Author Archives: Paolo
CR Part 5: Pura Vida
The trip to Samara started out well as we were surprised to find it actually took LESS time than originally planned – a first for the roads in Costa Rica. The beach town was very small and quaint again like Montezuma – a single road, perhaps a ½ mile, ¾ at best. We found our […]
CR Part 4: Beaches, Pools, and Waterfalls! Oh YES!
The drive to Montezuma was long, as it is very remote and quite near the southernmost tip of the peninsula. The ferry system is not very good in Costa Rica, so we had decided to drive around the top of the peninsula rather than wait in the ferry line for 3 hours and still risk […]
CR Part 3: Definitely not the dry season.
We arrived in Arenal (La Fortuna) and found our hotel about 20 min out of town. It was made up of beautiful cabins on acres of property, and is a working farm/ranch. The eggs, milk, bacon, etc they serve all come from the ranch, and the cabins are surrounded by beautiful gardens. We were greeted […]
CR Part 2: We survived the road to Monteverde
The next part of our trip was going deep into the rain forest of Monteverde. The plan was to drive from Manual Antonio and stop at the national park Carara along the way. I figure it was a 4 hour drive and if we left at 10 we could stop at the park for two […]
CR Part 1: Monkeys on the Beach!
Ciao Tutti, As most of you know Paolo and I have recently departed on our honeymoon. We chose the wonderful world of Costa Rica (despite our fears of spiders and snakes). We will be spending two weeks here traveling about the country visiting rainforests and beaches! We landed as scheduled (Nov 24th) in the town […]