Heredia, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

One mis-step and you are a part of the forest!
Sep 25, 2007 (34 photos)

... /coffee liquor stop, we drove between the cordillera mountains, left the province of Alajuela and entered the province of Heredia. The La Paz Waterfall and Gardens awaited us and what an unbelievable experience that was. The first element of folklore ...

Putting Down Roots in Costa Rica
Sep 19, 2007 (23 photos)

... we still hope it`s the case) like Meghan and Davis who allowed us to set up camp (in a cabin) for a month. - Costa Rica Independence Day celebrations (September 15): The culmination of months of practice, it consists of all the primary and secondary ...

Birdwatchers' Delight
May 21, 2004 (15 photos)

... of Mexico. Again with some reluctance, we finally left the Monteverde area to head for the Nicoya Peninsula, home to some of Costa Rica's best beaches. The drive down to the coast through hot, dry, deforested hillsides was quite a contrast to the lush ...

Volcan Poas
Jul 13, 2006 (14 photos)

... enjoyed the top floor of the museum however, which has an entire room with embossed depictions on the walls recounting the history of Costa Rica. I loved the painting of the Madonna; I have seen the Black Madonna in Poland and went on and on about it! In ...

Working on IAC
May 20, 2009

... I'm a Celebrity Get me Out of Here was a great experience overall and more importantly a fantastic excuse to spend 5 weeks in Costa Rica.  It served as the jumping off point to what would be an unforgettable trip around all of Central America.  ...

to visit David
Nov 10, 2008 (3 photos)

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Days 21-23: If you do drugs, don´t get caught!
Jul 7, 2009 (2 photos)

... afternoon, we had an orientation at our instutute which was interesting to say the least. They taught us about the local buses, Costa Rican practices, and they offered a few other suggestions. For example, drugs are illegal so hide when you use them. And, ...

Los Rapidos
Oct 8, 2008

The last time I went white-water rafting was in Sun River, Oregon. I was nine years old, so I wasn't exactly an active participant. We bought an overpriced photo of ourselves getting tossed around in Class IV rapids, in which I am sitting on the back of ...

Oops, we seem to be in Nicaragua
Mar 11, 2006 (6 photos)

... river as theirs and making us fly the Nicaraguan flag on our boat for about 20 minutes of our trip. Then we were back in Costa Rica, although there was no border crossing back in, so really I have no clue where I am. On the promise of lush jungly stuff ...

Day 20: Happy birthday to you...
Jul 4, 2009

... , we realized that our tickets said business class - which basically meant first class - and we enjoyed a surprisingly comfortable flight to Costa Rica. A man from the institute where we are going to study picked us up and drove us to our new home. Our ...

Costa Rica baby!!
Oct 11, 2005

... ticket! Heredia isn't too impressive as a town, it has everything you could imagine as a suburb of the capital city in Costa Rica... lots of Catholic churches, lots of taxis and lots of people who would love to seperate you from your money! Luckily, my ...

Los Murcielagos de Reserva Biologica de Tirumbina
Oct 7, 2008 (4 photos)

Today was mostly a travel day, but we did get a chance to feed some bats.   According to our itinerary, this evening we were to visit the Tirumbina Biological Reserve for a two-hour "night walk," during which we would learn about such nocturnal ...

San Joaquin, Heredia, Costa Rica
Oct 31, 2006 (26 photos)

The first stop in Costa Rica - 30th October - 4th November

Gimme an I
Apr 21, 2005

... to her because that has been the problem all along. Then I tell her that I had told Joy that I would meet her in Heredia and we were going to take a taxi back here in time for the fiesta they are planning tonight. Her face twisted halfway between a ...

A glimpse of weekend life
Mar 26, 2007

Good events never seem to make such wonderful stories as the unfortunate ones. However, I was able to pry a misadventure or two from this weekend's adventures. It started out as another dull weekend at home when a friend called and said she simply ...

Monteverde: A Continued Review
Jun 19, 2007 (9 photos)

... the experience. You wouldn't feel like you were going into the backcountry if the roads were paved. Touché. It also wouldn't be Costa Rica if the international highway had four lanes (It has two, and at times three but people don't understand the concept of ...

Spontaneity
Jan 10, 2008

... to pile on the other end of the see-saw. Anyhow, I was swinging, just contemplating life and my existence as a PCV in Costa Rica, my site in particular, when I decided to do something spontaneous. When I swing, I usually face the road-side. The park ...

A whale of a tale
Apr 18, 2007 (10 photos)

... , when we went back to the beach, we weren't so lucky. I lost a shoe several times due to the suction-ocity of Costa Rican mud. Ick... I really wanted to find the whale's tail, but the person leading the way couldn't remember where it was. We picked a ...

In Service Training
Jan 9, 2007 (8 photos)

Thanksgiving photos from Cauhita Beach, Hone Creek, and Limon So I´ve made it to the 3 month mark as a volunteer. And over 6 months in country. Woot! Definitely lovin´ the life here. IST, In Service Training, is a week long training at a nice hotel ...

Tico teens and projects
Oct 30, 2006

... , group sharing, etc. Two, this is going to sound silly, but I found it fascinating that the teens ate the food. It was typical Costa Rican food, but in American standards, it´s not cool. Or at least not what I consider cool. Cool things to eat for lunch- ...

No cell phone, so I can't go skating...
Mar 8, 2007

This is rather long, but I think it's funny... so keep reading! ;) Lost in Costa Rica Episode 1: Let me start by saying that Babel is an awesome and thought provoking film and I highly recommend it. I went to see Babel in San Jose with a friend ...

Pura Vida
Jul 3, 2006

Ticos (what Costa Ricans call themselves) have a saying, ¨Pura Vida¨. It literally means ¨ ...

Staff Life
May 11, 2007 (7 photos)

... I have some talent of appeal to the general public, which  I can apply to the amusement of the Peace Corps Costa Rica community.)   Furthermore, after seven months of serving as a volunteer, I am ready to actively contribute to Peace Corps ...

La Selva - life everywhere
Jul 8, 2008 (8 photos)

Since the last entry, I had a lot of cool adventures including snorkeling, ziplining, hot springs, Las Cruces, and Palo Verde.  The final station is La Selva, in the rain forest, and it is a paradise for researchers.  There are so many bugs and ...

High school rock and Christmas
Dec 16, 2006

I have not written in quite a while... Thanksgiving: Went to Cauhita beach. Saw a real, live sloth and howler monkeys. That was interesting. The sloth looked like a hairy ball and like on tv, moved ever so sloooowly... Life has been slowing down ...

Student of the World.
Jul 26, 2006 (4 photos)

Hi everybody!! I am a student of the fabulous world of Languages. Spanish to be exact. The school is called intercultura, and it´s really great. There are students from all over. Mostly United States-ians like myself, but also from France and Canada ...

Costa Rica ... Best country in the world.
Jul 29, 2006

Hola Amigos and Familia!! I love Costa Rica, and that´s a fact. The people here are so friendly, it´s wonderful. Pura vida... Pure Life. That´s what they say here instead of cool, or an emphatic "alright"! And the life here is so admireable, I´m impressed ...

A glimpse of weekend life
Mar 26, 2007

Good events never seem to make such wonderful stories as the unfortunate ones. However, I was able to pry a misadventure or two from this weekend's adventures. It started out as another dull weekend at home when a friend called and said she simply ...

Christmas Notes
Dec 22, 2006

Notes of Interest In the holiday spirit, my host mother pinned a stocking on the front of my door. Father Christmas´ jolly face mocks all entrants (in other words, me). Above him, in full glitter and sequins, a single word of holiday cheer: JOJO. Now ...

The best thing since sliced bread
Oct 23, 2006

So what is the best thing to hit Costa Rica since sliced bread? Nutella!!! Wow... what a shock. What's the scoop? I was in my third supermarket of the day hunting for chocolate chips, dried apricots and almonds. (Saw a recipie for brittlethat I wanted to ...