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Misadventures driving in Costa Rica: Lost, stuck and stranded

The Tico Times - March 3, 2016

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Sunsets and waterfalls in Dominical

Central Pacific Coast

What’s that? An explanation of the plantation towns

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The Biggest Little City in Costa Rica?

Misadventures driving in Costa Rica: Lost, stuck and stranded

The Tico Times - March 3, 2016

They often say it's in the journey, not the destination, where you learn life's greatest lessons. Those people have never tried driving in Costa Rica, where those supposed lessons will beat you over the head and leave you stuck in a river in the middle of nowhere.

Sunsets and waterfalls in Dominical

The Tico Times - March 6, 2015

The alarm rings at 5:00 am, and I'm ready. The bags are in the car, dogs fed, and coffee brewing. "Wake up sleepyheads," I...

What’s that? An explanation of the plantation towns

The Tico Times - March 4, 2015

Along the highway that runs along the Central Pacific Coast between Jaco and Dominical, you will see vast plantations of African palm trees, broken...

The Biggest Little City in Costa Rica?

The Tico Times - March 2, 2015

Jacó needs a moniker. I propose “The Biggest Little City in Costa Rica.” Really. Jacó’s population is only around 12,000, but the nonstop activity that...