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 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 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]
April 27th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Mal Pais I came to Central America to surf, but during the last 10 days, I have been traveling around, seeing other places, meeting up with friends, and partying a little too much.
Our last night in San Jua ... [full story]
April 15th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Mal Pais Ok, let me try to remember whats been going on since the last entry.....
The Italians were worried about immigration police coming around and asking questions. A lot of foreign business owners are ... [full story]
April 9th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Mal Pais I took a taxi back to Nicoya on Monday and from there took a van with 3 other travelers to Mal Pais. I met two of the guys in the van, Joe and Mike from Seattle. Joe and Mike were headed to Monetzum ... [full story]
March 24th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Mal Pais Der Titel sagts schon... Die letzte Woche war von einer gediegenen Pechstraehne ueberschattet. Allerdings liess ich mir die Freude nicht verderben, schliesslich lernt man ja auch so Land und Leute ken ... 12 photos[full story]
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