Our last stop in Costa Rica was in the small Caribbean town of Puerto Viejo. Located near the border of Panama this is a popular spot for tourists looking to make the crossing into the neighbouring country. It’s a good solid drive from San Jose, made all the better by being told as we purchased…
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Turtle-less Tortuguero & San Jose (Part Two)
Tortuguero is famous for one reason – Turtles. It is a small town on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica only reachable by boat. In this isolated part of the world Turtles partake in one of the planets miracles. It is and will remain a mystery how this feat is achieved over and over again…
San Jose – Part One
San Jose was a highly anticipated stop for us as Hayley’s auntie is Costa Rican and we had been promised accommodation with her parents on the outskirts of the city. Eager for some luxury and home comforts we were rudely awakened to life in San Jose. Our bus dropped us in the middle of a…
Flying in Monteverde
Although it was nice to spend some time on a beach, we weren’t sad when departing Playa Del Coco. When you are travelling days become utterly irrelevant, so the fact we chose to leave on a Sunday wasn’t of any relevance in our thoughts. But Sundays mean less frequent buses and it can be trickier…
Playa del Coco & why entering Costa Rica took so long!
Considering how easy our previous border crossing experiences had been, we expected Costa Rica’s would be a breeze. Arguably the most developed country in Central America, we presumed the process would be advanced and straight forward. Sadly, these predicaments were far from truth. In fact this was the most complex, frustrating border crossing on our…
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