Laidback beachlife in Puerto Viejo I've been on several beaches on the pacific side of Central America, but for the first time, I've now visited a beach town on the caribbean side. It was Puerto Viejo, which is very close to the border to Panama, and eventhough it rained some when I was there, it was great. In Puerto Viejo you really see the results of the rain, cause it's so green and luxuriant. Maybe that's why it's easier to accept the rain there. In Puert...

Rainy beaches in Costa Rica The rain season has started here in Costa Rica, and that is decreasing the oportunities of what to do. I have now been five days in Playa Samara and now I'm in Dominical. Both are smaller beachtown, and when the rain is pouring down half of the day, there isn't too many activities to do. In Playa Samara there were some nice restaurants and cafés, though. So as I couldn't go on many tours there because of the weather at least I could...

A problematic flight So far during my vacation I've been crossing the borders of six different countries, and I have been pretty suprised about how easy every bordercrossing have been. But then when I had a flight from Washington DC to San José in Costa Rica I had my first big problem. First of all I had to take a taxi to the airport cause the metro wasn't running that early in the morning, and fortunately I wanted to make sure I was at check-in at least two h...