So hiking Chirripo, Costa Rica’s tallest mountain, is on your bucket list? If not, it should be! The hike to the summit of Chirripo is one of my favorite Costa Rica adventures. And an adventure it truly is! First of all, plan on at least two days to do it. I have done it twice and […]
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Back in the days when I was still “illegal” in Costa Rica, I used to periodically endure the so-called (and dreaded by some) border run. What’s a “border run” you ask? Well, when your status is what we call, “perpetual tourist”, you’re required to leave the country every three months for seventy-two hours. So, off I’d go…usually […]
Picture yourself on a white sand beach in the glaring tropical sun listening to the waves crash on a crystal blue sea while you recline on your beach chair sipping a tropical rum punch. Sound nice? Well it’s a perfect setting to enjoy in a place like Cancun or Cozumel, where the resorts are large, […]
Costa Rica has so many hidden gems. Places that calm the spirit and rejuvenate the soul. In the shadows of the Poas Volcano, along the banks of the Rio Toro, is such a place. Back when I used to do some transports myself, for many of my customers it was their first experience of the […]
I can remember it just like it was yesterday. I was living in a little cottage on the island of Holden Beach, North Carolina. One day dad pulls up in the jeep with a monstrosity of a surfboard. It must have been 12 feet long and weighed about three times what I did. I was seven […]
My son Zack, a surfing fanatic, was on an extended 6-month visit a few years ago. His stated goal was to learn Spanish, but the underlying motive was to surf as many of Costa Rica’s breaks as possible in that time frame. And we did surf quite a few. One of the best ones was […]
The Osa Peninsula was once, for me, Costa Rica’s great mystery. Is it dangerous down there? Are the natives restless? Will the jaguars eat me? Are there roads? Can a white guy from South Carolina survive an excursion into this exotic wilderness? Well, now that I’ve spent the better part years living at its gateway (San […]
Years ago I operated my Costa Rica vacations business from a little store in the San Jose 2000 commercial center behind the Hotel Best Western Irazu. Times got tough and I moved out in a downsizing effort. Then a year later I moved back in that same locale, but with the idea of making it […]
Costa Rica is a rich country. Well, not rich the way you may be thinking, but in other ways. Rich in biodiversity, beauty, culture, smiles, and in the pura vida style of life. Those are the things the other kind of rich just can’t buy (well they can buy you a Costa Rica vacation…but, you […]
It seems that the more Costa Rica grows in world-wide tourism popularity, the more plastic the general vacation experience of it becomes. Did you know that the country got its touristic start as a hard-core eco-tourism location, more suited for mochileros (backpackers) than millionaires? But boy has that changed. However, that organic eco-intensive vacation experience […]
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