Costa Rica travel stories

Semuc Champey, El Salvador, Granada and Ometepe

During our last month in Antigua, we continued our Spanish lessons, and both had part time jobs. Maris was teaching English at a local school, to 5 and 6 year olds. It was her first experience as a...

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Costa Rica & Panama

We left Ometepe on the 24th of June, together with two girls from Minnesota, Mary-Rae and Lizbeth. We all wanted to go to La Fortuna in Costa Rica, near the Arenal volcano. After a 2.5 hour drive b...

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Pura Vida en Costa Rica

Central America is a different kind of place. It is a little bit off the normal tourist route and not terribly accommodating for backpackers as far as hostels go, although there are numerous cheap ...

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Costa Rica

Leaving Texas The Fall crawled into Austin a month ago. Air became thin and clear. Leaves were gone and tree branches did not hide the Tower any more. A grey Mitsubishi drops me in front of the ...

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Costa Rica

Pacuare River Whitewater Rafting The first two days consist of a two-day whitewater rafting trip on the Pacuare River. It is me, a friend, the raft guide (who turns out to be an expert in steeri...

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