Country Info
- San Jose
- Capital
- Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
- Currency
- 3,773,057
- Population
- CR
- Country Code
Costa Rica Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Costa Rica
Gyrocopter flights
After a couple of nights in Junquillal I took the bus to Nicoya. From there I would change to a bus to Samara and take a taxi to the Flying Crocodile. The Nicoya Peninsula is fairly inundated with foreigners and I wasn't really interested in ...
Rio Pacuare and Fast Friends
Yesterday we rafted the 5th best river in the world (according to someone...). It was beautiful, out in the jungle, class 3 and 4 rapids, awesome scenery, food, people. We made fast friends with a very funny river guide named Alberth. After a day of ...
coming closer to south america
... so chances were high) but we were lucky)) The rest of the trip was ok, we had drove by the nice green countryside of Costa Rica which looked even more greener and more cleaner. Less trash on the side of the roads. The road acually follows the peak ...
Classic Gringo...
... awful attempts at Spanish speaking The ultimate “cultural experience” seeking Americans…Yuck Why does San Jose, Costa Rica need a Denny’s? So Americans can pay hundreds of dollars and travel thousands of miles to have their ...
Costa Rica pre Tour
So off to Costa Rica.... Quote from Charlotte- ´first day at Peace Lodge was better than my wedding day´. http://www.waterfallgardens.com/ was the first honeymoon treat and the first of many frog hunts. We did a night tour of the Ranarium (Frog ...
First Morning in Costa Rica
This hotel is up in the hills outside of Alajuela. You can see the city of San Jose and also Poan Volcano. It's an active volcano, but it hasn't done anything since the 60s I think. Well, you can't really see the volcano; what you can see are ...
Ausflug zum Rio Celeste
Von der Legende des blauen Flusses getrieben mieten wir uns mit Laura und Tyll, die wir am Vorabend bei der Vulkantour getroffen hatten, ein kleines Auto und duesen zum Rio Celeste. Einen Gelaendewagen mit Allradantrieb soll man laut Vermieter nicht ...
Tortuguero and Caribbean Coast
At last we have got rid of the 4x4 and are venturing by boat to the far northeast of Costa Rica. There are no roads, only rivers and canals. Managed to get charged nothing nothing for the damage to the car, pretty lucky! Dry season, so low water and lots ...
Curubande- Bubbling Mud Pits
... - Bubbling Mud Pits We decided to head back up North to a beautiful campsite that Christina and I stayed at our first night in Costa Rica. The campsite/hotel El Sol Verde is located 20 minutes outside of Rincon de la Vieja National Park and it has all the ...
Highlands and South or Costa Rica
Spent the last 10 days in the highlands above San Jose and the rugged south east. Saw a volcano erupting magma, a fantastic sight at night, while sat in hot thermals baths with a cold beer. Tried to climb another volcano but the clouds came in so we had ...
pura vida
... a whole ordeal over the price of our stay with an American owner back home, we packed up and made way for the Costa Rican Border. Yeah, the same one.. remember... the bridge, the thieves and crooked immigration officers. But this time was different. ...
Visit Kids and Grandkids - Hacked version
... talk of installing surveillance camera may have gone too far, enough said. I hope Grandpa Dolezsar is enjoying his Costa Rica hi-tech upgrade to his Motorcycle with his new MP4 player? 250 pirated road songs and one special late ...
I love the smell of coffee in the morning . . .
Hi everyone, Just got up, it's 8.05am Costa Rican time. Finally arrived at hostel at 6am UK time last night! Had the best shower ever today (actually not so good when you have to wear flip flops during, but 26 hours of straight travelling makes everything ...
The Curse of Tamarindo
... on Skype and decide dinner details. I was told our place was easy to find, I had no address as there aren't addresses in Costa Rica. It wasn't easy to find. No one knew this place we were staying at, trust me we asked. We drove ...
Parfume de Corn Chip...
I feel like I smell like Doritos (like the original nacho cheese flavor…not even the cool ranch flavor) So it is a combination of things: So I bathe, but the water is cold and my washcloth NEVER dries. My washcloth is sort of like an old dish rag. ...
Turriabla
... and get our bearings. We found the town to be filled with pleasant people, informative road signs(non-existent elsewhere in Costa Rica) and pretty scenery. After checking out a few hotels, we settled in at the interamericana. nice enough, right price, ...
Through the roads in Costa Rica
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Through the roads in Costa Rica
We will post trip information here as soon as it starts. For 2010, we will continue planning the project and look for Sponsors that are willing to invest and support the Project. All indications in that regard is highly appreciated. Please contact us by ...
Playa Samara
This past weekend, we went to Playa Samara. The bus ride there took about 4 hours so we didn't get there until almost midnight and it was kind of close quarters in the bus but I slept most of the way. When we got there we just kind of hung out for a ...
Los Rapidos
The last time I went white-water rafting was in Sun River, Oregon. I was nine years old, so I wasn't exactly an active participant. We bought an overpriced photo of ourselves getting tossed around in Class IV rapids, in which I am sitting on the back of ...
The adventures of the mysterious phone cable....
Things have been busy since I got back. It started off with a bang when the airline lost my baggage and no one seemed to have any record of where it could possibly be. Apparently flying two airlines back means that they can both blame the other, or ...
3day/2night trip to Tortuguero to see the turtles
... on this entry - you can just about make out mine and Naomi's skin crawling if you listen closely. Unfortunately due to Costa Rica's proximity to America it is extremely likely that like us you will have the misfortune to bump into one of these ...
What the Fog...
So As I learn Spanish words sometimes Catalina and I discuss their English equivalent. Most recently I learned the word "nublado." It is the word for “fog” F-O-G…fog As I was repeating the Spanish word, Catalina asked me to repeat the ...
Costa Rica....
... är nu. Samt ganska rejält mycket sömnigare. Eftersom det är lågsäsong och det här inte är de mest populära delarna av Costa rica så betyder "sömnig" i det här fallet att jag bodde själv i ett 8-persons "dorm" för $12 natten. Dagtid så ...
Salon de Pelo Negro...
... at least I would at least be able to look for some Costa Rican jeans. When I got to the mall I looked around. I found some Costa Rican jeans and…of course bought them (That ordeal is a whole nother story) I kept walking around. I was looking for a ...
Rain, Rain and more rain in Costa Rica
... to them and they were really nice, they wouldnt take an\y payment and gave us some tips about looking after ourstuff etc, as Costa Rica can be dangerous in that respect! We wandered around in the blistering heat from hostal to hostal looking for a good ...
Corcovado National Park
(Double-click to enlarge pictures, or click on slideshow...) We were only in the park 5 hours or so as our boat arrival/departure were dictated by the tides. Two things of note: - We really didn't need any bug spray (note it was the dry season). ...