Katira Costa Rica and the Rio Celeste

Katira Costa Rica and the Rio Celeste

The small town of Katira is home to one of the most spectacular rivers in the entire world, known as Rio Celeste or The Blue River makes this little town an unknown treasure.  The river’s intense turquoise water is the product of a whimsical combination of pure river water and volcanic minerals makes this one [...]

Visit the Irazu Volcano outside of San Jose

Close to San Jose is a very accessible and beautiful volcano named Irazú. When planning to travel to Irazú make sure to bring a coat; because of its altitude you may find once you arrive the climate may be colder than what you were expecting. This is what happened to me and unfortunately I had [...]

Zarcero, a cool alternative to Costa Ricas heat

Zarcero is located just outside of Naranjo if you are traveling to Ciudad Quesada. Zarcero has captured the hearts of many people for several reasons; first of all being that the Climate is much cooler than other parts of Costa Rica. When visiting you will want to make sure you have a sweater or a [...]

The Gringo Shares His Little Black Book…

There are a ton of different ways to go about getting information regarding traveling to and living in Costa Rica. But how do you know the information is reliable? Plenty of you have e-mailed asking for information, but as you know… I don’t always find the time to answer, and sometimes I just don’t have the [...]

Arenal rainforest reserve night time river adventure

Arenal Reserve has much to offer for the adventurist, but one of my favorite activities is the night time rainforest raft tour. When I thought of doing this tour I expected to have several people with me, as we sat waiting at my hotel I saw several busses of people going off to their adventures. [...]

Diving Cocos Island with Okeanos Aggressor

I previously posted about taking the 8 day, mostly land trip to Cocos Island with the Friends of Isla de Coco Foundation and Organization for Tropical Studies, but let’s get real. Most people do not go to Cocos Island just to hike around or snorkel. The diving is where it’s at!!!
One of the two main [...]

Isla del Coco Conservation Area Trip – April 2009

Isla del Coco, or Cocos Island as it is commonly called, is one of Costa Rica’s virtually untouched wonders. The island is located 535 kilometers from Costa Rica’s western, Pacific coast, and takes 36 hours by boat to arrive.
Cocos Island is a National Park, and is now in competition to become one of the world’s [...]

Deep Sea Fishing in Costa Rica

If you enjoy some good fishing from time to time as this gringo does, you are sure to find that Costa Rica fulfills all of your desires when it comes to game fishing. Some of the catches you can expect to find include Yellow Fin Tuna, Black Fin Tuna, Blue Marlin, Black Marlin, Sailfish, Dolphin, [...]

Discounts on custom-tailored Costa Rica vacations

Less than 10 days remain on this offer from JD’s Watersports in Costa Rica, a leader in customized vacations since 1992. JD’s is taking US $50 off per person on all customized vacations to Costa Rica that are reserved before December 31st.
 
Costa Rica has long been touted as one of the best and most [...]

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