La Carolina Lodge Costa Rica
- SEP 02, 2019La 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-inclus
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Hope Spots: Save the Planet one Sea Spot at a Time
- SEP 02, 2019Hope for Our Blue Heart: One sea spot at a time, we can save the planet. Imagine boating, diving, or surfing in Costa Rica’s warm tropical waters and not seeing a single s
Surf Adventure: The Road and Swell Point South
- JUN 29, 2019Surf Adventure Surf Trek with CHE: When the Road and Swell Point South. I woke at 12:30, 1:30, 2:30, and finally rose at 3 a.m. with one of several alarms that I set in five
Bijagua Ranas: Hidden Sloth Island
- JUN 29, 2019Bijagua Ranas: Hidden Sloth Island in a Small Town. Early last November while I was exploring a mangrove forest, my guide told me about a place where he had seen more slot
Life Under the Volcanoes: Costa Rica and the Ring of Fire
- MAY 31, 2019Life Under the Volcanoes: Costa Rica and the Ring of Fire. If you live in Costa Rica long enough, it becomes almost boring. “Honey, did you feel that one?” Earthquakes,
Navigating Bocas del Toro, Panama
- MAY 31, 2019Boats, 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
Protected: Surf Trek with CHE: Secret Guanacaste Surf Spot
- MAY 20, 2019There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
On the Road to Shambhala – Providencia and San Geraldo de Dota
- APR 29, 2019On 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 relat
Los Quetzales National Park – Costa Rica’s Shangri-La
- APR 29, 2019Los Quetzales National Park – Costa Rica’s Shangri-La. Shangri-La, the mythical, magical, cloud-shrouded village hidden high in the mountains, was described in the 1
Tenorio Volcano National Park
- APR 01, 2019Tenorio Volcano National Park. One of Costa Rica’s most amazing attractions is the Rio Celeste, located in the northern region. “Celeste” means heavenly or sky blue, s