Montezuma, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

Pura Vida.
Dec 10, 2004 (3 photos)

Pura Vida or Pure Life, you hear it everywhere you go in Costa Rica, from smiling Ticos and Ticas, the locals around here. The country is absolutely beautiful, with amazing palm fringed white beaches dotting two different oceans, heaps of national parks, ...

La Reserva Natural Absoluta de Cabo Blanco
Dec 28, 2001

... easier and faster. Juliette did fell in the mud puddle twice as rain made the track very slippery. After finishing our trek, we took the bus back to Montezuma, washed our muddy clothes and had a delicious dinner at a Italian restaurant. Another tired day.

Sol
Jul 18, 2009 (1 photos)

... . Waar gaan we heen.....we willen zon. Gelukkig was de PC in de hostel weer gemaakt en konden het weather forecast checken voor Costa Rica. De enige hoek waar het nog droog was...en zou blijven...was het gebied van Montezuma. In een uur zaten we in de auto ...

Montezuma Day 1
Jan 6, 2006 (3 photos)

OK, so we got to our hotel (which is right on the beach) and had a little lunch at the hotel. We then wandered into town to have a couple local beers and then went back to play in the 75 degree ocean.....followed by a nap in the hammock. We are really ...

The beach - finally!
Nov 8, 2009 (6 photos)

... managed to get to Santa Teresa safely. From Cobano the road turned into a very bumpy gravel road and after 7 km we arrived at Montezuma, which indeed is a small village. There are like 2 streets, and it takes you two minutes to walk from one end of the ...

In Montezuma again
Jan 8, 2007

... gotten older, settled more, and all the druggies walking around just don't do it for me. Maybe this time it is worse? Montezuma really has a reputation for having a ton of easily accessible drugs and it shows with who is here... I've never seen so many ...

Roet in het eten!!
Jul 19, 2009

... bier omdat hij wat dikker was geworden. Wellicht door de boottocht....en reactie...we kijken het even aan. Bij Het vrtrek naar Montezuma zat Margreet achterin de auto met het been omhoog.....een dagje rust, kan geen kwaad...morgen zal het wel over zijn. ...

Waterfalls and Waves
Mar 1, 2006 (29 photos)

Here lies beautiful coastlines surrounded by rainforest. Montezuma vertical momentum, coastal body surf in the big waves, St. teresa vibes, Go for a walk to Cabuya Island, explore on a 4 hour walk to the mystical Charro Cataratas Charro, Manzanillo ...

Paradise Falls
Dec 27, 2001

... we had to leave and catch the bus. Dissapointed, we left our hotel unwillingly. This means all of our pictures from Guatemala to Costa Rica were lost forever. In a weird kinda of way, it made me remember the places and faces even more; without the photos, ...

Montezuma, Costa Rica
Aug 3, 2006 (37 photos)

... ' trees. Between the spider and the vicious jungle trees, I have decided it is best not to EVER LEAN ON ANYTHING while in Costa Rica, without giving it a once, twice and thrice-over. We went for a hike in the rainforest, and saw some pretty neat stuff ...

Montez(f)uma, Costa Rica, Pura Vida...
Oct 31, 2005 (11 photos)

... a Mountainbike to check other beaches and went to Santa Terea and Playa Hermosa where two Austrian Guys (Brengenz) have a surfcamp. After nearly 3 weeks I decidet to leave the Hippi Hangout Montezuma and move on the Caribbean cost and then to Panama.

Searching for the Waterfall...
Mar 13, 2005 (5 photos)

... sandy cliff we glimpsed the Pacific Ocean. Gorgeous! And sooooo blue! The bus came to a stop in the core of Montezuma - a street lined with corner stores, little restaurants, and backpacker inns. Not as many native Spanish folk here.. there were many ...

Montezuma and the Southern Nicoya Peninsula
Jun 6, 2006 (37 photos)

... . I had a great, great time in Montezuma and Mal Pais and would highly recommend this area to anybody visiting Costa Rica. The trip to Montezuma is worth the flight to/from Tambor alone. Thanks, once again, to Jamcruiser Duncan, whose sage advice has ...

Monkeys!
Feb 21, 2008 (12 photos)

I arrived in Montezuma two days ago. After lazying about the hostel the first afternoon, I saw the Montezuma waterfalls, sat on the beach, and went to the Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve nearby.   The Mochila Inn hostel is surrounded by trees ...

the stinky, sweaty, rocky trip to MONTEZUMA...
Jul 4, 2009 (9 photos)

... honest. THEN, once I thought we were almost to Montezuma we got on this huge bus that took not only tourists but local Ticos (Costa Ricans) to Montezuma and the various towns along the way.  Let me tell you, I was soooo grossed out when I got on the ...

Rain Rain Rain, Sloths and a Mechanical Bull
May 27, 2007 (12 photos)

... ;and to make the most of it we were up and out by 7am. Manuel Antonio Reserve is the second smallest reserve in Costa Rica - even though itīs seems tiny compared to other reserves we have been to, it is still very beautiful and rich with wildlife. ...

Everything changes on the road
Jan 10, 2007

... to see the rest of SA. Anyhoo... that's the lastest and greatest. Other than that, we are heading on to Tamarindo tomorrow. Montezuma has been a big disappointment to me... 2 years ago it was fun, now it is a town filled with malnourished drug addicts. ...

Montezuma living
Nov 14, 2009 (15 photos)

... going to Isla Tortuga. It gave me a good chance to practice some Spanish again, which I really have been poor at here in Costa Rica, where everybody speaks excellent English - but I do try whenever I can. Our guide was very nice, too. An elderly man who ...

Buebereisli - Extended Version
Jun 25, 2007 (18 photos)

Unsere Troedlerei durch Lateinamerika wird mit einem Paukenschlag eroeffnet: Wir haben das seltene Privileg, fernab der Heimat gleich drei alte Freunde in die Arme schliessen zu duerfen! Freude herrscht, wie schon der Doelf sagte. Mit der Ankunft der drei ...

Some Pictures
May 1, 2008 (7 photos)

Here are some pictures!!! Enjoy!

Update
Jun 30, 2005

So costa rica is still fantastic. I canīt wait to be able to come back again. We've been building houses all week with Friday off, we went to Montezuma (a beach on the east coast of the Nicoyan Pennisula) and had a great time, probably 12 or 15 ...

Montezuma
Jan 13, 2008 (8 photos)

... friends with :)) that helped us navigate our way here since the public trans tends to operate without schedules or signs.  Montezuma is a cute, funky beach town made up of two streets with hostels, restaurants, street vendors and lots of dogs. We' ...

Costa Rica - Montezuma
Mar 22, 2008 (13 photos)

... first arrived. Awesome to watch these animals in their element! On our last day we visited the oldest nature reserve in Costa Rica, which was co-founded by a Danish/Swedish couple back in the 60īs. With the govermentīs initiatives to increase farming ...

Montezuma Day #2
Jan 7, 2006 (5 photos)

Wow - this was the best day yet! We got up this morning and headed out to Tortuga Island and went snorkeling. My first time, and it took me about 20 minutes to get the hang of breathing underwater, but after that it was game on! What a trip, and the coral ...

Montezuma....the longest hike of our lives
Jan 8, 2006 (5 photos)

OK....so we think that we are taking this little nature walk in the Cabo Blanco Nature Reserve to see some monkeys, some cool butterflies....and eventually reach this gorgeous beach at the end of our venture. We did not realize that it was a 5 mile hike ...

OK, so we hurled through space...and then relaxed
Jan 9, 2006 (5 photos)

... having a nice relaxing breakfast, and reading in hammocks, we decided to take the canopy tour (the zip line) through the tress of Montezuma. We got decked out in our gear, and began. The first one was the most nerve wracking, although it was a short one. ...

Ook dat nog....
Jul 23, 2009

We zijn gisteren naar het strand geweest in Manzanillo en hebben even een duik genomen in de zee en wat schelpen gezocht. De auto stond afgesloten geparkeerd op nog geen vijtig meter, langs de hoofdweg, in een open strook tussen de bomen....in het zicht ...

Hit the Road Jack
Jan 8, 2007 (35 photos)

... and set out on our own again. We spent one great day in the buzzing downtown of Mexico City before flying back to Costa Rica.      We arrived in San Jose at midnight and slept on the floor in the departures terminal until 6am. We didn ...

Dolphins, monkeys and sea anemonae, oh, my!
Jul 19, 2006 (35 photos)

... ISL clinic on Monday and Tuesday, and we wouldn't have been able to work with the kids then. So, we decided to go to Montezuma, since I'd never been there before and it's far away -- and we had 4 days to travel. I'd heard from various people that it's ...

Cruising in Costa Rica
May 16, 2008

... a boat to Changuinola in the north of Panama and then a taxi to the bus terminal. The bus takes you across the border into Costa Rica where you have to show proof of onward travel out of the country (not that easy when you donīt have specific plans!).....[ ...