Alajuela, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

We are leaving our souls in Costa Rica
Mar 8, 2007 (4 photos)

Hi All, So our taxi is about to arrive to take us to the airport. We went to the Poas Volcano this morning and although there was too much cloud to see the main crater we did see the second crater. We also got a few wonderful pictures including one ...

Backtracking to see Volcan Arenal
Oct 14, 2006 (7 photos)

Dean: After speaking to a few other travelers in Santa Elena, we realised that we had missed a key stop in Costa Rica - Volcan Arenal. This is one of the most continually active volcanoes in the Americas and the locals do some great night tours where you ...

Wild whitewater!
Jan 8, 2007 (5 photos)

Booked to go rafting with 'Wave', a company recommended to us on grade 3/4 rapids.  Were taken by our guide, Warner, first to see some huge iguanas on trees by another river.  They were massive and many were orange and strutting their stuff as ...

My first cup of Java
Sep 25, 2007 (19 photos)

... I am to be enjoying the tropical jungle part of my adventure with Carolina?? Since I am actually going to be living in Costa Rica for a few months, having her here to start exploring the good and the bad, has been amazing. We woke up bright ...

Our last day of heat
Jan 9, 2007

... that there is McDs and Pizza Hut here (although strictly not allowed on our regime) and feels pretty American in many ways.   Costa Rica has been a lot cheaper than we imagined esp accommodation has not been too bad and food can get a good meal for ...

Flying through the Rain Forest
May 3, 2004 (15 photos)

... North American feeling - less spontaneous, more organized, less litter - laid-back, middle-class might be a good description. Costa Rica has had a very different history from most of the rest of Central America, and has been largely democratically governed ...

Lava or not?
Jan 7, 2007

We booked an extortionate shuttle with Gray Line to get to Fortuna as buses sound a nightmare and prob take a couple of days to get there.  Our pick up was meant to be 6.15. Fortunately they didnt turn up until 6.45 as our passports and money were ...

San Ramon:Hammocks, hot springs and cattle auction
Jun 3, 2003 (17 photos)

... Chale wants to buy 10 cows for his ranch. We meet up with his partner, Pedro, Saray and Alex. Here's where I get my first Costa motorcycle experience...very fun! On to the suesta where I kind of get to help pick out the cows, which was good, but we're ...

Apparently there's a volcano
Jan 4, 2007 (7 photos)

... rivers, running at a temperature range of 27C to 42C flowing through exotic gardens, forming natural waterfalls and river pools. If you are ever in Costa Rica you simply MUST go to this place.  Who wants to see a volcano anyway!

crossing the boarder x 2 and other musings
Sep 11, 2007

Ahhh it feels good to be out of San Jose, but I had an interesting time there for the less than 24 hours I was there. Leaving Boquete was hard for me. I realize the way I really like to travel is to stay in one place and soak it up/ the food, the ...

Hotel Mi Tierra
Jan 1, 2009 (14 photos)

Nice hotel and friendly people!

gotta go to work gotta get a job
Nov 11, 2009

... one! However, I don't think it's anything my father ever had in mind for me. I'm current working 8-5:30 here in Costa Rica at the uVolunteers main office. I'm the new enrollment officer/ travel advisor / costumer service!  I'm still coming home the ...

The first few days
Jun 17, 2005 (12 photos)

Well, we are here in San Ramón, Costa Rica. We arrived on Tuesday and spent the week working on a house and getting to know the other volunteers, who are all really nice. There are some from the US, England, and Canada. There is also a group from Ohio State ...

Casa Dorothy
Jul 16, 2009 (3 photos)

Hallo allemaal. Om 23.00 kwamen we aan bij het vliegveld en we waren net op tijd om het vliegtuig te zien landen. Niet kort erna kwamen Jan en Margreet naar buiten....het was leuk om ze te zien!! We mochten met hun transfer meerijden naar hun hotel en op ...

Grecia - auf dem Weg zum Naturereignis
Mar 12, 2008

... aber doch recht ermuedend war. Danach fuhren wir weiter nach GRECIA, einem kleinen Ort in der Provinz Alajuela, ca. 45 km von San José entfernt. Wir hatten dort am Morgen angerufen und in einem ...

More fun in Arenal
Aug 18, 2007 (6 photos)

... for just the two of us. That night, we met with Ido´s cousin Yoshy and his wife Miriam, who just happened to be in Costa Rica on their honeymoon as well. Since it was Friday night and they are observerant Jews, they couldn´t go anywhere so we had to ...

From Hereidia to Flamingo VIA Arenal
Dec 27, 2006 (15 photos)

The Journey to Playa Flamingo - I went via Volcan Arenal - even though I couldnt get any shots of the volcano - I did see the lava running down the mountain at night. 4th & 5th November 2006

Getting it done with Guaro
Jun 15, 2005

... , so you might say i have a bit of a hangy o, which has been a bit of a theme these last two weeks. im in costa rica doing my second volunteering projecto by building houses, which has been awesome, except that about fifty percent of the mornings i am ...

La Fortuna
Oct 6, 2009 (25 photos)

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Dia 1. Alajuela
Aug 22, 2009

*** PLANING *** Llegada a Alajuela, visita por el pueblo, cena y alojamiento. Hotel: Pura Vida Hotel (http://www.puravidahotel.com) Precios por Noche: Casita Toucan (4 pax) =  165$ + Taxes ( 33 € Aprox. por persona) ...

tome chichi
Oct 22, 2009 (7 photos)

... of a secret right now so i dont know how much i can say online. pura vida oh! I almost forget to mention that I went to a Costa Rica vs Trinidad futbol match in San jose. It was amazing. be jealous mr Fox.  There's a picture of us eating tico food. ...

el fin de semana
Sep 28, 2009 (9 photos)

... in the mix because someone had left the lid open. So disgusting. however, that's like the only bad thing about living in costa rica. So then Dona Isabel and her husband invited me to take the day with them and visit a neighboring town called Zarcero. I ...

Volcan Poas
Apr 29, 2009 (8 photos)

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Another Update
Jan 16, 2006

Well, hope everything in the US is still going well. I'm back in San Ramón from having been in the US for several days. I flew home early last week to attend the memorial service for my grandfather who passed away on the past Saturday. I arrived back in ...

First Update
Jan 2, 2006

Hope everyone had a GREAT New Year's. I ended up going with my homestay mom and sister (Iveth and Tannia) to Iveth's mother's house for some karaoke and dinner and then to Iveth's friend's house for a party. Nothing terribly exciting except for the ...

Fantastic wildlife spotting
Nov 12, 2007 (14 photos)

... restaurant for a yummy meal of chicken, rice and beans with watermelon juice and pineapple for dessert (pineapples and bananas are Costa Rica's main exports and we saw pineapple fields. Over lunch we saw more birds: the pretty blue and gray tanager and ...

A very soft landing....
Dec 19, 2006

... been wearing a hugely brimmed black hat, so she´s easy to find and nice to seek shade under. This is especially helpful since Costa Rica is not only located on the southern portion of the Central American isthmus, it is also on the surface of the sun. It ...

Lost in the Mountains and Rainforrest
Jun 17, 2005

... travel. But, a few buses and taxi rides later, I ended up in a remote town in the mountains of northern Costa Rica, overlookng Lake Nicaragua. I was guided here by my brothers´ friend who owns some property here. Now, the directions were simply to get ...

Green and serene
May 13, 2009

... a leisure cruise, and then get off at the other end to have your passport stamped. Piece of cake. Loved it. Welcome to Costa Rica. This was going to be a different kind of latin america. They are quite well off so food and accommodation is expensive and ...

Lago Arenal, Costa Rica
Dec 12, 2007

... hit the area and blow over one of the windmills with more than 150 km/h gusts. Imagine that! That said, Lake Arenal in Costa Rica ranks as one of the most beautiful places besides Lake Atitlan in Guatemala where I have kited and I hope to return one day ...