Background: Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development. Although still a largely agricultural country, it has expanded its economy to include strong technology and tourism sectors. The standard of living is relatively high. Land ownership is widespread.
May 11th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Mal Pais It had to happen eventually - we have been having way too much fun in the water! I guess you have to pay to play. At the end of a great morning surf I (Derek) got smacked in the face with my board - ... 3 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Cartago Hier die Neuigkeiten von unseren letzten Tage in Costa Rica:
Golfito liegt im Sueden des Landes an der Pazifikkueste. Mit dem Auto ist diese Gegend einfach zu bereisen. Der Ort selbst ist touri ... [full story]
May 9th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » San José » San José About 3 seconds after reading the title, my friend that is following along from the offices of the City of Fridley should be getting quite a chuckle. She emailed me this morning saying she was rememb ... 12 photos[full story]
May 10th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Alajuela » Arenal Kate: After such a wonderful time in Montverde but feeling a little tour guided and wildlife watching out we decided to head for La Fortuna which is home to one of Costa Rica's active volcanos' Vol ... 12 photos[full story]
May 3rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Mal Pais after a stop to tamarindo for two days (luxury beach resort where you pay 14 dollars for a shitty room in a shitty dorm compared to 2 and half dollars in the farm of ometepe), we met up again with aus ... 43 photos[full story]
May 9th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde Steve- The last night in Tamerindo was quite eventful. We went out for a few drinks when halfway through the night a Boa Constrictor was founf in one of the toilets! There was a bit of commotion fro ... 30 photos[full story]
May 8th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Monteverde After a rather difficult bus trip to Monteverde, we were keen to make the most of our stay here, and to see as much of the cloud forest and wildlife as possible... First fact you need to know about Mo ... 8 photos[full story]
April 27th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » San Isidro de General Leaving San Jose made me a bit nervous as I was still not feeling wonderful and seemed to be developing a rash, on top of everything else. We had decided to take it slowly to see how I got on so we on ... 6 photos[full story]
May 7th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Guanacaste » Tamarindo Hola amigos!
Really I should be writing this blog in Spanish as we have now started our spanish classes, but I think I´ll have to have a few more lessons before I´m up to that standard. Maybe next ... [full story]
May 7th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Mal Pais We made it to Mal Pais on Monday night. The trip up here wasn´t too bad - we were lucky to catch a ride with some Americans after the ferry across the Gulf of Nicoya. We have gotten two good days of ... 5 photos[full story]
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