Costa Rica Backpackers

Two increasingly stinky American backpackers look for (and find) adventure in Central America.

... to had let the weight go, now everything actually fits in my bag and theres room for more stuff! YAY! Dropped into Costa Rica backpackers which is a hostel not so much dis-similar to a hotel! With free internet, games room, movie room, bar, restaraunt ...

... that even the locals were constantly warning us about danger and thieves in San Jose. After the first night we moved to 'Costa Rica Backpackers' hostel, a very cool place with a pool, free coffee all day, and a very large screen tv.lol.  We ...

... about Costa Rica during the ride, so I didn´t feel like I was being jipped or anything like that. I checked into Costa Rica Backpackers Hostel which was clean and lively at night. They charge $12 USD a night, have live music about three times a week, ...

... increase to insure the future energy needs (imports of oil, gas, natural resources etc.) are meet with a growing population. Costa Rica can develop into a high tech, educated population. This sounds good, however, the traditional Latin Family structure ...

... to see a sloth as I had never seen one before. Another day and another volcano.. this time the most active volcano in Costa Rica. We drove via Sarchi, the town in which the traditional ox-carts for transporting coffee are made, to La Fortuna where ...

... A taxi driver tried to take us, but being "good travellers" we had read up in all the Lonely planet forums on transportation in Costa Rica.  Seems that there is a scam out there that many Taxi drivers like to pull. They pretend to call your hotel and ...

... s'agir de n'importe qui, ça n'aurait rien rien changé, mais quelle joie de découvrir une face certes moderne mais authentique du Costa Rica, on se retrouve en quelques minutes au milieu de milliers de locaux de tous les âges avec en commun l'envie de ...

... I tend to write very long and detailed entries but this way it feels like you`re right here with us :) Well here we are...Costa Rica. We arrived today around 2pm and suprisingly, the airport was very modern and nice. We waited about 30 minutes in customs ...

... ;) Around 5:50 Ruud also was ready and we checked out and took a taxi to the Ticabus terminal.. Where around 7:10 the bus to Costa Rica arrived. From there we drove to Riva where the bus stopped to get some other passengers, and we drove on to the border ...

... , although all to ourself. We don't like hanging in capital cities of countries, so we made haste to a beautiful region of Costa Rica called Puntarenas ( pronounced " poont your anus "). A wonderful natural reserve, which we did a tour of the next day. ...

...   eventually to bed around 1 AM and got up at 4:45 for our 6 AM flight to Puerto Jimenez. First impressions of Costa Rica: GREEN!! San Jose looks like crap in most neighborhoods, but has a certain charm. People look serious but are very friendly if ...

After a long busride with a long stop at the Panama - Costa Rican border I arrived tired in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. Here I was remembered to the fact that I hate taking taxis because everytime they get the chance they rip you off. It happened ...

... og selgere var i full sving med å tilberede frokost på provisoriske sykkel - gatekjøkken. Etter gode 2 timer ankom vi grensen til Costa Rica. Før vi fikk forlate bussen hadde bussjåføren mye på hjerte. Han tøt uten pust og punktum og det eneste ...

... paradise and I was going to take the afternoon bus to Altagracia, from where I take a ferry the next morning at 6am towards Costa Rica. Unfortunately the ferry time wasn't at 6am but rather 6pm (the manager at the Altagracia hotel said 6am) so I had to ...

... we initially thought we would have to do!) On arrival into La Fortuna we headed straight up to what Lonely Planet declared as "Costa Rica's 5 Star Backpackers" . And oh la la - it was lovely! We had a pool with a swim up bar in tropical garden ...

... their address was something like: Tamarindo Backpackers, 300m west of Hotel Luna, 200m North, the Yellow Wall on the left, Tamarindo, Costa Rica. I had absolutely no faith that my ATM card would make it to that address so I wandered around town until ...

... that in order to enter Costa Rica, apart from a valid passport, any tourist should carry an air ticket showing when they were leaving Costa Rica, or a printed copy of a bus ticket or similar. We of course still dont have a date of exit of Costa Rica, ...

... peaceful - I realise I could never live without a garden, my spirit needs it! Also did a daytrip to Vulcan Poas, one of Costa Rica's active volcanoes. It was a three hour drive in a bus to the northwest of San Jose, through rich agricultural land growing ...

... a scare by consulting with a colleague of his in muffled Spanish but passed through no probs in the end. Such a relief.... Finally in Costa Rica, minus yellow fever vaccine that I apparently should have, but ah I´ll be grand. So my flirst day in San ...