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Quepos Slideshow
Quepos
Travel Blogs from Quepos, Costa Rica
Chris' Visit to Costa Rica
... tire again and we made it to Quepos. He and I enjoyed dinner at a nice restaurant that night and walked around Quepos for a little while then enjoyed the television in the hotel. Thursday-We drove about 15 minutes south to Manuel Antonio National ...
things to know
A few things to share :) Laundry There is a washer in our bathroom that is a 2 step process. First you fill one side with water, soap and your clothes and this will wash the clothes for you. The next step is to wring the water out of the ...
Quepos and the end of a good thing
... for me, tours for the pax, beach, BarBQ, waxing, buying things (always so much fun stuff to buy in Quepos), handling complaints, confirming flights, buying bus tickets, changing bus tickets, buying more bus tickets because they changed their minds...all ...
Something strange
Its always fun seeing something new when you are diving in the same places. It just adds something when you are diving with people that will actually appreciate it. I have already resigned myself to the fact that noone diving around here gets excited ...
Veinteseis....the incredible dive
Costa Rica, famous for sportfishing and diving in coco island. Recently it came to us via various fisherman, news of an offshore pinnacle. Finally i got a couple of friends together, got a boat and headed out there. 26 miles offshore. At a depth of 95ft ...
mi casa nuevo
... it :) I'm so thankful that Danielle has lived here before and that she is fluent in spanish!! She found us a room in downtown Quepos for our night and then lead us to the beautiful beach in Manuel Antonio. It felt amazing to set our bags down and dig ...
Coca Cola bus from San Jose to Quepos, Costa Rica
We traveled by bus for over 3 hours through the mountains from San Jose to Quepos, Costa Rica ... for the next week we stayed in our 2 bedroom rental house on the hillside over-looking ...
Mangrove
... which are on the Manuel Antonio road, have great views but mediocre food. Suggest going for sangria and the view, skip the food. In Quepos, we had good pizza and ice cream at the Escalafio. Ted was happy to finally get his ice cream. Today we went on ...
Good Old Quepos
... Quepos is a town of about 7000 folks on the Pacific Coast. It is the gateway to Manuel Antonio - the first National Park in Costa Rica. It is also a popular fishing destination and in February a new marina - Pez Vela (Sailfish) - will be open ...
Bed bugs #6. only couple bites-killed 1 around...
my pack... it was elongated and had fed... thus perhaps explaining my couple bites ...
Day 7 - Quepos
Karen Its awfully depressing to think our trip is winding to a close, but I'm determined to soak up every last minute in Ticoland. This morning we woke up early to catch the catamaran/snorkeling tour after literally BATHING in 50 SPF. I applied four ...
Costa 'Croc' Rica
... huge property boom here luring the Americans to buy a piece of the 'vista' , view and invest in real estate in Costa Rica. We get to Quepos a small town next to Manuel Antonio where I'm going to take up my second week of Spanish school. After some ...
Queipos- Manuel Antonio
Hoy visitamos el Parque Nacional Manuel Antonio y languidecimos por la tarde en la playa del pueblo. A las 7.30am cogimos un autobús a Manuel Antonio donde desayunamos en el único sitio que encontramos abierto. Entramos en el Parque Nacional Manuel ...
Santa Elena- Carara- Quepos
Hoy visitamos el Parque Nacional de Carara y llegamos a Quepos. Cogimos el autobús de las 6am a Puntarenas y allí, tras un agradable desayuno en la cafetería de la estación, salimos en otro autobús a las 11am al PARQUE NACIONAL CARARA. Nos bajamos ...
Build the road to your dreams
This morning, as usual, we woke up at 6am. Similarly to the previous day, we walked to a small bakery, where we had breakfast. Afterwards we walked back, checked out of the hotel and were picked up by Oceans Unlimited a scuba diving company. Our plan was ...
Monkey see, Monkey Fu
... stogie for later. We eventually made our way to Manuel Antonio national park to check out some wildlife and see if "the best beach in Costa Rica" is all that its cracked up to be. It was a pleasant, curvy drive but it was easy breezy because we got ...
the Pacific - a great weekend in Manuel Antonio
We went to Manuel Antonio at the pacific coast for the weekend. The busride took about 5 hrs and cost US$ 5-6. Our backpackers was very basic with only one working shower for all women and the room were really dark. ...but the nice common area and ...
Photos from Quepos-Manuel Antonio National Park
Life works in strange ways. The morning I left Heredia, I booked it to San Jose to catch a bus to Quepos, I missed the bus I was bookin it for, so the lady at the counter told me the next one was 3 hours later. Feeling defeated, I sat down ...
The Good, the Bad and the Monkey
... . This was followed by dancing at a salsa club close to the hotel, and even more dancing at a club called Republic in the town of Quepos. We boogied hard through the smoke machine and techno. A good night capping an even greater day. Sent from my ...
Now we are getting somewhere!
... is that they are walking over to it? Yep, a snake on a stick to cook! Dinner anyone? So, we finally arrive in Quepos and now just need to hope we can find our hostel based off the chicken scratch notes I wrote on the back of my baggage ...
Spanish lessons & birthdays
Hola! We've been here almost 2 weeks now so we're pretty settled in. We now know where to shop for most of the things we need and especially enjoy the Saturday market for fresh fruit and vegetables. It's still 25c inside and almost 30c outside every ...
Learn Spanish at Academia de Español D'Amore
Academia de Español D'Amore is one of the finest institutions in Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica where you can learn Spanish, experience the culture and make life-long friends. You are sure to have an unforgettable experience while attending Academia de ...
Monkey business
... fishing and palm oil used for cooking, cosmetics etc., but also on tourists which has made it one of the most visited parts of Costa Rica today. 80-90 % of people here live directly off of tourism. The kayaking tour itself was very nice as well. We saw a ...
3 Days to Villas Tranquilas
... pass because I did not have proof of vaccination. I argued for quite a while explaining that I was not even coming back to Peru after Costa Rica but it didn’t matter. At this point I was prepared to take a flight to Panama City and bus the rest of ...
Cervezas, Fish & New Friends
... for more cerveza & wine and conversation and a lot of rehashing of the previous days fishing trip. Gary reported that the streets of Quepos were jammed with people at an outdoor concert and the crowning of Miss Quepos. This is the start of a week-long ...
A Fishing Town Surrounded By Primary Rainforest
Estimated Population 18,000. The road between Dominical and Quepos was in a shocking state. It ended up taken 3 hours by bus, but the driver was being over cautious. He could have easily gone the distance in a couple of hours. Quepos is a good base for ...