next destination. The Landscape and Weather: Tropical rainforests with a ton of wildlife, palm trees, golden sand beaches, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Costa Rica’
Costa Rica Wrap Up
Posted in Costa Rica, tagged Costa Rica, Money, Wrap Ups on October 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Dominical Days
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Beaches, Costa Rica, Friends on October 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Please note that Kelly is the author of this post, even though it is posted under Kim’s name. Internet access DRAMA! Oh Dominical. What a great little beach town! We said goodbye to our friends at Vista Serena to head south to Dominical. After a pretty painless hour and a half bus ride, we reached [...]
While you were at ACL…
Posted in Costa Rica, tagged Beaches, Costa Rica, Food, Friends, Locals, Sunsets on October 5, 2009 | 12 Comments »
Kelly and I made some good friends in Monteverde, but were really looking forward to some quality beach time. After a couple of relatively tame bus rides, we reached Manuel Antonio, a small beach town on the Pacific Coast and home to Manuel Antonio National Park, the most visited park in Costa Rica. All of our new friends [...]
Canopy Tours Are Awesome
Posted in Costa Rica, tagged Costa Rica, Food, Friends, Locals on October 2, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Ahhhh. Monteverde. After a great time in La Fortuna, Kim and I took the “Jeep Boat Jeep” to this quaint little mountain town. Instead of a 7-hour public bus ride (due to the fact that you have drive around Lake Arenal), we opted to pay the $18 to ride 15 minutes in a private van, [...]
La Fortuna – You Get What You Pay For
Posted in Costa Rica, tagged Costa Rica, Money, Pre-Trip on September 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Our first day in La Fortuna, Kelly and I got our bearings around the town and booked our night trip to Volcan Arenal (Costa Rica’s most active volcano) and to take a dip in the ‘free’ hot springs. La Fortuna has a handful of very expensive resorts that have natural hot spring pools surrounded by lush [...]
And So It Begins
Posted in Costa Rica, tagged Bus Rides, Costa Rica, Food, Friends, Locals on September 25, 2009 | 10 Comments »
After a long day of flying (two layovers…UGH) Kelly and I arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica around 9 p.m. My friend Leticia has family in Costa Rica, so her lovely cousin Yesenia offered to pick us up from the airport and host us in her home for our first two nights. This was a [...]
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