Costa Rica Trips

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Top rated Costa Rica Trips

Artesians | Mar 24 08'

by Beach2theBush Babes a female from United States, on vacation in Costa Rica

"Tradicion Indigena Chorotega"

Artesian Willy as he is known as or otherwise a Chorotega Indian who creates the pottery of this indigenous group of people. This beautiful p... Continue reading »
La Cangreja - Life in the jungle | Mar 19 09'

by Andrew & Louise a traveling as a couple from Plymouth, on vacation in Costa Rica

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We headed for La cangreja national park with the intention of spending 3 weeks living in the jungle. Getting back to nature by washing in the... Continue reading »
How easy is it to plan a week out of the country? | May 12 09'

by WorldAdventureMan a 38 year old male from Ann Arbor, on vacation in Costa Rica

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So.. roughly three months ago after a few brewed beauties and maybe a distilled dame or two Neel and I think... lets get away from it all! Yo... Continue reading »
The Storm Before the Calm | May 22 09'

by WorldAdventureMan a 38 year old male from Ann Arbor, on vacation in Costa Rica

"PRE-TRIP FRENZY!"

Hi all, it's Bill's travel mate, Neel. I just thought I would weigh in with my typical pre-trip routine. Namely: TOTAL FRENZY! I'm one of those peo... Continue reading »
Quasi-Minimal Packing | May 23 09'

by WorldAdventureMan a 38 year old male from Ann Arbor, on vacation in Costa Rica

"Traveling Lightly"

It's Neel again. When I went to Peru last year, I just looked up other people's packing lists on travel blogs. So here's my contribution to the gre... Continue reading »
Customer Service? | May 23 09'

by WorldAdventureMan a 38 year old male from Ann Arbor, on vacation in Costa Rica

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Neel here. A very smooth transit down to Costa Rica: Detroit to Atlanta, Atlanta to San Jose. The only snafu was the lack of upgrade to first class... Continue reading »
Get On The Bus! | May 23 09'

by WorldAdventureMan a 38 year old male from Ann Arbor, on vacation in Costa Rica

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Neel here. Bill and I rented a private driver for the week. We figured it would give us maximum flexibility, and the price wasn´t that much m... Continue reading »
One word for San Jose at night: Hookers. | May 23 09'

by WorldAdventureMan a 38 year old male from Ann Arbor, on vacation in Costa Rica

"This was clearly not the kind of ¨night life¨we were looking for"

Neel again. First night in San Jose - Woo Hoo!!! So what should we do? Hang out and experience the night life, of course! Our driver suggested a ho... Continue reading »

Trips taken near Costa Rica

Popoyo Trip #1 | Nov 26 08'

by waterbarry a male from Scottsdale, on vacation in San Juan del Sur

"How do you sunburn your EYES?"

After a wild night in San Juan del Sur, Josie had only a few days left to explore Nica before the truck was due back in Managua and she had to catc... Continue reading »
A taste for something new. | Jan 30 07'

by Matt and Kate Coats a traveling as a couple from Brooklyn, on vacation in San Juan del Sur

"You must pay a dollar to pass through the gate."

50 cents a beer. And rum. Fantastic rum. $5 a bottle. There’s an incentive to go to a country if I ever heard one. Not that we needed it, Nicaragua... Continue reading »
Surfing CA | Jan 11 09'

by Christian & Kate a female traveling as a couple from Huddersfield, on vacation in San Juan del Sur

Having heard that buses left every half hour for the border, but that it took along time to get through, we left our hostel in San Jose at 8am and... Continue reading »
Popoyo Trip #2- Boys trip | Dec 04 08'

by waterbarry a male from Scottsdale, on vacation in Popoyo

"Beware of monkeys drinking your beer and pleasuring themselves."

Luis and the guys next door decided to rent a truck and go surf Rancho Santana and Popoyo for 2 days. Luis handled the truck rental and 8 guy... Continue reading »
San Juan del Sur for the night | Nov 25 08'

by waterbarry a male from Scottsdale, on vacation in San Juan del Sur

"Know the locals, the tourists and the hookers.. and dont confuse the 3"

Josie had 2 friends that had been emailing her saying that they were in San Juan del Sur. Thinking it was a shot in the dark to find them, Jo... Continue reading »
Isla Ometepe - Lake Nicaragua | Jul 11 07'

by Jamie and Tal a real traveler from London, on vacation in Ometepe

After an early start we caught a 9am bus (1.5 hrs) to the border with Nicaragua (Penas Blancas). Crossing the border was easy and did not cost us a... Continue reading »
Ometepe | Feb 04 07'

by Matt and Kate Coats a traveling as a couple from Brooklyn, on vacation in Ometepe

"a horizon of volcanoes erupting with fluffy, marshmallow clouds."

I am not one to get seasick. I have spent plenty of time on the water in one type of craft or another. However, the trip from San Jorge to Moyogalp... Continue reading »
Hiking Trough The Mud | Nov 22 05'

by Mike & Shelly a traveling as a couple, on vacation in Rivas

"I swear I was the only Gringo in town"

I had two productive days looking for properties, one day with the Canadian Real estate agent the the next day with a 50 year old california surf... Continue reading »
Nicaragua | Oct 31 05'

by Lacey a 30 year old female, on vacation in San Juan del Sur

The Fishermen One of the major events in my mellow, sun soaked days... Continue reading »
The Pacific | May 22 06'

by C-Team a real traveler from Worthing, on vacation in San Juan del Sur

On Tuesday morning we got a bus to Rivas then after a bit of confusion we got a taxi to San Juan. The driver kept saying we had space for one more... Continue reading »