by Sarah Gallo | Jun 15, 2015 | Central America, Costa Rica
Everyone I’d spoken to about Costa Rica said that I must head to Puerto Viejo de Talamanca. Even though it was very out of the way from Dominical (you have to go through San Jose despite the fact that they look close on the map), we decided to make the trip, and we...
by Sarah Gallo | Jun 14, 2015 | Central America, Costa Rica, Reviews, Tour Company Reviews
If you take an easy one-hour bus from Manuel Antonio, you’ll find yourself in the cute, developing beach town of Dominical. We arrived in the midst of a local surf competition and sat watching the surfers for hours on end; it appears the perfect beach for beginner and...
by Sarah Gallo | Jun 6, 2015 | Central America, Costa Rica
Somehow it went right over our heads that it was an eight hour travel day from Monteverde to Manuel Antonio, but we found out last minute that the only bus is at 6am. To get to Manuel Antonio from Monteverde: Bus #1: 6am bus to Punta Arenas, arrive in Punta Arenas...
by Sarah Gallo | Jun 5, 2015 | Central America, Costa Rica
People usually go to Monteverde for one reason: to wander the Monteverde Cloud Reserve. For a $10 entrance fee, you have access to all of the trails throughout the reserve (and you can have a guide for an additional cost as well). We decided that a guide was...
by Sarah Gallo | Jun 4, 2015 | Central America, Costa Rica
We didn’t want to waste any time once in Monteverde, and Sleepers Hostel immediately helped us book a canopy tour, set to depart an hour after we arrived in Monteverde. Extremo Canopy Tours, advertised all over the city, picked us up on time and brought us to the main...
by Sarah Gallo | Jun 3, 2015 | Central America, Costa Rica
To get from La Fortuna to Monteverde is tricky by public bus, and takes about eight hours total. We were prepared to spend an entire day sweating on the bus, but then someone suggested that we take the “Jeep-Boat-Jeep” from La Fortuna to Monteverde for $20. Not only...