Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

From our ankles up to our tops, we are in it!!!!
Jan 12, 2007 (8 photos)

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 ...

Staying in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica..
Apr 25, 2003 (19 photos)

... of the many reggae or salsa bars, and who am I writing for anyway, the Talamanca tourist board? Anyway, I can recommend a visit to Puerto Viejo and Cahuita to everybody, so please do not listen to the Lonely Planet (don't buy it would be better!), the ...

Into the Hippy Heart of Darkness
Feb 17, 2006 (2 photos)

... flagged a taxi back to Sixaola (canīt seem to escape that god-forsaken town) and from there a bus back up the coast to Puerto Viejo (home of "the salsa brava" surf break, supposedly the best break on the Carribean side of CR), where we washed everything we ...

COSTA RICA
Aug 16, 2006 (30 photos)

... we hitched a lift with two of the Catalans who we met the night before, down to the Caribbean coastal town of Puerto Viejo. Puerto Viejo looked nice, but unfortunately, it bucketed it down with rain our whole time there. The scenery in Costa Rica has ...

Sweet, Sweet Costa Rica
Jul 31, 2007 (26 photos)

... we couldnīt have been happier hanging out with them; before we knew it we had spent 7 nights. Our last stop was the Puerto Viejo area (5 nights), which is on the Caribbean coast almost at the border with Panama. It reminded us a bit of the Sunshine ...

Pandemonium in Panamania
Dec 13, 2003

... only a practice run for the biggest Bungee in the world next year in NZ. Spent a few days in Puerto Viejo, a great wee Jamaican town on the Costa Rican east coast. More quality vibes of da tipo de Carrib, tried a bit more surfing but yet again failed ...

Puerto Viejo
Apr 3, 2007 (7 photos)

Our first stop is Puerto Viejo, we ll be here for three days to relax, enjoy the beaches and snorkel.

Hola Cost-a-Lotta!!
Aug 31, 2007 (3 photos)

... . Prices are steep and westerners are everywhere....80% of Costa Rican coastline is owned by foreigners. Our first stop is Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean Coast, a small reggae town full of young surfer folks, old hippie expats, lots of drugs and ...

Last stop on Costa Rica's Carriben Coast
Jul 2, 2007 (9 photos)

... that stage! We swam in the clear but rocky waters before relaxing in the shade and then started making our way back towards Puerto Viejo in the scorching afternoon sun. The ride back was way harder than the ride there! The sun was much stronger and by ...

Puerta Viejo: Pika Pikas and Spiny Sea Urchin
May 30, 2003 (19 photos)

... Brian helped her out with. So, we went to eat at her restaurant and then to Bamboo for Reggae night. We stayed at Hotel Puerta Viejo for about 2,000 colones a night...not bad! May 31: We wake up, rent bikes and head for the beach with Poppy who we met ...

Crabby roomate
Jul 12, 2007 (2 photos)

I basically decided to skip Costa Rica.  I just was not feeling  excited about it plus its super expensive compared to the rest of central America.  I met so many people that loved it though so I cant wait to ...

New Year in Puerto Viejo
Dec 30, 2006 (11 photos)

The laid back town of Puerto Viejo, on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, is a top destination for surfers and adventure seekers. The hotels were all packed to the rafters with travellers and holiday makers looking for a piece of the New Year ...

Puerto Viejo
Jul 11, 2005

This past weekend, we went to Puerto Viejo (a beach on the Carribbean coast down near Panama), which was amazing. The beaches there were some of the most beautiful I have ever seen. On Saturday a 5 of us girls rented bicycles and rode about 45 minutes to ...

Reggae, Bike Rides and Amazing Food
Jun 25, 2009 (9 photos)

... a little bit of beach time toward the end of the day, but other than that it was an uneventful day.  Our last night in Puerto Viejo was great.  We went back to Cafe Viejo and had an incredible meal and then headed off to the bar on the corner ...

Dia 17. Puerto Viejo
Sep 7, 2009

*** PLANING *** Excursion a Playa Cocles, Gandoca, Punta Uva y Manzanillo. Podemos ir alquilando unas bicis, motos, o gestionando un transporte. NO OlVIDAR equipo de snorkel. Para comer, en Manzanillo muy recomendado el Maxi's (Langosta y ...

Wildlife of both the animal and human variety...
Mar 3, 2006

... , thai and mediterranean food. I had some killer chicken in yellow curry with rice and a couple Bavarias - a dark beer made in Costa Rica. Afterwards, I headed over to the Sunset Bar, which is owned by the same people. The Sunset Bar had a good reggae ...

Buena Olas at Puerto Viejo, Talamanca
Mar 11, 2007

Puerto Viejo is on the Carribean side of Costa Rica, (ie the opposite coast of San Juan in Niaragua, and most of Costas famous beaches).  Its equally famous for its Carribean feel as for its waves....and comes highly recommended by my brother Dave. ...

Back to Costa Rica
Jul 7, 2005

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Unwinding in Puerto Viejo
Jan 23, 2007 (2 photos)

Hola Took afew extra days to hang out in Puerto Viejo!! Walked the beach and found Rick, a guy I have been emailing from Playa Negra, a mile north!! Looking for him I ran into a lady(No Damage) from South Africa, who gave me instructions on how to find ...

Life's a beach, and then you diet.
Nov 27, 2005 (5 photos)

... . But there are worse problems to have, and now you can hear about them: We are in the laid back village of Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. Right now there is Calypso music and waves crashing in the background, you can smell the musky mix of ganja and coconut ...

Puerto Viejo
Jan 24, 2008 (7 photos)

... hot and stops every ten minutes so we couldnīt bare the idea of taking one down for eight or nine hours all the way to Puerto Viejo (from Fortuna).  So killing two birds with one stone we decided to raft on the Rio Pacuare early in the morning and ...

Puerto Viejo
Mar 24, 2008

Puerto Viejo was a really cool place, very Caribbean feeling, really beautiful beach and lovely people but quite busy. On our second day there Nat and Julia arrived and, only because we were on the internet at the same time, managed to meet up, ...

The rainy beach and a fiesta
Nov 12, 2007 (5 photos)

Friday we went to the carribean side of the country to a town called puerto viejo. It's nice, I think. I couldn't really tell what the beaches looked like because there was too much rain but the town wasn't too bad. They had some really great restaurants ...

Puerto Viejo- Camping on the beach
Aug 25, 2009 (41 photos)

... deal on some equipment.  So we all took turns snorkeling out in the clear water. Although there wasn’t much to see the beach was beautiful and it was a great day!  We headed to a new town just a little North of Puerto Viejo, so that we could get up 

Puerto Viejo
Jul 31, 2006

I am in a tiny little town on the southern caribbean coast. The vibe here is totally different. Laid back, beachy, rasta, reggae. I like it, the beaches are beautiful, the people are nice and the hostel is ridiculous. It is called rocking j's, built ...

Da Panama al Puerto....
Jul 25, 2009 (3 photos)

... paese mi č rimasto nel cuore: i suoi colori, suoni, sapori e tutte le emozioni resteranno vivi per sempre dentro di me. Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (nella provincia di Limon) č una meta assolutamente imperdibile per gli amanti del mare, del surf, della musica ...

More monkeys on the road to Manzanillo
Mar 4, 2006

... sleeping in... Breakfast was great and afterwards I decided to check out bicycle rentals to check out the road south of Puerto Viejo - to Manzanillo, a small town about 13km from town. The weather was excellent today - sunny and warm but not too hot ...

A coinflip for the coast...
Mar 2, 2006

... of coast, nestled between two national parks and backed by thick, lush rain forest. Second, the people. Puerto Viejo has a very heavy afro-costa rican inlfuence, and it can be seen everywhere - from the Carribbean style cooking to the Rastas hanging out ...

Puerto Viejo
Jul 28, 2008

... you call 830 sleeping in.  Anyways, we got up and had to be at Tierrasol before 10, for a 5 hour bus ride to Puerto Viejo, a little surfer town on the Caribbean. The way there was alot smoother than we had expected,  because the first group to ...

pura vida
Jan 18, 2008 (5 photos)

... no in these parts. We teamed up with a group of other travellers crossing at the same time and all split a cab to Puerto Viejo.      Puerto Viejo is a well known destination in the surfing world for its world class surf (specifically ...