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 10th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Jaco Steve: Talking to various people it seems that Playa Hermosa is the place to head form surf. All the locals keep telling us how big the waves are there. Accommodation is expensive there so we decided ... 13 photos[full story]
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 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 » 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]
May 7th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Mal Pais Time for an update. Let me see if I can remember the last week and a half...when I go more than a week without adding an entry, the memories get fuzzy.
The dogs in Central America are loco, but al ... [full story]
May 6th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas This is it, friends! As the semester progressed I found it harder to publish, but this is very good because I really took advantage of my time here, AND you have to hang out with me if you want more ... 9 photos[full story]
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