- Do You Know The Way To San Jose?A 2 hour delay and I was finally in the air on my way to San Jose. Just enough time to take in a movie and a couple of glasses of wine, I was sat just behind the upper Posted by slking in South American Adventure | Nov 20, 2011
- MontezumaMontezuma was the next beach town I went to. This time on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica. I had a nice few days there. The village is very small. It basically consists of 2 streets. There are some hotels Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Nov 20, 2011
- Rafting down the Rio PacuareToday was AMAZING! I think that postponing my rafting trip was the best thing I could have done because the weather was perfect today!
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/441407/IMG_8727.jpg thumb=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/441407/thumb_IMG_87 Posted by KristinQ in Kristin in Costa Rica | Nov 20, 2011
- Cocinando and bailando!Well, some things never change and I didn't make it to my classmates house last night as I got "lost" to say the least. The tour of the city was great yesterday and I never realized how interesting the history Posted by KristinQ in Kristin in Costa Rica | Nov 17, 2011
- Class dinnerLuis, a French Canadian student has invited us over for a group dinner tonight. I have a feeling that my host mom's food will far exceed his cooking, but it will be nice to do something all together. Today at Posted by KristinQ in Kristin in Costa Rica | Nov 16, 2011
- MonteverdeMonteverde is in the Costa Rican cloud forest. There are many things you can do here, but unfortunately they are all quite expensive. I decided to only do one thing here, what many people come there for: the zip-lining. It Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Nov 15, 2011
- Futbol!Today was my second day of school and surprisingly I think my Spanish has gotten better over the last couple days. I learned a lot of vocabulary yesterday and although it is overwhelming I hope that I can learn a Posted by KristinQ in Kristin in Costa Rica | Nov 15, 2011
- First day of School
Today was my first day of spanish school! I left the house with Alfredo at 7:15 and he walked me to the school which is about Posted by KristinQ in Kristin in Costa Rica | Nov 14, 2011
- TurrialbaThis morning I boarded a bus from San Jose to Turrialba, about an hour and a half away from where I was staying; it is located in the Cartago province. I was a little worried about how I would find Posted by KristinQ in Kristin in Costa Rica | Nov 14, 2011
- PoásFrom Tortuguero, we travelled on to San José. We did not want to visit the city since everybody agrees that it is not nice (although I heard there are some good museums), but had to sleep over twice to visit Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Nov 13, 2011
- Tortuguero National ParkAfter Puerto Viejo, I travelled to Tortuguero National Park together with the German girl. To get into the park, we had to take a boat which took over 3 hours to reach the village. During the ride we could see Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Nov 13, 2011
- Puerto ViejoAfter travelling through Panama pretty quickly, I made my way to Costa Rica. At the border I ran into a slight problem: the Costa Rican authorities want you to show a return or onward ticket out of the country when Posted by sarahm_lux in A Luxembourger with a backpack | Nov 12, 2011
- Tours, tours, and tours...
I decided to postpone my tours for one day since I wasn't feeling so well and wanted to get the most out of the day. From San Jo Posted by KristinQ in Kristin in Costa Rica | Nov 12, 2011
- Hasta Luego California
We (Mom, Dad, and I) left the house around 2:15 this morning. My flight took off at 5:50 am and the security didn't open till 5:00 so we were waiting around awhile. Once security opened it was Posted by KristinQ in Kristin in Costa Rica | Nov 10, 2011
- Kevin gets a haircut from LizLets start with the beach story first. It's far less extreme!
Two days ago we took a bus with an American couple and traveled south 15km to Marino Ballena National Park. In the map it is the green area adjacent to Posted by ebmarnp in Blissfully Wanderlost | Nov 8, 2011
- Passing thru Costa RicaThis leg of the journey was tough I was so glad that I bumped in to a group of Germans who I met when trekking up the Volcano and they were also going in the same direction as me. Travelling Posted by jasdeep_virdee in RTW 2011 | Nov 7, 2011
- Dominicalito, Playa Hermosa, and other odds and endsThe days have slowed down considerably from the travel, rain, and international intrigue of the last few weeks. The occasional afternoon shower and the odd new guest at our hostel, Antorchas, marks the time.
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/41811 Posted by kevindhodges in Blissfully Wanderlost | Nov 5, 2011
- The Nauyaca WaterfallToday we had a fantastic time visiting the [[http://www.cataratasnauyaca.com/index.htm|Nauyaca Waterfalls]] which is located just 10km outside of Dominical.
We first took a quick ride in a car down a very steep incline with several hairpin turns. Once Posted by ebmarnp in Blissfully Wanderlost | Nov 1, 2011
- Dominical Rocks
After our surprising jaunt up north to help Daniel Ortega and the Sandinista government in the upcoming elections (just kidding, CIA), we're now back on the beach in Costa Rica in the sm Posted by kevindhodges in Blissfully Wanderlost | Oct 31, 2011
- Costa RicaPlaya Del Coco, Costa Rica, 13/08/11
Quiet town, by a quiet bay.
Another early start saw us heading for the Costa Rican border. The first bus dropped us at a road junction, and then the next bus was only 10mins away which Posted by benbrown109 in 3rd Gap Year. | Oct 17, 2011
- Samara send offOur great Canadian friends helped make our last night in Samara one to have a hard time remembering...
Posted by kevindhodges in Blissfully Wanderlost | Oct 13, 2011
- Ciudad Quesada, Rockstars and new video!Yes! Finally after battling with slow internet the Week 8 Part 1 is finally up! But that was 2 weeks ago. Now we are in Ciudad Quesada and has painted a school so it looks very beautiful and happy! We Posted by marcusgrip in The Costa Rica Project | Oct 12, 2011
- Tutti Frutti Samara LoveWe only have two more days here in Samara, and it's going to be very hard to leave this cozy nook of Costa Rica.
[img=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/418119/TamarindoS..4-5_021.jpg thumb=http://photos.travellerspoint.com/418119/thumb_TamarindoS..4-5_02 Posted by ebmarnp in Blissfully Wanderlost | Oct 9, 2011
- The Costa Rica ProjectHi everybody! I just started an account here because I wanted to have a place to share and talk to other travelers and this place seemed perfect. Although we are past halfway through our journey I would like to spread Posted by marcusgrip in The Costa Rica Project | Oct 9, 2011
- Celebrating Month-a-versaries abroadTuesday night we treated ourselves to a nice dinner for our month-a-versary at an elegant ocean-side Italian restaurant called Locanda. The menu:
--cocktails
--ceviche
--cucumber, parmesan and pine nut salad
--seared tuna with pommes frites
Price Posted by kevindhodges in Blissfully Wanderlost | Oct 6, 2011