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San Jose and all it´s crazyness! | Jan 07 07'

by Scarlet Hoy a 22 year old female from Toronto, on vacation in San Jose

"the skyline is full of luscious green mountains and beautiful coast lines."

Flying into San Jose was GREAT! the skyline is full of luscious green mountains and beautiful coast lines. I had a wicked window seat (nowhere near... Continue reading »
Playa Samara & Montezuna | Feb 01 07'

by John & Bexster a traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in Montezuma

Playa Samara is a really nice up and coming beach town with fantastic beaches and swimming and good night life, we are travelling with a Dutch girl... Continue reading »
More volcano viewing | Feb 13 07'

by alex f a 31 year old from Cambridge, on vacation in Rincon de la Vieja

"possibly the best walk in Costa Rica"

The drive to Ricon dela Vieja was fairly uneventful apart from arriving at the ranger station La Pailas to discover that they have closed their cam... Continue reading »
Looking at trees and flying through the cloud forest | Feb 11 07'

by alex f a 31 year old from Cambridge, on vacation in Monteverde

"tarzan swings are wrong,wrong, wrong"

We drove to santa Elena. near Monteverde, along some bone shaking roads, stopping along the way to feed some white nosed coatis and eat some yummy... Continue reading »
Attempted volcano viewing | Feb 09 07'

by alex f a 31 year old from Cambridge, on vacation in La Fortuna

"lava viewing capital of central america"

We took a few buses and got to the san jose car rental place in super quick time (not sure i should take this as a typical example of south and cen... Continue reading »
A week of homework = A weekend in Jaco! | Mar 02 07'

by Erika Lamont a real traveler from Dixon, on vacation in Playa del Jaco

"....and doing cartwheels and taking silly pictures on the beach."

A full week of researching, interviewing an writing a final research paper to finish off a 3 credit hour class had finally come to an end and the o... Continue reading »
Costa Rica Activities | Jan 23 07'

by John & Bexster a traveling as a couple from London, on vacation in La Fortuna

Me and Bex arrived in San Jose the capital nice and early and headed straight out to the Pacific Coast to Manual Antonio, a chilled out surfer town... Continue reading »
Playa Playa | Jan 20 07'

by pisco a male from Sheffield, on vacation in Manuel Antonio National Park

""Do you know Jesus?""

Pura Vida!Managed to get to Manchester last Friday without too many delays on the train and arrived at the airport in good time on Saturday morning... Continue reading »
She's Got Legs (about a million of them) | Dec 26 06'

by GoAndTell a 40 year old male from Chicago, on vacation in Nosara

"The best course of action is to just relax and accept the fact that you are going to be lost a fair amount of time..."

Like many places in Costa Rica, Nosara doesn't have a lot of road signage - other than the confusing collages of hotel and restaurant billboards at... Continue reading »
Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica | May 25 07'

by Trudie a 28 year old female from Brisbane, on vacation in Manuel Antonio National Park

Manuel Antonio. You may have heard of it, famous for its rainforest national park. Lonely Planet warned against it due to its massive popularity an... Continue reading »