Costa Rica
Exploring Costa Rica - personal accounts of our travels, expat life, Costa Rica ways
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Costa Rica Itinerary: Day 16 Monteverde, Santa Elena
First, let’s reveal some facts: Monteverde is a Canton (region), not a town. Within this region lies the Monteverde Biological Station and several other nature reserves. Santa Elena is the popular tourist town located within the Monteverde Canton. The population of the Canton of Monteverde is about 5000 people, with about half of that population living in Santa Elena.
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Costa Rica Itinerary: Day 14-15 Samara to Monteverde
On the morning of our 14th day in Costa Rica, we decided we’d head from Samara to Monteverde but not before having a stroll along the black sands of the Samara beach.
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Planning A Trip to Costa Rica
Costa Rica has so much to offer visitors that planning an itinerary can be daunting. The first step to planning a trip to Costa Rica is familiarizing yourself with the country's features and various attractions. The second step to planning a trip to Costa Rica is to make a list of what you would like to do and then the third step is the tough one; putting the pieces of the puzzle together to come up with the perfect plan for your trip to Costa Rica! The purpose of this post is to help you put that puzzle together!
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Costa Rica Itinerary Day 13: An Epic Drive from Montezuma to Samara
After spending two nights in Montezuma it was again time to hit the road and explore some more of Costa Rica. Today we'd drive from Montezuma to Samara, another beach town approximately 80km northwest of Montezuma. Our Google map wanted to take us on an inland route from Montezuma to Samara but we wanted to see the coast so we headed south to travel the coastal route which is pretty much a one-lane dirt road following the Pacific Coast edge of the Nicoya Peninsula.
