Blogs from Costa Rica, Manuel Antonio, Puntarenas, Costa Rica, Central America Caribbean - page 3

Ah, now I can leave happy. I wanted to see a monkey before I came home and I would have stayed until I saw one. A few weekends ago Steve and I headed to the Pacific coast to a small town called Quepos. Quepos is well known for its ability to provide incredible sport fishing opportunities but is also becoming a more populated area due to its proximity to Manuel Antonio. This area should be on your top 10 places to visit in Costa Rica. The beaches are fantastic and the Manuel Antonio National Park is phenomenal. Once we got to Quepos we looked at our map to see where our hostel was at and then began to hike. The area is actually quite hilly and it was pretty humid that day. We ended up making ... read more

Once we made to San Jose we had the task of getting to Manuel Antonio. It took us forever to get out of customs and we had to catch a cab to the bus station. We met this nice man who took us there, we barely made it alive. The traffic was horrible (Rush Hour) and there were motorcycles that flew in between the cars. Over here a blinker means nothing, if you want to get over you have to make some moves. When we made it to the bus station we were a bit scared. The ticket office was closed and it was getting late. Luckily we met somebody that helped us out. His name was Hairul and he owned a bar in Quepos which is right next to Manuel Antonio. We caught the last ... read more

Lately I've gotten into this blog thing, therefore, I really want to share my scuba diving adventure when I was in Costa Rica. I visited alot of the country. I tried scuba diving for the first time while I was in Manuel Antonio with Manuel Antonio Divers. It was so cool breathing underwater with all this equipment. The instructor was right there to offer all the help that I needed. I saw turtles out in the ocean, white tip sharks, zebra eels it was so cool. Now I will go ahead and get my certification so I can dive any where I travel in the world. Manuel Antonio Divers gave me my start and they really opened up a whole new world for me. The rest of the country is awesome, they have some great coffee ... read more

tica or tico= costa ricans gringo's=white americans beth...havent bought anything yet---oh wait...except a bracelet down at the beach market. that was it...it was a cheap one made from cocunts and beads definetly needed you and mommy here to shop....you know me...i get bored doing it...lol. well...going go now and log an entry from yesterday---the canopy tour. love ya.... jill... read more

jill here typing... WELL. what an adventure....wholly crap!! it began with us signing up for the tour at the lobby...and being told that 2 of the hottest guys at our hotel (bruno and frank---from Paris) were to be our partners!! TRES MARVELOUS!!! we began speaking---them with their french broken accents...about the day ahead of us...and me telling them i was a bit afraid of the speed of the canopy...to which they replied sheepishly..."we will push you!" they then laughed as if it was cute....not so much. they bus picked us up and we traveled up the main drag and loaded the bus with all the gays along the way that had signed up. our tour guide...jose--complete with mohawk and spike piecing thru his under lip---hmm...he was a totally michael libatore twin...odd? michael are you shooting on ... read more