We were nearing the end of our trip and I’d decided to spend a couple of nights in San Jose before flying out. I find it’s always best to give yourself at least 1 night, just in case anything goes […]
Puerto Viejo was the nearest big town to Cocles, but was much smaller and less developed than I had realised. It has a couple of reputations. One for being a great place to chill out. The other for being quite […]
Cocles is a small place and we spent much of our time just hanging out at the house (which was so seductive, it was hard to tear ourselves away) or heading into nearby Puerto Viejo. Even if you didn’t leave […]
When you are in Costa Rica, you have a lot of animals literally on your doorstep. You don’t have to go into the jungle to find them, sometimes they find you, but certainly staying in a jungle environment (especially in […]
We arrived in the dark. That’s not unusual in Costa Rica which is close to the equator and while we were there, would start to get dark about 6 pm and be completely dark by 7. It does make it […]
Getting to La Fortuna from Jaco, though not far as the crow flies, is a not a journey for the faint-hearted. Particularly if your transport has virtually no suspension. For this journey, we used Interbus as there were no Caribe […]
