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Travel Blogs from Samara, Costa Rica
Our Final Beach days at Playa Samara
... . It is served with yogurt and fresh fruit of watermelon, pineapple, and papaya. So that is how we started our 3 days here. Samara is a great village. There is a police presence in town, which I have not seen in the other locations we have been in. ...
Costa Rica night driving
9:35pmish Arrived at our hostel in Samara Driving in the dark with rain and lightening was a trip. Thank goodness our GPS had our hostel in it so it took us straight there. We did very much enjoy watching the lightening, plus it was about the ...
Casa Brian
... to make sure no one snagged our bags. All in all the bus ride was about 4 hours and cost us 4.50$. We arrived in Samara without a reservation to any hostels because they didnt offer any online bookings as it`s a pretty small town. Luckily, when we got off ...
Beautiful beaches in Samara!
... and a thatched roof and all open at the top. No screens, no mosquito nets. The shower had the best pressure I've had in Costa Rica to date, but was icy cold and you definitely wanted to be wearing something on your feet when you were in there - yuck. I ...
Chillaxin time
Phew after a couple of crazy days we are finally somewhere we will rest up for a time. At least 5 days are to be spent here in this little haven. We have booked into an apartment which looks across a field with horses and to the palm tree ...
Day 14
... interesting and incident packed day. Home made fruit and chocolate muffins for breakfast as well as all the other goodies before going to Samara to get some more money out. However the ATM said 'no' and we realised that in GB it is the same day ...
Getting our vagabond on
... restaurants are right on the water, and I mean right on the water....I don't think there is a DEP in Costa Rica for shoreline development in Samara. However, I must admit this type of building allowance made for a very cool place at ...
beach, beach, beach!
After the stressful yet exhilarating past week I thought it was time to relax and hit the beach. I've spent the entire week waking up early and going for jogs in the sand... then going back to the beach in the afternoon for surf lessons and hitting ...
THIS IS INCREDIBLE!
... up with old professional acquiantances and enjoying the well-manicured city. At the end of December I flew to San Jose, Costa Rica. Before arriving here I did some background preparation and looking on my business school´s alumni list and found a ...
Just Cruisin'
Ah....several days of just cruising the coast, checkin out the spots that we loved the ...
Day 15
... a couple of branches of the car hire company and arranged for a new car to be delivered here between 5 and 6, but warned us that in Costa Rica this might be in the next 2 days!! We walked to the beach and had a swim before going to a bar for drinks ...
"Tezko zivljenje" na Playi Samari
Na Playi Samari smo malo zabusavali pri Cehu Martinu in Slovakinji Andrei v manjsem apartmaju. Martin je v Costa Rici ze 12 let. Prisel je potem, ko je njegova mama tu kupila zemljo. Imela je namrec poslovnega partnerja iz Costa Rice, ki jo je povabil na ...
Crabs in the morning/ Death march in the afternoon
... got Kindles for Christmas so we are able to pick up new books on the fly. It is a great travel item. Back from Samara. According to the map, the walk is very doable. And the river crossing proved to be no problem. Unfortunately, ...
solo
... pink sand beach island....did I also mention he saw a 5-6 foot shark whilst out surfing...he came into shore rather abruptly. visited samara today and bought goodies for the nieces. took a 45 minute taxi back and like my folks in europe, forget my bag ...
BIG DECISION
... I have traveled the world and have seen many wonderful places. However, no place has touched our hearts more than Samara, Costa Rica. The ocean, with coral scattered along the beach, offers great walks and swims. The sunsets are beautiful. Samara, ...
Samara - Peninsula de Nicoya
Die erste Reise weg vom Zentrum von Costa Rica ging nach Samara. Samara liegt auf der Halbinsel Nicoya, an der Pazifikküste von Costa Rica. Übernachtet haben wir in einem wunderschönen Hotel direkt am Strand. Der Besitzer ist ein Stuttgarter, der ...
Beaches, kayaks and tuna
... explanation which I truly hoped was the reason and not the illegal shark fining industry which has set up operations in parts of Costa Rica and neighbouring countries. On our second dive we also discovered there to be no sharks but we did encounter a ...
Tout le monde a la plage
... aux yeux… une autre journée nous sommes allés visiter Nicoya la ville de ma mčre…avec la plus vieille église du Costa Rica, et les plages Buena Vista et Carrillo oů d’ailleurs on a vu deux gros crocodiles que Seb a appâté avec du ...
The Eden Garden
... ask Pierre to coordinate any outside activities during your stay. The breakfast every morning is wonderful and I’m sure the best of Costa Rica ! (You have to try the “Gecko especial” !!!). Samara is a lovely beach town which is small ...
La fin
... . Je dois dire qu'aprčs une semaine ŕ la plage, je suis pręte ŕ revenir ŕ la maison. Je n'ai pas aimé Samara autant que Heredia. Comme je suis sortie hier, je suis trčs fatiguée. Je vais passer cette derničre journée ŕ ...
driving back to california
driving back to California in January, looking for to join somebody else to make this drive together. 2 or 3 cars are may be safer than one, just in case.. http;//surfspacostarica.com judit ...
Powers of the Mother...
The last days are fast approaching, I decide not to leave so early for this placement at Matapalo was a huge sucess. Although it has its hiccups, over all its a cool place to get some turtle experience. On the friday Oct 8th it was to ...
Where am I now...
... , what looks to me like a beautiful little town. Filled with parks, spanish arcitecture and enchanting people. I'm waiting for a bus to Samara, destination # 2. I've sat myself down at a hole in a wall cafe shop in the bus station. There are these two ...
El Pacifico
... écrit. Pour une raison ou une autre, le site de Travelpod ne voulait pas fonctionner. Je suis présentement ŕ Samara. Un petit village d'environ 3000 habitants ou tout le monde se connait. Le Pacifique est absolument magnifique. ...