Mal Pais, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

Pacific: Ghetto buses, sunrises, Dustin, an Se Van
Jun 6, 2003 (29 photos)

... kind of cruise shipish...after about 2 hours here, we make it to the other side where we are offered a cab directly to Mal Pais...for only $10 a piece...that sounds a lot better than waiting on a bus($2.50)...sometimes you have to splurge......First we ...

Christmas in the Bad Lands....Smells Like Fish
Jan 3, 2008 (8 photos)

... Heather, his cousin Iain, and us loaded into the boat and set out early afternoon.  We felt a hundred miles away from Mal Pais being out on the ocean with our two man crew, brothers who have fished together for 13 years.  We started trolling and ...

Costa Rican surfing safari!
Dec 25, 2005 (15 photos)

... a restaurant with the best view ever and arrived in Camoronal (probably one of the best yet most deserted surfing beaches in all of Costa Rica). Unfortunately it doesn´t matter how good a beach is if there is no swell, but we made the best of it splitting ...

a lax day to myself
Feb 28, 2007 (3 photos)

... i wanted to go back to santa theresa, but i couldnt have just stayed there because my big backpack had been in san jose at louey´s house. so i went back to the hostel where we had met chris....backpackers costa rica, and booked a shuttle for the next day.

back to paradise
Mar 2, 2007

... are renting a place here for about a month.  anyways, my first night here there was a huge party just down the road in mal pais. it was a lot of fun. basically everyone from my hostel went plus tons of other people. it was all outside, at this ´surf ...

Mal Pais
Feb 10, 2008 (10 photos)

... We boarded the ferry and began the hour trip across to the peninsula.  After another hour on the dusty roads we arrived in Mal Pais, and went to our hostel. Place is pretty good, we have a double bed and private bathroom.  We immediatly went ...

When everything goes wrong
Jul 26, 2009

... there was 2 more rivers we had to cross and none of us felt like doing it at night time. Maybe the most usefull person in Costa Rica the guy had a house down the road for rent, it wasnt much but none of us cared at all. In the morning after more problems ...

pescadore de algua dulce
Dec 31, 2008

... literally sweetwater fishermen.      But to begin we finally made it out of Montezuma, all the way to mal pais, about 30 min down the coast.  Surfers town with way more surfer brahs and english speaking blokes!  good ...

Costa Rica - Pura Vida
May 27, 2007 (7 photos)

... to San Juan del Sur in three years time it would be completely different. Leaving the dry, parched Nicaraguan soil the lushness of Costa Rica which literally changes as you cross the border was a sensual treat. As green as any Irish landscape, albeit ...

Surfing! And we brought the summer with us :)
Oct 23, 2007 (5 photos)

... the journey there and had detoxed a small bit.  Now that I´ve left the country, a little note about the roads in Costa Rica (and they´re probably worse here in Nicaragua).  Woah!  Forget the Siem Reap-Bangkok road, this place is worse and ...

Mal Pais
Apr 22, 2005

... they're barely passable without a 4x4 but once the rains come (within a month) all but the main ones are washed out. Mal Pais is a very small village stretched out along the main road, it consists of a few sodas (cheap eating places) and bars selling ...

Last day in Mal Pais
Feb 11, 2008

... But writing this blog now i barely have the strength in my arms to keep them on the table. Things we wont miss about Mal Pais, are. 1. Eating dust on the main road everytime a 4x4 goes past. 2. Peopls hi fiving and talking about surfing all day long ...

first time surfing EVER!!
Mar 3, 2007

so i woke up with not much on my plate for the day, as per ush!  i had breakfast and then met up with jeff who i had met the night before. he said that he had a board that i could use if i wanted to try surfing....so....we went out!!  it was so ...

Mal Pais
Mar 24, 2007

... 's, so I guess I believe him. He says that he met her while giving a surf lesson, and they were married 12 days later. Mal Pais is totally different than the other beach town we were in. Although there are quite a few touists, this place still has an ' ...

i want a quad!!
Mar 6, 2007 (2 photos)

so it has been a little while since i have written, its amazing how doing nothing can keep you so busy!!  the water now has red tide, which its a red bacteria where you can get sick from eating the shellfish, or fish and you can get like an ...

Casa Chameleon
Apr 12, 2007 (16 photos)

We can't believe how incredible the Mal Pais area is and the hotel Casa Chameleon is one of the most private, romantic hotels in the WORLD.  since photos speak better than words, I created this to put some of our photos up.  This is my first blog ...

moi tranquilo!
Jul 3, 2007

... and stayed in the same hostel as last time, Pangea. Was talking to this guy called Alex on the boat was ok slightly weird from costa rica. By the time we got to the hostel he'd already emailed us saying he hoped he was one of our best friends  ...

leaving santa theresa
Mar 7, 2007 (2 photos)

so, today teri, cara, tal and i started debating going to tamarindo. the red tide was still in santa theresa, and it sucks not being able to go in the water, especially when it is soo hot!!  they had been there before and said that the beaches ...

The Cottage on the Beach
Jul 2, 2009 (46 photos)

... breakfast at the Rancho by the pool.  It was a great breakfast.  The lady that was cooking was from Alaska (Costa Rica is a lot different that Alaska).  Breakfast was rice & beans, fruit (watermelon, pineapple and mango), omelets, and ...

catching up
Feb 4, 2004

... the party got hopping and never stopped. We left Saturday morning. By the way, speaking of this tourists vs locals thing; Costa Rica is very, very touristy, as I've mentioned, and while the locals are extremely hospitable and welcoming, the tourists and ...

Mal Pais Magik On The Nicoya Peninsula
Nov 30, 2007 (20 photos)

... Nicoya. We We were heading to Mal Pais then on to Montezuma which we had heard were the best two laid back, beautiful beaches in Costa Rica on the Pacific Ocean. We lined up for ferry tickets to Paquera which is the coastal feeder town. In the line up was ...

Its raining in paradise....
Nov 2, 2007 (5 photos)

... later another one arrived and we made it to Cobano. Now for the final leg, we decided to get a taxi to Mal Pais, which was a boneshaker of a ride, to put in perspective the most common mode of transport here is quad bikes! Mal Pais is ...

Surfing Queen comes to town..
Nov 5, 2007 (3 photos)

... in, plus I was getting some nice 'surf rashes' from rubbing on the board.  So we've ended up staying another nite in Mal Pais....moved to another hotel, next to the surf shop and best surf, bought some surf shorts and hired the board for 24 hrs to ...

surf's up!
Jul 18, 2008

... but we also made friends with a nice Irish lad that has offered to drive us (since he's going the same day and leaves Costa Rica about 1/2 hr after our flight) so we're debating... Needless to say Brandi and Sarah are very excited to come home, but we ...

Amazing Race Mal Pais
Apr 14, 2007 (5 photos)

... too Michelle) colorado boys (Majagual entry) to see what they were up to, because I knew they were somewhere in Costa Rica. I recieved an email back almost immediately saying they were also in Tamarindo, working as surf instructors and living just up ...

westsyyde
Oct 20, 2006 (10 photos)

hmmmm, met some people, of course, played some games (that´s what the crazi, weird pics are I swear!!!) went fourwheeling in the rain... hmmmm yea.

Pescadore de agua dulce
Jan 3, 2009

... can barely see any bone sticking out now)   But to begin we finally made it out of Montezuma, all the way to mal pais, about 30 min down the coast.  Surfers town with way more surfer brahs and english speaking blokes!  good times though hit ...

Mal Pais
Jan 21, 2006

We went to mal Pais for a few days. We partied alot at this time.  We rented a 4 wheeler which was later confiscated.  We stayed at Mal Pais Surf Camp. 

Aug 04, 2009
Aug 4, 2009 (5 photos)

Santa Teresa
Jun 1, 2008

Everyone there besides a couple of employees were from california. We were there during the green season which actually was very beneficial to us because it was not really crowded and the weather was actually beautiful ( it only rained for a couple of ...