When people ask me where they should backpack, whether they’re seasoned backpackers or going for the first time, my first thought is always Costa Rica. Costa Rica blew my expectations way out of the water. I couldn’t have imagined seeing and doing as much as I had in the three weeks that I was there,... Continue Reading →
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For all those of you who have and use snapchat, I'm sure you are aware of the super fun snapchat passport stories where the app will make a montage of stories from a particular city or country. Well, it just so happened that as we were in Costa Rica, snapchat decided to make a Costa... Continue Reading →
Who knew that you could make customized maps on googlemaps? AMAZING. Here's where we ventured to last month in the beautiful Costa Rica. We went from San Jose - Manuel Antonio - La Fortuna - Monteverde - San Jose - Mal Pais - Santa Teresa - San Jose xx, S Instagram | Tumblr | Twitter | Youtube
Backpacking Costa Rica: 16 nights, 17 days ** Prices are in USD** **Also some of these prices i.e. for tours, were cheaper because I was travelling with a friend** Flight: $420 [Thunder Bay-Toronto-San Jose with West Jet) Hostels: $269 Broken down: Manuel Antonio x3 nights - $43, La Fortuna x4 nights - $65, Monteverde x2 nights - $25,... Continue Reading →
To begin this story let's just mention that I was not mentally prepared to hike a volcano in the extreme humidity of Costa Rica and 37 degrees Celsius. Your skin literally just becomes sweat and you have to accept this 3 minutes in to the climb. Climbing Cherro Chato wouldn't be so difficult if it... Continue Reading →
Public transit is easily the cheapest way to travel within Costa Rica. The only downside is sometimes it takes longer, few people speak English and there is no air condition. However, speaking limited Spanish we have managed to navigate the system fairly easily! From Manuel Antonio you need to catch the city bus to the... Continue Reading →
Day 2 of our adventure and we signed up for an ATV tour in Manuel Antonio. I would have preferred just renting them on our own but it's difficult to do in this area because you need to get out of the city in order to get on good ATV paths. So we spent the... Continue Reading →
