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After another day spent lounging around the beach in Manuel Antonio, we took the evening bus back to San Jose.  Manuel Antonio was the perfect ending to Costa Rica. There’s nothing like laying around the beach for a few days that makes you want to go home and find a job and be a productive [...]

I don’t remember who’s idea it was to leave at 5:30 am, but when you’re within six hours of paradise… chock it up to desperate times.  On the way to Quepos we stopped to walk over the bridge of the Rio Tarcoles, and take pictures of all the crocodiles.  These are totally going to be [...]

We traveled from Arenal to Monteverde on Monday.  It was supposed to be a combination of van and horseback riding, but apparently the horses being used weren’t looking too sharp (after reading in the Lonely Planet, this seems to be a hot topic in the area, but a good opportunity for travelers to support locals [...]

Rafting day! After a quick breakfast, our rafting van arrived. We drove out to the Rio Toros, which is a class III / IV river and divided into groups.  I was a little nervous, as my last rafting experience was with a less than professional company in Panama.  After a brief intro and explanation on [...]

The journey back to Las Horquetas from Rara Avis, was not as pleasant as the trip up.  It rained all night and poured all day.  A few of us opted to hike out to El Plastico and then get on the tractor there.  Since we were hiking in the rainforest, we ended up staying dryer [...]

Yesterday, we left Tortuguero towards the Braulio Carrillo National Park.  We arrived in Las Horquetas in the early afternoon. After leaving our backpacks and finding rubber boots in the correct sizes, we put our daypacks in garbage bags and climbed on the the back of the tractor cart that would be taking us the 9 [...]

This morning we headed to Tortuguero, the turtle area of Costa Rica.  First, we took a van to Limon and then a boat ride through the rivers and canals all the way up to Tortuguero. Today’s adventure was mainly our transportation… and crocodiles.  After the standard wildlife spotting of monkeys, sloths, herons, caymens, and crocodiles [...]

I signed up to go on a rain forest hike this morning.  Originally, I was going to rent a bike and just ride to the beach, but I decided to go with the group and then hit the beach in the afternoon.  The hike was alright, I’m not a huge fan of Golden spider and [...]

I arrived in San Jose, Costa Rica yesterday.  Riding in to town from the airport seemed like Panama City all over again.  I chatted with the taxi driver on the way in.  It’s become a bit of habit for me to chat up the taxi drivers, and it’s definitely more fun when I can use [...]