Costa Linda Beach

... Our travels continued eastwards (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, New Zealand, Vanuatu, Australia, Indonesia, Hawaii, California, Costa Rica and Barbados). There was a lot of sightseeing, snorkeling, biking, scuba diving, swimming going on ...

On board Royal Caribbean's Jewel of the Seas, we'll be sailing from Miami to Labadee, Haiti .... Cartagena, Colombia ... Colon, Panama ... Puerto Limon, Costa Rica ... and Grand Cayman. We'll spend two days in South Beach before flying back home.

... spy a bottle of vodka, which looks like it has been sitting there for a while; clearly not a popular alcohol in this part of Costa Rica. Linda agrees to have a Vodka Tonic, instead. Okay, we have the alcohol, now we need a mixer. By now, the whole bar is ...

... since I have spent Christmas morning running a beach after having done it for a gazillion years in a row. While I was walking the beach a cute Tico, Elizabeth, approached me and asked if I wanted a massage. She has a table and gives massages on the ...

... is the slogan of Costa Rica. ¡Costa Rica es pura vida! Following the advice of the custom official in Costa Rica we directed ourselves to Playa Panama (Panama Beach), very near Playa del Coco, (Coconut Beach). The camping is in a large and well wooded ...

... to have flowers! I took a bus to Orosi - a nice small village, surrounded by mountains, very calm. I spent the night at Montaña Linda, with a English girl in the room, $7.5. All the guest sit on the veranda, eat and talk. 16/2 - Turriable-SJO I went ...

... we settled in for a few days of relaxing. Our friends arrived who were staying in an Apartment in Playa Pals and all was good fun. Linda had us walking up a big hill with a castle on top nearby, Castel de Montgri. Fortunatly we started early , as it was ...

... immediately greeted by a rasta surfer telling us of a great place to stay for backpackers. He led us to Hotel Costa Linda, which is 125 meters from the beach and only $10/person. Oscar, the front desk man, is incredibly kind and helpful. This is a great ...

... from Stefano.   Dropped me back off at the bus station, caught bus back to Manuel Antonio. Came back to my room at the Costa Linda hostel. So exhausted just laid down on bed with fan on me. It was honestly too hot to sleep but I still just laid ...

... terminal for the bus to Manuel Antonio. Familiar with the route by now, so slowwww. Walked to the hostel I had found yesterday, Costa Linda Backpackers Paradise. Not sure how they can call it paradise, its really run down. Definitely one of the more run ...

I love this place. We only arrived here 5 hours ago, but I adore it. Last night we stayed at Hotel Costa Linda again. It was nice to relax after hiking all day at Manuel Antonio. Later we checked out the beach and some shops around town. This morning we ...

... Manuel Antonio, which has a nice beach, lots of wildlife and pricey hotels & restaurants. The only hostel in the village, Costa Linda, was the same price but full all weekend - did a great 1800 colones breakfast though. Apparently there, and in other ...

... language classes. Super "Pura Vida" and super "tranquilo"! I spent most of the day Saturday just chilling on the incredible beach only 130meters from my hostel. The days was perfect, the water temperature nice and cool, and the surf just amazing. After ...

... fulfilled the ideas of Costa Rica I had before I came... because San Jose does not have the same beauty I expected of Costa Rica.  The beach was beauutiful.  The hostel we stayed at was so much fun as people were constantly coming in and out and ...

... would probably need a midmorning snack, out come plates of scrambled eggs, bread, and arroz con frijoles. No midmorning snack needed. 2. Beach is beautiful 3. Took a totally uphill, sweaty, cranky, whiny walk through an "I'll never be able to even get a ...

... hostel bar. Not quite Girls Aloud!  Incidentally, this probably led to the Ricky Martin inspired title. Pura Vida is a popular Costa Rican expression which means 'pure life' but translates as 'cool'/'ok'/'all's good'. Next stop San Jose - then off ...

... around on the black sand beach and use the Banana Azul’s beach chairs for the price of a coke (which Linda would have ordered anyway). The beach was great, the black sand seeming much finer than the white sand of the other beaches, but the surf had ...

... Colatas and cervazas for Danny and I!! Life is good!! We ate a lot of bocas(houderves) and found a great little restaurant at Casa Linda's(where the monkeys hung out)! We also ate a few times on the beach!! They barbequed ribs and chicken on a grill and ...

... -fields, which surround Orosi. As the rainy season already started I just hurried to find my hostel, which I found pretty quickly. Montaña Linda was supposed to be my, and from 2 days later on also Anjas home.  Visiting such an "unknown" area in the ...

... black population and as a result is very relaxed place with a cool reggae vibe. I had been recommended the place as a relatively (for Costa Rica) cheaper place to chill out for a bit. The bus ride from San Jose was quite good although the bus had no air ...