Aug 2, 2007 | Teenagers, Travel Tips
So My Three Sons get on a plane today bound for ATL (Atlantic City, NJ) with a quick 3-hour layover in FLL (Ft. Lauderdale). We got those cheap tickets from that brand new ULCC* start-up airline, what’s it called? Oh, right: Spirit. Spirit has impressed the heck...
Jul 31, 2007 | Accommodations, Caribbean, Crime, Culture Shock, Parismina, Travel Tips, Turtles, Volunteering
Our little Royal Family was not happy in Parismina and we left as soon as humanly possible. The day after our forced march, we were so exhausted that doing a patrol that night was out of the question. And this first day, our only full day there, we were stolen from...
Jul 31, 2007 | Caribbean, Crime, Culture Shock, Parismina, Pueto Viejo, Travel Tips
Hal spent a year in Germany in his youth. During that year, he traveled all over Europe. He said in every country but France, you could hold out your hand with money in it to pay for something and get back the right change. They’d count it out so you’d...
Jul 11, 2007 | Parents, Teenagers, Travel Tips
They (you know, experts like Oprah) say like attracts like. I tend to agree. Some People In The Know say opposites attract. I’m not so sure about that, except with magnets. I think we are often fascinated with things different from us. Like Hal being a guy. But...
Jun 10, 2007 | Attractions, Criticia Voluptua Right-Right, Food, Restaurants, Travel Tips, Volcanos
This was the description of the first item on the menu at the Arenal Observatory Lodge. $6. "Specially made." Turns out, they were not kidding. I lived in Manhattan in the early 80’s. Had Ceasar salad prepared table side at some fabulous restaurants:...
May 28, 2007 | Attractions, Travel Tips, Volcanos
That’s what our trip to Volcán Arenal was almost like. Certainly it was as expensive. PHOTO: I took this March 06 while we were driving around Lake Arenal. This is our first look at Arenal. We’d been in the area for two days but had not seen the volcano at...
Apr 5, 2007 | History, Travel Tips
Stumbling along through the web-o-sphere, you discover amazing people and their stories… Like Travels with Lois and Jason, and details of their trip to…Costa Rica October 21 – 30, 1996Some things haven’t changed a lick.
Jan 30, 2007 | Caribbean, Moving-To, Travel Tips
David is a regular Costa Rica Living Group contributor. He and his wife, Charlotte, recently spent a month on the wild side. Yesterday, he wrote to the group about it. Since my family has not been, I was captivated by his story. Can’t wait to go – as soon...
