Costa Rica Travel Blogs

... so mindbogglingly strange to me that in an hour I won't be surrounded by these friends that have been so integral in my Costa Rican experience. I leave Orosi in an hour.  And I'm scared.  This place, so foreign at first, a place where I ...

A travel blog entry from Orosi by bootsmade4wlkin
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... . San Jose definitely has its tourist-oriented aspects (namely a lot of "souvenir" shops selling plastic and tee shirts that say "Costa Rica" and "Pura Vida"). However, it is easy to actually go to places that arenīt just oriented toward travellers. We had ...

A travel blog entry from San Jose by andrewandjacque
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I have a great job. Every day I am showered with little gifts from my students - candy, flowers, stickers, drawings. It's great. I always feel loved. But the other day one of my first grade girls comes in and hands me a little puppy. I exclaim how ...

A travel blog entry from La Estrella by bootsmade4wlkin
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... be.  But now I understand.  It was a great month, an easy month, but not how I will remember my time in Costa Rica.  Orosi is a vacation, a great vacation but not real life.  Good times are always had here...even while simply ...

A travel blog entry from Orosi by bootsmade4wlkin
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... and happy and shaking it as much as they could. It was the closest I had gotten to an American-style party since Iīd been in Costa Rica. That is until pom-poms and whistles were passed out and loud drumming was heard at the door. I turned to look just ...

A travel blog entry from La Estrella by bootsmade4wlkin
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Friday, in Costa Rica, was Tree Day.  And to celebrate Tree Day the entire school was going to go plant trees on a finca owned by some French expats up in the mountains.  This seemed very logical, considering that it was tree day and all.  ...

A travel blog entry from La Estrella by bootsmade4wlkin
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As a fun ending for my unit on jobs and places, I decided to have a career day for my students. When I told them that they would need to come to school dressed as what they wanted to be when they grew up, yes anything they wanted, they screamed with ...

A travel blog entry from La Estrella by bootsmade4wlkin
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My first night in Orosi was probably the one of the most terrifying of my life.  I had arrived in San Jose the night before with the other WorldTeach volunteers in an excited blur of massive amounts of luggage and getting to know you questions.& ...

A travel blog entry from Orosi by bootsmade4wlkin
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I think its Friday, D said something about that earlier!  Woke lazily in our cabina aching for some breakfast.  Such as it is, our digs are better without loose food in the room.  So we decided to venture out in the morning sun for some ...

A travel blog entry from Puerto Viejo by dinaboo
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... of being Teacher.  And then the bus broke down and we found ourselves sitting on a curb sweating in the Southern Costa Rica sun, experiencing heat that I hadnīt in a long time.  We watched as the bus driver repeatedly tried to start the bus which ...

A travel blog entry from Cartago by bootsmade4wlkin
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I woke up and it was still raining.  It had started raining the day before.  And none of the pelo de gato of Orosi, weīre talking torrential downpour and winds that I was sure would land me in the Land of Oz.  And it was cold.  Not cold ...

A travel blog entry from La Estrella by bootsmade4wlkin
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... reggae town of Puerto Viejo... Together with Cahuita, some 15 km north, P.V. is probably the most underestimated destination in Costa Rica, but it has everything, like they say... the beautiful national parks of Cahuita and Manzanillo, not to mention the ...

A travel blog entry from Puerto Viejo by jotraveller
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Our three months journey (minimum!) begun relaxing in Montezuma, Costa Rica, a gringo-hippie town at the pacific ocean on the Nicoya-peninsula. After traveling alone in Panama, Emma joined me to explore this part of the world together. We decided to go to ...

A travel blog entry from Central-america by jotraveller
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... to write about the unfairness of American Globalization.  And I started to get really fired up.  I told them that Costa Rica didn't need American progress, which leaves many of its people without decent health care, but that change should come ...

A travel blog entry from Cartago by bootsmade4wlkin
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... .  How can I possibly be about to start a year teaching English to kids in a town of 500 people in the middle of nowhere Costa Rica?!!!  Not to mention that I have no idea what my schedule is or how many kids will be in my classes, or even where ...

A travel blog entry from La Estrella by bootsmade4wlkin
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... good, but as soon as the weekend is over it gets quiet and a bit boring. The beaches are not particularly nice, to be Costa Rica, and the town got little atmosphere. A bit like an US suburb or small city with strip malls and fast food chains dotting the ...

A travel blog entry from Jaco by stevefn
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After months of planning and waiting, Bob and I finally arrived in Costa Rica late last night after a smooth and seemingly speedy flight(s) from Chicago - Miami - San Jose. The final two days of preparation were hell for me as I was also moving out of my ...

A travel blog entry from San Jose by dinaboo
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I wrote a very long and inspiring entry, really it was very good if I do say so myself, and as I was sending it, the internet went dead. So itīs gone now, lost to the internet gods.  I will write another one at some point, and maybe it will be even ...

A travel blog entry from San Jose by bootsmade4wlkin
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I've been traveling for 56 days now. Almost two months. So I made it past six weeks on my own without running home to Mom. It was a tiny fear I had before setting off on this trip. That I would get bored or something and hence wanted to head home earlier ...

A travel blog entry from Monteverde and Santa Elena by stevefn
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Hey girls and boys! We would love to hear from you on the guestbook associated with our travelblog! It appears all that is necessary to post, which is apparently more efficient than forwarding messages through email, is registering a free accoun with this ...

A travel blog entry from La Fortuna by dinaboo
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... sit still for awhile...and that sitting is preferably done on a beach. The location this time is Playa Tamarindo on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. This lovely stretch of speckled sand dotted with small hotels unfolds around a large bay with gentle breaking ...

A travel blog entry from Tamarindo by globedecker
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Costa Rican women love their shoes. And I mean LOVE in a way that even my college roommate, who must own at least ten pairs of cowboy boots alone, wouldnīt understand. These women are obsessed with shoes on a totally different level then American women. ...

A travel blog entry from La Estrella by bootsmade4wlkin
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... and it was the same case in Quepos, so our video camera remained out of action for the majority of our time in Costa Rica. Manuel Antonio National Park is situated just south of Quepos. The road to the entrance is a narrow, steep road with spectacular ...

A travel blog entry from Playa Hermosa by peteandmandy
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THE LONGEST HIKE Today Doņa Zoraida suggested we walk to Ciudad Colon, which would be about an hour and a half. The two times I had been to Ciudad Colon in the past, I had taken a taxi for approx $2, so I was excited to learn the walking route. Hey, when ...

A travel blog entry from Piedades de Santa Ana by semi-backpacker
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FORECAST FOR TODAY: RAIN So when I came to Costa Rica, I knew I would be hitting their rainy season. What I didn't know is that when they say it rains every day, guess what, it rains every day! I have been here for three weeks and have yet to see a ...

A travel blog entry from Santa Ana by semi-backpacker
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... Ati and her husband (the Israeli couple), and Francisco and Carla. We enjoyed the sounds of the waterfalls along with a tasty Costa Rican buffet lunch. YUM. We then set about hiking to the actual falls. There was a series of narrow and steep ...

A travel blog entry from Heredia by semi-backpacker
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... but she also invited me to her church. While at an event, I made so many friends, that it really feels like I've been in Costa Rica longer than just a few weeks. At this event, I met Lucy and Anya, from the neighboring town of San Antonio de Escazu. They ...

A travel blog entry from San Antonio de Escazu by semi-backpacker
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OUR FIRST HIKE Once we got settled in, Caro and I set about the challenging task of going for a hike in the surrounding area. Just imagine uphill and downhill were the only directions - not 5 feet of flat land to speak of!! It was worth it though, ...

A travel blog entry from Santa Ana by semi-backpacker
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JOURNEY TO PLAYA TAMBOR The second adventure I had in store for my mom was a stay at an all-inclusive resort in Guanacaste. There is some debate as to whether Playa Tambor is actually in Guanacaste or Punta Arenas (seems to be right on the ...

A travel blog entry from Playa Tambor by semi-backpacker
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... We leave at 7:30am and won't arrive at our hostal until 5:30pm! That is the one thing they need to fix here in Costa Rica. A lot of the roads are terrible and the bus schedules are worse. There are two buses that leave Puntaranus for Monteverde one is at ...

A travel blog entry from Manuel Antonio by janda
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