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 5th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Manuel Antonio After a few days in Manual Antonio we are ready to move on. We have had some good days of surf, got out on a catamaran and did some snorkeling, and enjoyed the great beaches and nature here. Tomorro ... 7 photos[full story]
May 1st 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Manuel Antonio Took the bus south this morning as far as Manuel Antonio, and this is as far as we are going at this point. We found a great hostel, the waves are perfect for us, and the area and people are pretty a ... 3 photos[full story]
April 7th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Manuel Antonio Upon our return from the journey to the Caribbean coast we started exploring our opportunities back in Canada. According to my leave agreement it was necessary to indicate my intentions to return or n ... 21 photos[full story]
March 17th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Manuel Antonio If you are not a regular diver it can be a little difficult trying to identify what exactly you are looking at when you go diving. For example, what was that big blue fish that went past and why exact ... [full story]
February 27th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Manuel Antonio Manuel Antonio
um 4:15 quälen wir uns aus unseren Betten, kaufen Frühstück und düsen mit dem Bus in Richtung Parzifikküste weiter. In Puntarenas müssen wir umsteigen und überbrücken die einstündige ... 14 photos[full story]
March 3rd 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Manuel Antonio Hitting the open road on my own! Friday 23 to Saturday 24 de Febrero
I had spent lots of time traveling with peers or with family friends around Costa Rica, but I knew it was time to discover some ... 11 photos[full story]
February 25th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Manuel Antonio I'm writing this from a different perspective as I unfortunately did not get to play in the latest escapade of Oceans Unlimited due to a recent mishap with a sharp object (say no more)! However, I did ... [full story]
February 25th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Manuel Antonio Busy, busy , busy at the shop. As well as trying to keep up with all the clients coming in they keep moving the fan which means that my main daily snooze keeps getting interrupted. This week was very ... [full story]
February 17th 2008Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Puntarenas » Manuel Antonio Hola, this is Sam. Since my brother Kyle got to do a blog entry, I wanted to do one, too. So, I am writing about our trip to Manuel Antonio a few weeks ago. First, we had to take a long car ride. ... 23 photos[full story]
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