Quepos, Costa Rica Travel Blogs

Monkey Mania in Manuel Antonio
Oct 27, 2004 (12 photos)

... the Monkeys, some people just don't get it. Is it any wonder our world continues to sink. We, human beings, just don't get it. Costa Rica at last. It has been a long time coming but we've finally arrived in Central America. We took the Red Eye out of ...

Crack Whores and a Crazy old man
Jun 13, 2003 (22 photos)

... every where or so he told us has given up on us by this time, we have no idea where he lives so, we head back to Quepos and have just enough $ to get a room...but we are still starving and only have 1000 colones....so, I head to the ATM with confidence and ...

Flying in to Quepos
Feb 18, 2006 (5 photos)

A little scary, but a great view!!! If only the pilots spoke English!

Day 12: Monteverde to Quepos
Mar 17, 2005 (3 photos)

... We made our way down the road to a nearby restaurant for some dessert. It was expensive but absolutely delicious. The town of Quepos has abundant nightlife any night of the week, but none of us really felt like taking taxis into town. Instead, we spent ...

Manuel Antonio National Park
Jul 19, 2006 (6 photos)

We spent the day in Manuel Antonio National Park. It is one of Cosa Rica´s smallest parks, but also a favorite. We hiked into a small, rocky, beautiful beach and played in the warm ocean and ate our lunch. We continued hiking up to the vista that ...

Manuel Antonio National Park
Apr 22, 2009 (14 photos)

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On my way
Apr 15, 2008 (4 photos)

... roja {his old restaurant}.  also got to see the beach where i was conceived....i asked to be spared the details. anyways, costa rica is amazing so far, very beautful--flowers everywhere {the hibisci are out of this world}.  saw some giant fucking wasps, ...

35 tourists photographing one small iguana....
Dec 22, 2006 (6 photos)

... the gateway to Manuel Antonio National Park. I should mention that there are a lot of national parks and conservation areas in Costa Rica; this is, of course, a good thing, because this is an insanely, intensely beautiful country with an incredible number ...

Leaving the Nest
Apr 28, 2008 (5 photos)

I've been in Costa Rica for what will be 2 weeks tomorrow.  I haven't done much aside from go to the beach, drink beer, swim in the pool, drink vodka, walk/glide in the jungle, drink tequila.  I've been at casa de Jill through the stays of Linda ...

Manuel Antonio
Aug 19, 2007

Manuel Antonio

Manuel Antonio NP and other Ramblings
Dec 21, 2006 (8 photos)

Manuel Antonio National Park Today we hit the beautiful beaches of Manuel Antonio National Park, which is just a 10 minute bus ride from our hostel.  We walked with Ani in the shady area along the beach, giving her some morning exercise.  Then ...

Where the Wild Things Are...Manuel Antonio
Jan 10, 2009

Since I didn't have a plan, I tagged along with Stephanie to Quepos, a place a local had told her was crawling with wildlife. Quepos itself was nothing special, although we did stumble across a really good casado (typical meal of meat, rice, beans, ...

Quepos
Jul 17, 2006

We are finally in beautiful Quepos, Costa Rica. It is a small town with a trash problem and understated charm. It is 7 km from one of the most famous sections of beach in Costa Rica. Today we bought bread, cheese, avocados and tomatoes. Tomorrow we will ...

Monkeys for breakfast and beach for lunch
May 23, 2009

We headed to one of Costa Rica´s most popular parks - Manuel Antonio. The book makes it out to be a horrible touristic hell but we thought it was lovely. You catch a lcal bus to the park, pay your ten bucks and wonder through beautiful rainforest spying ...

seeing new places!!
Apr 26, 2007 (10 photos)

... places.  we decided to head down south, farther than i have been yet.  so we jumped on a bus and made our way to Quepos, which is mostly just a little fishing town and not much of a beach, so we didn't even spend the night there.  we hailed ...

Nationalpark Manuel Antonio
Jun 24, 2009 (10 photos)

... und etwas widerwillig erst im letzten Moment zur Schliesszeit aus dem Park herauskommen. Das war ein wirklich grossartiger Abschied von Costa Rica. Eigentlich wollten wir ja auch noch etwas nach Nicaragua und Panama fahren, denn was soll man schon sechs ...

Manuel Antonio
Nov 13, 2007

Manuel Antonio and Quepos

party central
Nov 8, 2008 (8 photos)

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Manuel Antonio
Apr 16, 2008 (3 photos)

Today I got up with the sun and Kirby and I decided to make the journey to Manuel Antonio national park.  Jill drove us into town and on the way I saw a bunch of blue morphos! We opted to take the hike around punto catedral instead of ...

Monkeys and Mangroves
Apr 7, 2008 (8 photos)

Hola from Manuel Antonio!  This is going to be short I just wanted to post some pictures of my trip so far for those of you who are curious.  Having an awesome time, enjoying the sun and trying not to get too burnt... its difficult trust me.& ...

Manuel Antonio National Park
Nov 15, 2009 (56 photos)

Ja ja, jetzt ist auch uns klar, warum der Manuel Antonio der bekannteste Nationalpark Costa Rica's ist...hier leben so viele Tiere, dass man auch mit geschlossenen Augen welche sieht :-) Uns sind ohne Guide ueber 30 Kapuzineraffen, 2 Tukane, ca. 20 ...

Quepos
May 18, 2008 (62 photos)

Created this space for photos of upcoming trip

Sunset Cruise
Feb 21, 2006 (12 photos)

All you can drink and eat Sunset Cruise on the Pacific. I wish I had bought an underwater camera for the snorkeling- It was so much fun!!! I think my dad, mom, Pat and I were the most obnoxious on the boat!!! I learned a new spanish word- poquito- ...

Manuel Antonio National Park
Oct 20, 2008 (17 photos)

... because we got lost again, asked a few people and finally found our way. When we finally saw signs for Quepos, we were delighted. The road signs in Costa Rica are terrible. Then we got stopped by the police, again! Now come on, we didn´t do anything ...

Day 13: Quepos and sunset dolphin boat ride
Mar 18, 2005 (4 photos)

The next morning we caught a bus down to the town of Quepos to go eat, bank, shop and explore. Quepos is a mid-sized town that survives primarily on tourism but also has a larger local population than most of the other places we'd been until then. There ...

Made it to a beach town
Apr 6, 2008

... that there is no Air con and the roads are pretty windy and nauseating.  Its a small touristy town its 7km from one of Costa Rica´s national parks Manuel Antonio.  My first night I just grabbed a cheap box of a hotel if you can call it that the ...

Quepos
May 28, 2008 (1 photos)

... said it would stop on Saturday (and frankly...hairdressers are much better at predictions!) We drove the final 60 kms to Quepos which is a fishing port with a few shops and restaurants in it. Its basically where all the tourists stop the day before the ...

Day 14: Manuel Antonio National Park
Mar 19, 2005 (5 photos)

... Park and spend the day at one of the beautiful beaches along its shore. Manuel Antonio is the smallest national park in Costa Rica, but it's also the most crowded with tourists. Much of the wildlife there seems accustomed to people. So while the ...

Leaving, Alajuela, and Quepos
Dec 20, 2006 (2 photos)

"Preparing" for Travel Since arriving in Costa Rica, well... even before arriving it seems like it has been a whirlwind of activity.  Probably because is has been.  Between a hectic work schedule for Sarah, work and school for me, and taking ...

Manuel Antonio and Quepos
Oct 28, 2007 (5 photos)

I drove down from jaco to quepos. the town does not offer much. on the way you cross two adventurous bridges. further down i reached Manuel Antonio, the Beach National Park. The beaches are really perfect with good water and white sand and a diverse ...