I love sunsets. That’s not very original, I know. I mean does anybody actually dislike sunsets? What’s not to like? Sunsets are pretty much a universal crowd-pleaser. That said, I certainly think there is a continuum of sunset appreciation. True sunset lovers view watching the sun go down as an activity unto itself. They seek [...]
As the weather gets colder in New York, I try to warm myself up by thinking of the hottest places that I've been to this year. While Cappodocia, Turkey, in June came close, I still think my hottest day of 2009 was in Jaco, Costa Rica in late March. This post, however, is about La [...]
Last week when I was blogging about seeing the Mona Monkey in Grenada, I realized that while I have written and posted photos about the white-faced capuchin monkeys and the spider monkeys I saw in Costa Rica, I have left out the howler monkeys. Yes, I know this a travel blog and not a monkey [...]
Today I’m over at the Away.com Travel Blog guest-blogging about Manuel Antonio, Costa Rica. I described what the town is like and weighed in on the debate of whether or not to hire a guide to see the park. And of course, I raved about the white-faced capuchin monkeys you’ll find at the beach in [...]
I have been going on and on about what a great time I had in Costa Rica. (That's the view from the La Mansion Inn in Manuel Antonio above, so how could I not have had an amazing time?) If I have made you want to go to Costa Rica but you have already allotted [...]
I wish I could say that getting to the Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge was half the fun — as I described in yesterday’s blog post, I enjoyed the two-hour ride through the Costa Rican countryside with a stop off at the Iguana Tree. However, our boat trip was on the Cano Negro section of the [...]
When I was planning my trip to Costa Rica, I kept reading about how I should take a day trip from Arenal to the Cano Negro Wildlife Refuge. It was hard to tear myself away from the hot springs at Tabacon, but I'm very glad that I did. As our boat rode up and down [...]
In Costa Rica, zipline tours (also called canopy tours) are popular tourist attractions: they hook you up to a harness and then you glide through a network of wire cables high up in the trees. Although I liked the idea of getting a bird’s eye view of the rain forest, I had no interest in [...]
(photo by Cardoso/Flickr) Yesterday, I wrote a post pondering why Jaco, Costa Rica, was completely empty when I was there on Tuesday. Well, today I have my answer: everyone had ventured northwest to Santa Teresa to get ready for Tom Brady and Gisele Bundchen’s wedding! Santa Teresa is a surf town on the Nicoya peninsula [...]
