When contemplating fun things to do in Costa Rica, you’ve probably heard a lot about ziplining adventures over the cloud forest[…]
Carara National Park
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Where the Rivers Meet the Sea
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Above Photo Caption: Playa Cabuyal in the Gulf of Papagayo, Guanacaste. Where the Rivers Meet the Sea: Waterways in Costa Rica. Costa Rica is blessed with a sturdy backbone, the Cordillera Central Mountain Range running north and...
Quakers of Costa Rica
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Peace in the Valley: The Monteverde Quakers of Costa Rica. Costa Rica has been proclaimed the jewel of Central America for some time, with many good reasons. Biodiversity and eco-consciousness are rightfully among the familiar claims...
La Carolina Lodge Costa Rica
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]La Carolina Lodge Costa Rica: Wood-Fired Heaven in the Mountains. Like most typical tourists in Costa Rica, I think of myself as anything but typical. I don’t do all-inclusive trip packages, preferring to travel by the seat of my...
The Best Cup of Costa Rican Coffee I Never Had
[vc_row][vc_column width="2/3"][vc_column_text] Cool Places: The Best Cup Costa Rican of Coffee I Never Had. I'm sitting at Doña Mireya’s kitchen table in the Monteverde Ecological Sanctuary, a patch of rainforest where her family tends to a modest plantation of...
Soda y Mirador Cinchona: More Than Just Great Food
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Soda y Mirador Cinchona or Colibri Cafe: More Than Just Great Food. One of the ways to experience the real Costa Rica is to dine in a “soda,” Tico slang for a small restaurant or diner. The etymology of this seemingly Spanglish...
Piedras Blancas National Park: The Other Osa
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Navigating Bocas del Toro, Panama
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] SEE ALL ADVENTURE DEALS IN PANAMA -- CLICK HERE Boats, Bikes, Buses and Big Yellow Taxis: Navigating Bocas del Toro, Panama. The archipelago of Bocas del Toro, off of Panama’s Caribbean coast, has become internationally popular in...
Santa Teresa Time – Just While Away Your Day
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Santa Teresa Time - Just While Away Your Day. On the Nicoya Peninsula’s southwest coast sits the idyllic village of Santa Teresa. A haven for surfers, hippies and tourists, not to mention Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen, this dusty...
On the Road to Shambhala – Providencia and San Geraldo de Dota
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] On the Road to Shambhala - Providencia and San Geraldo de Dota. Park coming as close as it gets in Costa Rica to the fabled Shangri-La (Los Quetzales National Park related article), the bordering valley villages of Providencia and...
Los Quetzales National Park – Costa Rica’s Shangri-La
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