Country Info
- San Jose
- Capital
- Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
- Currency
- 3,773,057
- Population
- CR
- Country Code
San Jose Slideshow
Travel Blogs from San Jose, Costa Rica
First Day of School
... class I went to lunch with one of the other students, Allan. Allan is from Seattle and has no real reason to be in Costa Rica learning Spanish other then, “just because.” When all is said and done, Allan will have been in ...
Arrive in San Jose
There was a certain intimacy on the flight to Costa Rica. All of us, some traveling alone, some in groups, on the air bus seeking what is known as Pura Vida. By the looks of the fellow travelers Pura Vida would be found by surfing the waves, exploring the ...
This week...Its Like Wednesday
... army, but when Costa Rica disbanded their army they made it the museum. It was interesting to learn more about the history of Costa Rica. This weekend I am going to go on a coffee farm tour just outside of San Jose in an area called ...
First Weekend in Costa Rica
... food court. The food court consists of McDonald's, Burger King, TCBY, Wendy's, Subway, Quiznos, El Pollo Loco and Pops (Costa Rica's Baskin Robbins). Yummy! After quickly walking the mall we walked the streets of San Pedro. We ...
Costa Rica with Alex
So today´s plan was to check out of our hostel in Lima and head out to San Jose, Costa Rica to meet our friend Alex. I was really excited starting out knowing that we would have a guide for the duration of our next trip! Our plane departed at around ...
The End of the Week
... !” After the play we went to the Cathedral de San Isidro. It is the only Gothic building in Costa Rica. It was beautiful with its buttresses, organ and stained glass. All of which were shipped over from Europe forever ...
La Fortuna - Dias dos
... meet us later and we share a cab with a random stranger, who hapens to be from Hannah, Alberta. A cab full of Albertans in Costa Rica. We chat a while with a couple of others from the tour over drinks outside our hotel room, some cousins from Canada we ...
It's been a while...
... several latinoaméricano countries, and of course, politics of the U.S. I really learned a lot about some cultural aspects of Costa Rica that I probably wouldn't have learned if I watched the movie about euthanasia. It was a good class. Tonight, I ...
Hallo Mama, es geht mir gut :-)
... Menschen beim amerikanischen Zoll und Grenzschutz! Also da könnten sich die Österreicher ruhig mal ein dickes Stück abschneiden... Auch in San Jose gabs überhaupt keine Probleme und ein "How are you" gehört einfach zu jeder Begrüßung, wie das Amen ...