Puntarenas-Tambor Ferry
When taking the one hour ferry ride from Puntarenas to Tambor in Costa Rica, I would recommend staying hydrated, particularly if you’re spending time on the top deck in the middle of the afternoon with...
View ArticleSanta Elena Cloud Forest Reserve
How does a cloudforest become a Cloudforest Reserve? Well, first the forest candidate must make a simple phone call to the Reserve Office. "Hello? Yeah, my name is Santa Elena. Uh huh. Yeah, I’m a...
View ArticleBarceló Tambor Playa
The all-inclusive Barceló resort is situated on the west coast of Costa Rica in the Golfo Nicoya. Certainly, when nature calls, a trip may be in order to your hotel room to enjoy a private moment and...
View ArticleBosque Eterno de Los Niños, Bajo de Tigre Trail
The Bajo de Tigre trail gives you the best wildlife viewing bang for your buck in this area. This small haven, named for the children who donate money to ensure its protection is much overlooked by...
View ArticleRincon de Viejo National Park
This place is like a mini Yellowstone. Here, the intrepid, the shy and the stupid can gaze upon mud vents and sulphur pots called fumaroles and a baby volcano called a volcanito. The baby volcano cries...
View ArticleMirador Quetzal Restaurante
Trough urinal. Two different kinds of toilet paper to suit every bottom. Soap and running water and a light switch. Clean. This place also sports shockingly spectacular pan-o-ramic views of San Jose,...
View ArticleVolcan Poas National Park
Restrooms at this visitor center were spotless, wheelchair accessible and featured the only automatic flush I have encountered in Costa Rica. The place was cleaner than the international airport....
View ArticleBussola XXI
As my group traveled from Sarchi to Arenal Volcano this summer, we stopped for lunch at this bar/restaurant. Despite the heat, it was a pretty interesting place to rest for a bit. The complex has open...
View ArticleCopa de Oro
This loo features the squarish tiled trough urinal frequently encountered in Central American lavatories marked "caballeros." The women’s has a shower. Both were dirty, but not butt nasty. Same set up...
View ArticleTecnologias Modernas Internet Cafe
This is an outdoor internet cafe, with laptops set up beneath a tent canopy on a cobblestoned parkway. Outdoor internet cafe, indoor restroom. The manager did not frown, whine, sigh, ask question or...
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