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- San Jose
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- Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
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- 3,773,057
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Travel Blogs from Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica
Whale Song
Finishing up OW2 with 2 students. Viz wasn't bad..about 35 ft. We were heading off the point of Punto Quepos at about 30 - 40ft when we start hearing a deep rumble. About 10 seconds later it sounds again but this time followed by the unmistakable sound ...
Manuel Antonio NP
... musste trotz Jetlag nochmal so richtig 'arbeiten'. Die Karten sind auch recht relativ, aber dann haben wir unsere Unterkunft im Manuel Antonio NP gefunden und sind muede ins Bett gefallen. Am naechsten Tag ging es dann in den Nationalpark, klein, voller ...
Manuel Antonio - A little slice of holiday heaven!
... beautifully and carefully landscaped hill which was already atop one of the highest points of the small and leafy Manuel Antonio region, with a startlingly beautiful view over Manuel Antonio National Park which hugs the Pacific Coast, soooo idyllic! ...
1...2..3.. sharks
Cano Island, 2nd dive of the day. dropped onto a shallow sand patch and head out westerly direction. on descent i count one nurse and 1 white tip. 2 minutes into the dive another 2 white tips. Nice school of surgeon fish and a green turtle are hanging ...
Humpbacked Whales and dolphins
... still no luck then one of the other boats radioed in to say that three Columbian Drug Running boats were being pursued by Costa Rican and American coastguard. We could just see them; three high powered speed boats and we could just make them out being ...
David - San Isidro - Quepos - Manuel Antonio
... bags) from the Tracopa bus stop in San Isidiro, just ask for directions. From Quepos, you can easily pick up a taxi outside the bus station (C$3,000 - C$3,500) for Manuel Antonio or take a local bus (C$235 pp) if you haven't grown weary of buses by then. ...
Monkeys everywhere
... of the beach town and so decided to drive down to Manuel Antonio and bypass Jaco, which was tourist infested (well, not that Manuel Antonio wasnt). The drive which should have taken us 5 hours, took us 7 instead because we ended up missing our turn and ...
Baptism and Loss
... as I'll be working at home writing grants and doing research. It will also, of course, be open to any and all of you for visits. I would love to share Manuel Antonio with you. I could also use someone to keep an eye on my bag! Vayan con los ...
Fight on the Beach
... It was served with a side of rice pilaf, veggies and yucca root, which look liked french fries. It was a great last meal in Manuel Antonio. Today we travel to San Jose and will be staying in a hotel for two nights. On Thursday morning, we come ...
Volunteers ravaged by illness in Paradise
... Aslak, and went on enjoying my evening. The next day our patients, Sarah and myself braved the outrageous heat and visited the Manuel Antonio National Park which cured everyone up nicely....briefly. We saw all sorts of wildlife from snakes, to sloths, to ...
muchas gracias! (vielen dank!)
ich weiss nicht, ob ich es schon gemacht habe, falls ja, naja, doppelt haelt besser! hier auf jeden fall noch ganz vielen lieben dank fuer die ganzen kuesschen, briefe/karten, duschgel (war echt mal wieder noetig! ;-P), chocolate, gummibaerchen, ...
Pick Pocketed
Got up early to get ahead of the crowds at the national park. I was basically one of the frst to enter. I quickly ditched a tour group that consisted of a lot of LOUD american tourists dragging their feet and scaring all forms of wild life away. I turned ...
Costa Rica Travel Diary
... a resort is anticlimactic and antithetical to the real-life National Geographic experience we just had. Butwhos complaining? Manuel Antonio If we would have flown from Arenal to our final destinationManuel Antonio National Park, we would ...
Budding Photographers
Two student photographers, a beautiful calm day and a dive site packed with cool stuff to see. The set up is easy, complete the underwater photography dive 1. All i have to do is guide everyone in the right direction and point out some good stuff. Trying ...
Lazy day by the beach
really lazy morning. Bf on our wonderful balcony watching people on the beach. Admin and calls home inc chat with Mum. Drove into Quepos to find another cheap soda to eat. Settled on a chicken place. Again normal set up, a few combination dishes on a ...
Sloth and Tourists
... avant de probablement quitter ce pays un peu cher, et ses habitants pas aussi chaleureux que nous le souhaiterions. Manuel Antonio je jeden z nejznamejsich Narodnich Parku v Costa Rice. Dostat se tam ale znamenalo vyrazit uz v 5 rano a peknych 9 hodin si ...
3rd most amazing day.
Left at 6:30 for Manuel Antonio National Park. Our travel book says you have to get there early because they only let 800 people in and you are guaranteed to see monkeys. We stopped in Jaco and had breakfast at Subway. They all had ...
Plateau to Rain-forest
... and even a place with water and soap to wash our hands! We discovered that the bus would stop at our hotel on the way to Manuel Antonio. We stayed at Cabinas up on the hill. Our room had one wall open to nature with banana trees outside the ''wall'' ...
Rainforests Rock in Costa Rica
wip-two trips to CR-one year apart. might not be able to write about this one until I'm sure it's ...
Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio
... morning of December 29th, Este and I got up early in order to take the bus to the national park Manuel Antonio on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica. We arrived at about three afternoon after a curvy and bumpy busride with weather that only got hotter and ...
A Walk in the Park.
We got up early to miss the crowds and heat. The park opened at 7 and there was a line when we arrived. We hooked up with Miguel Gamboa Marin of Gamboa tours for our guide. By the first 30 minutes we were glad we did. He had an ...
Manuel Antonio
... We also saw gladiator frogs on our deck. We saw lots of Titi monkeys Howler monkeys and white face monkeys We're also going to zip line today! Habla mucho espaņol en Costa Rica. Pero muchos personas habla ingles ...
Quepos/Manuel Antonio
... slapped some meat on the grill and asked if anyone wanted a beer. Needless to say they were pissed. In morning I went to Manuel Antonio Nat'l Park prepared to go hiking. The trails are deceiving long and full of wildlife. The earlier you go the better ...
Monkey Business
After several days in mist and clouds it was truly wonderful to arrive in the sunny and hot little town of Manuel Antonio by the beautiful Pacific Ocean. Not to mention just arriving at the lodge after the tremendously bumpy, dusty and winding ride ...
Secret Quebrada Hike In Manuel Antonio barrio
After our long hike the day before, we decided to do the hike we found last time we were in Manuel Antonio that is near the hostel. I'm not sure exactly how we found it but it does start near some other hotels and someone has done a lot of ...
George of the Jungle eat your heart out!
Having slightly over slept we woofed down our pancakes, power walked to the ATM and booked to go on the 10:00 canopy tour all in an hour. Ai-yi-ai! Now we understand why everyone does things at a slow pace - taking it easy is definitely the way forward. ...