Costa Rica

  • Spanish Language & Signs

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    It is always helpful to know some phrases in the language of the country you are traveling to, but in Costa Rica we found it was almost essential when it came to road signs. Here is a brief guide to some helpful Spanish phrases and common road signs you might see along the way. Hello…

  • Anticipate the Adventure: Intel for Your Odyssey- Costa Rica

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    Here is a prerequisite parade of helpful essentials for your expedition: Pura Vida: Pure Life, and you will see and hear this phrase a lot as they use it to mean Hello, Goodbye, and other simple greetings. – The locals are called Ticos (Men/Mixed groups of people) or Ticas (Women). – The language spoken here…

  • Our last day in Costa Rica

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    Today started off much the same, coffee with the grackle (finally got a good video of him bathing in the pool- see picture link), and last breakfast at Breaking Bread with the potted kitty. The roads were clear and smooth sailing all the way back to Liberia and we got there with time to spare.…

  • Tamarindo is EXPENSIVE

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    Folks, this place is not for the light of wallet to be sure! Today we thought we would do a chill day just to recoup some finances because Costa Rica is EXPENSIVE. Started off our morning with power bowls at Costa Juice. Great way to start off a hot day although really we started off…

  • Tamarindo…

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    After a long day of walking around, can’t say that this would be a place I would visit again. Its a nice town, just super touristy which means VERY high prices and VERY little culture. We woke up and had coffee by the pool while doing laundry for the first time this vacation- nice bonus!…

  • Last morning in La Fortuna

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    It began much like the others, woken up by howler monkey (still so surreal), amazing gourmet breakfast and wonderful coffee that Matt learned the secret to adding Horchata to it (will have to use that at home!), and then packing up our luggage to head out of town 🙁 We didnt even start to plan…

  • Made the best of a rainy day

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    Costa Rica has decided to have a steady rainfall since breakfast this morning. We walked down to our hotel restaurant and had the most amazing gourmet breakfast with Costa Rican coffee, fresh squeezed orange/carrot juice, fresh fruits (including papaya which was the red fruit from the day before that I didn’t know what it was-…

  • Extreme Adventures Part 2

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    The drive from Monteverde to La Fortuna was an adventure in itself. Again, the roads here in Costa Rica are challenging. They are dirt most of the time; half paved some of the time; full of potholes and drop offs all the time and not for the faint of heart. I drove today so the…

  • Extreme adventures!!!

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    Our last day in Monteverde started off with coffee on the front porch and the incredible view with our dog friend from last night..apparently the empanadas digested well and she came back to thank us 🙂 Last night we booked an 11 AM reservation at the Monteverde Extremo Park so planing our day out, we…

  • Monteverde Cloud Forest

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    We decided today to sleep in a bit and not start our day until 9 AM, its vacation right? But when we woke up at 6:15 remebering that is actually 7:15 our time and when we get up for work each day- harsh reminder on vacation. Last night there was gusts of wind outside that…