Blogs from Playas del Coco, Guanacaste, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 2

Although I’ve never served my country in armed combat, I feel like returning home from a long trip to far-away countries is in some ways very comparable to returning home from battle. Both provide a transformative experience that changes a person - sometimes in small, subtle ways and, other times, in big, barefaced ones. Yet, I would venture to guess that no one ever nonchalantly asks a hero freshly home from the front line, So how was it? But this is exactly the type of question that returning travelers face - questions that reduce an entire life-changing, mind-opening experience to a frivolous How was it? And travelers, unable to express an entirely new outlook in a passing conversation, have no choice but to respond with equally meaningless superlatives, Wonderful!It was awesome! Both parties leave the exchange ... read more

Costa Rica 2013: Day 8:Monteverde To Playa del Coco: The hostel had set up a taxi for 5:30am so we'd get to the bus stop well before 6am. We were anxious to see the next place, so we had not problem getting up in time. When we arrived at the bus station, there were only a few other folks waiting, but by the time the bus left at 6 it was pretty full. We then proceeded to return down that nasty gravel 1 1/2 lane road on or way to Lagartos where we'd get off to switch busses. Along the way we must have stopped at dozen times to pick people up, so between that and the nasty road, it took us 1 1/2 hours to travel 35 kilometers! Manoli and I, along with about 6 ... read more

March 1 to 4 2012 we are organizing a festival to safe the SHARKS!! Together with mision Tiburon and Carlos Hiller, Rich Coast Diving is trying to raise money to tag sharks and help them survive attacks form humans We are going to the local schools to teach them the importance of the sharks, there will be lectures and entertainment. Live music every night, bbq and more. Help us out join the fest and help safe the sharks! Feb 14th and 22nd Rich Coast Diving staff will work at ZI lounge to receive 25% of the profit plus tips to give to the project, so join us for a beer!... read more

We took off from San Diego at 10:30PM May 5, 2011 on a 4 hour flight to Atlanta. Atlanta was our layover to our final destination, Costa Rica. We took a direct flight from Atlanta, GA to Liberia, Costa Rica, the flight was just over 3 hours in length. Our final destination was Condovac La Costa in Playa Hermosa, Costa Rica. From Liberia, it was just a quick 25 minute drive to our resort. We did not want to have to fly into San Jose and make the 4-5 hourd drive. We rented a car from Dollar rental car. We rented a 4x4 Nissan Xterra, because we plan on doing some exploring all around and did not want to take any chances on not having an adequate vehicle. As always, when you travel abroad, you have ... read more

We woke up to our new surprise town. What will it look like during the day? Always a treat. The one street we saw last night was filled with touristy restaurants & clothing & trinket shops. It was brightly lit & semi busy. This morning it seems less big & busy. We walked to the dive shops to see if we could dive today. The two we spoke with were all booked up for today so we decided to just hang out at the beach today & dive tomorrow. We had delicious coffee & pastries at a little Panaderia & sat outside. We walked through all of town & saw the beach. It is sooo dry & hot here. All the hills are brown & look burnt. The bay is pretty though & the beaches are ... read more