What to Expect – Discover Scuba Diving

What to Expect – Discover Scuba Diving

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Tipping in Costa Rica

Tipping in Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Tipping in Costa Rica: When traveling internationally, it is important to know the culture and customs of the place you are visiting. Besides understanding currency and exchange rates, you should be familiar with customs of tipping...

To San Jose The Hard Way

To San José the Hard Way Vacation a Destination, Travel an Act Panama City Instagram Post San Jose Instagram Post San Jose Art Instagram Post Panama videos Instagram Post   Rain assaulted us as we waited for the ferry to Almirante.   It wasn’t even a...

The Full Diamante

The Full Diamante

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Bus Trip Tips: Ten Pointers for a Smoother Ride

Bus Trip Tips: Ten Pointers for a Smoother Ride

When traveling around Costa Rica on a budget, public transportation is definitely the best option. But there are certain things you simply would not know or could not possibly guess when trying to catch buses from one place to the next in this country, especially if they are not popular tourist destinations.

Day Tripper Guide to Guanacaste

Day Tripper Guide to Guanacaste

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Mamón Chino Season in Costa Rica

Mamón Chino Season in Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Mamón Chino Season in Costa Rica: Stop and enjoy the harvest - they will be gone soon.  Known for being bountiful in flora and fauna, Costa Rica is a land where fruits and vegetables seemingly take turns becoming ripe throughout the...

What to Expect Costa Rica: Rainy Season Sensations

What to Expect Costa Rica: Rainy Season Sensations

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rainy Season Sensations - I can feel it coming in the air tonight: What? Huh? I can’t hear you! The heart of Costa Rica’s rainy season can beat so loudly that it silences all else. To the perceptive human, storms of this magnitude...

What To Expect – How To Handle Money In Costa Rica

What To Expect – How To Handle Money In Costa Rica

Many visitors to Costa Rica wonder if they should bring a lot of cash when they come, where and how to change foreign currencies, and whether or not it’s best to use a credit card. Here’s some advice: • Dollars are widely accepted here, so if you’re from the U.S., by...

What To Expect – How to Drive a Rotonda

What To Expect – How to Drive a Rotonda

[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]The rotonda, or roundabout, is a traffic control device invented by Satan to terrify foreigners. Many extranjeros may have never experienced the heart-pounding confusion associated with being forced to...

Colectivos: Certainly Worth a Try

Colectivos: Certainly Worth a Try

When I first moved to Guanacaste, driving around from place to place, I was so amazed by all the cars that would abruptly just stop in the middle of the road to pick up and drop off people. “What’s up with this?!” I kept wondering. A few months went by. Then one day,...

What to Expect – Currency Exchange, Knowledge Worth Every Penny

What to Expect – Currency Exchange, Knowledge Worth Every Penny

[vc_row full_width="full_width"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Exchanging money any place is usually tricky. Most of us are accustomed to our own currencies and not dealing with flexible exchange rates, so it’s easy to get confused and taken advantage of. For the typical...