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Travel Blogs from Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
DAY # 2
Don't ever believe a sun block manufacturer that tells you their "Once" factor 30 sun block only needs to go on at the start of the day. Bollox, the Mrs and I have what can only be termed, "Comedy" sunburn. For example, I have a red belly, ...
Wildlife around the house
Stace and the kids stayed home while a few of the other adults ventured out to take a bus to the local grocery store where virtually no one speaks english. Thats where I pull out my "un poquito" spanglish. Stace and the kids stayed ...
Nada mucho...
Today is our last full day in MA, so we took it easy. We hung out around the house, rand some errands, swam in the pool and visited our neighbors from last year. The kids have been dying to visit their friends James, Skylar and their 4 dogs. ...
Day # 3. "Did the Earth move for you?"
... the time I normally get up at the moment. Apart from the excitement of Bamboo Jam last night, the hub of local life in Manuel Antonio. Provider of great local food / music & beer, the earth actually moved, no really it did. Katy and I ...
Mangrove Tour, El Avion restaurant
Grandma and I went on a mangrove tour today. The rest of the group stayed home or went to the beach. My family had done this tour last year and wasn't interested in repeating it. It was education and my mom loved it. I ...
Carara National Park & more driving...
... had a half day to do something here. We decided to check out something local before driving to our final destination....Manuel Antonio National Park. We went to Carara National Park (somewhere I have never been), which is know for having tons ...
Manuel Antoni-oh!
It's my first weekend off in Costa Rica and I want to make the best of it. Manuel Antonio suits me just fine! "Manuel Antonio contains a charming combination of rain forest, beaches and coral reefs. These beaches are the most beautiful in the country, ...
MA main beach / banana boat ride
All 11 of us went to the beach today. All the kids wanted to do a banana boat ride. We did it last year for the first time and loved it. Stace was unable to go last year so he was a rookie this year and rode with the kids. That night ...
Manuel Antonio Day 4 - El Avion
... sipped a couple of strawberry slushies as well devouring a cheesecake before we decided to move on. Further down the road towards Manuel Antonio, we came across a bar called El Wagon that offered the best Hebrew hot dogs and burgers around. This place ...
More Monkeys
... lines. like in NZ,and you were reliant on the staff members catching you. She flattened a coupleof them ;) However, a good time was still had by all. We appear to be the only non American tourists in the whole of Costa Rica. Read into that what you will. ...
Monkey See, Monkey Do
Yesterday we walked down the beach to Manuel Antonio National Park. After several attempts by the locals to convince us to pay for a guided tour through the park we politely declined and continued on our own. We took the first trail we saw in the park. We ...
Costa Rica - Manuel Antonio
Ein schoenr kleiner Nationalpark mit vielen Faultieren und kleptomanisch veranlagten Waschbaeren. Auch der erste richtige Strand nach ...
Long day!
... felt the longest would be the flight from Denver to Houston and then to San Jose but it was actually the drive from San Jose to Manuel Antonio. After three hours on the one of the curviest roads we have ever been on we arrived at our hotel at 12:30 ...
Some much needed R & R
After a late night of traveling we slept in and got breakfast. We decided to have a lazy day to explore our resort, walk on the beach, play in the ocean, and take a swim in the pool. We also took a cab ride into Quepos to go to the grocery store ...
It rains in the rainforest?
... building one) but luckily they had lightening rods on each building so there was no damage. We had another good dinner at our resort but look forward to eating in Manuel Antonio tomorrow night after a trip into Manuel Antonio National Park. ...
livin' the life of a tica
... ) practicing my spanish on every poor sod that crosses my path -arrive in paradise...my school...located directly on the beach of manuel antonio (actually a cafe that tony's cousin owns) -learn, learn, learn with lots of little 'pausas' in between -after ...
Manuel Antonio & laundry day
... de bus op richting Parco Nacional Manuel Antonio. In tegenstelling tot de vorige parken die hooggelegen nevelwouden waren, is Manuel Antonio een vochtig, tropisch regenwoud dat gekend is voor zijn rijke dierenleven. Tropisch inderdaad, want rond 9u kroop ...
Transfer Quepos > Uvita + PN Marino Balena
Vanmorgen opnieuw scrambled eggs en dan gepakt en gezakt de bus op naar Uvita. Het was in Quepos al warm maar hier is het bloedheet. Niet echt ideaal als je pas een kilometer ná je halte doorhebt dat je te ver bent, in allerijl de buschauffeur doet ...
alone in manuel antonio
Ce matin je me suis levee a 4.30! pour prendre le bus de 6 direction manuel antonio. Me voila sur la cote pacific, seule ... les canadienes ont pris un hotel alors que moi je suis dans une auberge.Ca me fait bizzare d etre toute seule depuis le debut du ...
heavenly week
... i would be in heaven and learning spanish from the best teacher in all of central and south america. tony and manuel antonio have delivered beyond my expectations. if ever, you know someone who wants to immerse themselves in latino culture ...
Return to Manuel Antonio National Park
Nelle had been living and teaching in Manuel Antonio for the year. When we descended Chirripó, she invited me to come back with her and Seth and Mike to Manuel Antonio for a few days. I said yes, hoping for better weather and knowing that I still had a ...
Hiken värd sitt pris
... Antonio har varit minst sagt avslappnande. Hostelet Backpackers Manuel Antonio har pool, bar, pannkaksfrukost och gratis internet. Staden Manuel Antonio är väldigt mycket "charter", många familjer och på stranden kan man hyra solstolar med ...
More rain inmanuel Antonio
... company come and collect us and off we go –the road is open but only just. The poor people living near Manuel Antonio are still throwing outtheir wet bedding and ruined furniture. The roads have turned into single lane tracks and this isthe first ...
Affentheater in Costa Rica
... wie im Live-Zoo ohne Gehege - stets das Objektiv griffbereit. Da versteht es sich von selbst, dass der schöne Strand von Manuel Antonio oder die Farbenpracht der einzelnen Palmen zweite Priorität genossen und – wenn überhaupt – nur in einem ...
Swim in the bay and Colombian gold
Quite a rare full nights sleep, no dogs, nuts on tin roofs......we found coffee source at the 'restaurant' next to reception so S happy. Lazy start on our balcony overlooking the beach. Granola yoghurt and banana breakfast. Whilst sat peacefully on one ...
Dining at Manuel Antonio - Raphael's Terrazas
... All very friendly. Had a nice visit with him and split a great dinner of shrimp and mahi/mahi along with a caprese salad with a Costa Rica twist. On our first visit we had not been able to catch the bus and had walked all the way down hill to the ...
Manuel Antonio National Park
This was the first time we visited the beautiful national park of Manuel Antonio on the Pacific Coast! There is a $7 entrance fee which helps to preserve the area which we didn´t mind. After walking in, the nine of us who were together at the time walked ...
Crazy in the rain forest
... the other hand are everywhere. Big ones small ones, they come inside at night and jump on you when you're walking around. It's nuts. Manuel Antonio beach, the free one at the entrance to the park, is better at low tide when there is sand to sit on instead ...
Relaxing on the beach
Today's entry will be short and sweet as all we did was go to the beach early in the morning at around 9:30 am, had breakfast at one of the restaurants, then relaxed on the lounge chairs under umbrellas on the beach. Note that you have to pay for ...