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- San Jose
- Capital
- Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
- Currency
- 3,773,057
- Population
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Travel Blogs from Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
The park - and the monkeys!
... the coast from the city is the heat and humidity. San José is at a higher elevation, and maintains a springlike atmosphere all year round. Manuel Antonio feels like the tropical locale that it is. Our hostel was at the top of a high hill, and I was a ...
Manuel Antonio
... Regen in San Jose, freuten wir uns auf ein paar entspannte Tage am Strand, mit viel Sonnenschein. Bei der Ankunft in Manuel Antonio begrüsste uns die Sonne und wir machten uns auf die Suche nach einer geeigneten Unterkunft. Mit unseren Rucksäcken ...
Jungle in the City
Luckily we made it to Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio during the low season, as it is one of the most visited tourist destinations in Costa Rica. If you've been to Costa, you've likely visited :) It's no wonder the tourism industry boomed with the looks of ...
A day on the beach
Breakfast on our balcony watching the sunrise. Then off to the beach to swim. S tested her snorkelling outfit bought in Aus 2006. Designed to stop skin cancer but used by her to keep the unseen hidden things that lurk in the sea from touching her. We ...
Coastal Paradise
Greetings! Not from Manuel Antonio as I have indicated but this post is about my weekend there, which was incredible. I went on Friday evening with a guy called Marlon from the office and some of his friends who were great lads. We had a great night at ...
The girl with Unique Eyes
... and Mariana met when they were studying in Australia so it was good chatting about Australia for a bit. Anyway just before i left for Manuel Antonio i sent my resume to a few schools for teaching work. I was rung 10 mins later by a school in Puerto ...
And now off to the other ocean and Manuel Antonio
Off on another weekend getaway to Manuel Antonio on the Pacific side of Costa Rica. I'm a little hurting today because I met a ´friend of a friend´ who now lives here and we drank a few beers (had to make up for some lost time) and ate a ton of ...
Off and Running
... organization that is fighting to conserve the habitat of the highly endangered Mono Titi (Squirrel Monkey). This area, Quepos/Manuel Antonio, is home to the largest remaining troupe and probably the species' best shot at survival. Unfortunately, among ...
Manuel Antonio
After a bit of an action packed weekend at La Fortuna, we decided to spend the following weekend chilling on the beach at Manuel Antonio national park- The idea being that there would be less to spend our cash on! Long, long bus journey! It was about ...
The Sloth es Muy Suave
Today is awesome. Its not even over yet. 1. $3.50 Breakfast: A pancake accompanied by an entire sliced banana, watermelon, and papaya. Just as I was mentioning that I would probably need a midmorning snack, out come plates of scrambled eggs, bread, and ...
it all comes to an end
last stop on the tour in manuel antonio a chilled surfer town on the coast, mostly done chilling out here other than a catamaran tour with an open bar, and 12 cocktails costing 45$ at happy hour, mostly ...
Animals galore...
We took a taxi for the 4km journey down the road to Vista Serena (Manuel Antonio), a hostel slightly in no mans land but with the most beautiful balcony and view over the lush foliage covering the whole of this side of the peninsula and to the ocean ...
It didn´t last long
... ; I think I saw some participants die! This goes on for a week I am told. This section of South Pacific coast of Costa Rica is spectacular, More on it tomorrow as we spend a few days here discovering the small but most visited National Park and the ...
Hotel La Palapa Ecolodge Resort
... Smith wrote: La Palapa is for us and many people we meet that paid a fortune in other resorts, the best value for money that one can spent in a holiday in Costa Rica – Manuel Antonio National Park area. Take my advise that you will never regret. ...