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- San Jose
- Capital
- Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
- Currency
- 3,773,057
- Population
- CR
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Quepos Slideshow
Quepos
Travel Blogs from Quepos, Costa Rica
Manuel Antonio
... coast with a really famous national park and great waves for surfing. Actually, Manuel Antonio is the most-visited tourist destination in Costa Rica, although you'd never tell. Maybe it was because this is the "off season," but it seemed to be a pretty ...
las frutas
... coleccionamos caracoles en la arena. Cuando nos cansamos de estar en el sol salimos de la playa y fuimos al mercado. El mercado en Quepos es gigante. Vimos muchas frutas desconocidas. También comimos unas muy frescas. ...
Having fun in Costa Rica ! !
Having fun in Costa Rica ! Hopefully this will update as we are having problems finding a working wifi connection .These are some pictures of the park "Manuel Antonio" and beach .Its absolutely beautiful hot and humid all is well will try and update ...
Recovering
... heat is pretty strong. Its just sticky and close. For those of you thinking of coming to the pacific side of Costa Rica right about now this is akinda a general heads up about weather. Beautiful sun and clear skys but bloody sticky. ...
Surfing CR
This California Girl has finally learned how to surf. Sort of. Costa Rican surfing school is about the easiest way I can think of to learn surfing. The instructors, after about 10 minutes on the sand, have you lay down on the surfboard, hold straight, ...
To meet Paul and home again...
From Brasilito we headed south to Manuel Antonio National Park. We met Paul at the Quepos airport. We went to the park together, swam in the pouring rain, didn't see any monkeys at all. There were more outside our bathroom window in Brasilito than in ...
Monos, Iguanas and Crocodiles!
... again! Here are my delayed Manuel Antonio pictures. The trip was an adventure! After my first long distance bus ride in Costa Rica I arrived in Quepos and took the shuttle to Manuel Antonio. At the suggestion of a friend we searched for a hotel they had ...
Rental car returned, damage report minimal
... the water damage on the inside!!! We had full coverage so we weren´t charged for the damage. We´re off on a 4 hour bus ride to San Jose in 2 hours, so we´re just wandering around Quepos town trying to find stuff to do. Adios! Shane and ...
Zip-Lining
... , to be cold for once! Anyway, the tour bus driver was generous enough to let us pick up our stuff from the hostel (where I quickly said bye to Patrick, who was again chilled out on a hammock), then he drove us straight into town (Quepos) and to our ...
Pacific and Carribean coasts
Sun, surf and fishing from Jaco to Manuel Antonio, to Golfito, through the mountains to the beautiful Carribean town of Puerto Viejo! Thanks for the great times mom and ...
Farewell, Manuel Antonio
... on the cliff, wishing we could stay longer. Returning to our hotel, the bus arrives and we leave for San Jose and the wrap of the Costa Rican adventure. The bus ride is on the dark for 4 hours, stopping once to pick up a piece of what we think is the ...
Manuel Antonio Beach
Dave has now surfed in 3 countries !!! (US, Mexico, Costa Rica.) It is amazing to surf in warm water after surfing in the cold waves of LA! No wetsuit! No toes going numb from the cold! Awesome! We messed around on ...
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Knee deep in eco-BS and loved it
... Antonio, a decent sized town on the Pacific coast south of Jaco. It is one of the most toursited areas on all of Costa Rica due to its absolutely fantastic beaches and the Manuel Antonio National Park which, is easily accessible and home to phenomenal ...
Day 10, Manuel Antonio and Quepos
We followed Leo, the guide through jungle, mangrove areas and private beaches of Manual Antonio. We never veered too far in case we encountered snakes (yikes). We saw much plant life and lizards, but not many animals or birds (not tht our guide didn't ...
La Palapa Eco Lodge Resort - Quepos - Costa Rica.
La Palapa Eco Lodge Resort - Quepos - Costa ...
Costa Rica Paradise - Pura Vida !
We left for our Costa Rica trip at 2 a.m. in the morning to catch a 5 a.m. flight to Houston and from there to San Jose, CR. We arrived around 2 p.m. MDT and were met by Randall - Lynch Travel's driver of the private shuttle we had booked to get to ...
The first beach on our journey.
... , which come to find out that is one of her many occupations. She ended up sharing a taxi into Manuel Antonio only 7 kilometers from Quepos. She didn't know how to speak any Spanish and she was traveling alone so Jacob and I felt sorry for her. The ...
Day 9, Quepos, Manuel Antonio and Blue Banyan Inn
... Banyan Inn arranged a tour we requested to Damas Island. It is a mangrove refuge near the Pacific and only a few miles from Quepos. Antillo was our guide. We saw lots of wildlife and enjoyed the trip. Meanwhile, Kristen and Kevin had a great day of ...
Golfo Dulce cafe/soda in Pavones
... my Israeli boyfriend couldn't get back into the U.S, he made a move towards his dream....the 2ND longest left in the world, Pavones, Costa Rica. I finally followed him down as soon as I could and here we are. Lush and lovely, tropical remote paradise. The ...
Manuel Antonio rainforest day 2/2
Not being able to stand the beach-going tourists in the park, I made sure I was there on Sunday well before any of them would even have got up, i.e. by being one of the eight or so hard-core wildlife-watchers queueing up to get in when the park opened at ...
Lets just say Denise did it again.....
Ok so I have to say that I am sorry that I have not written one single blog. The reason is well the place denise picked for us to stay at didn´´t have internet...; Also the place didn´t have a lot of internet cafes. I have to admit that I kinda ...
Manual Antonio
... of my hands. We also went on a canopy tour. This was a blast. One suggestion though. Go on the early morning tour. In Costa rica it rains pretty much every day in the afternoon and this day was no exception. The first half of our canopy tour was ...
San Jose to Manuel Antonio
There were only 6 gates at the Costa Rica airport and too many flights coming in, so they parked the plane a quarter mile away and bussed us all in to the terminal! The airport itself was very modern and we got through customs and immigration very ...
We made it!
... ;a restaurant down the street. We thought we had a good deal for the amount of food and alcohol. Once we converted it to colones (Costa Rica currency), we realized it was in fact not a great deal and we will not go back. Turns out, we did have another ...
My spanish studies with El Paraiso
... I look forward to returning to their house many times in the future. Gorgeous beaches and wildlife are extra bonuses to studying in Quepos. Overall, my experience at the school surpassed expectations. Not only did I came away with a high level of Spanish ...
the start of my real trip
... the beach, if you have seen it. tomorrow I may jump on a bus to Nicaragua, mix it up a bit, dont let my wallet get torn to pieces in costa rica (expensive) country! speak soon, travel blog, found you on a bus schedule website, it was meant to be right ...
Of rascal kings, monkeys, sloths and more
What a beautiful day that was. Sarah and I got up early and took a bus to Manuel Antonio National Park. We chose not to take a guided tour as we weren´t into walking in a big group of people although we were assuming not to see so many animals all on ...