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Costa Rica Family Travel

Fee Increase For US Passports

July 1, 2010

Nice information on US Passports Fee increases, going up July 13, 2010. Price Increase Alert: Passports – SmarterTravel.com.

Download This Free Airline Fees Chart

June 29, 2010

I ran across this article today and thought it would contain some helpful information for our guests. Airline Fees: The Ultimate Guide (Latin American and Caribbean Edition) – SmarterTravel.com.

Inside Tips On Driving The New Costa Rica Highway

April 3, 2010

This article was originally posted on Insidecostarica.com Driving the new San José – Caldera highway can be a pleasure. It is pothole free, is well marked, has slow vehicle ramps on hills and takes your from Chepe (San José) to the Puerto (Caldera/Puntarenas) in less than an hour. But, there are some things you have [...]

New Driving Laws Being Enforced As Of 3/1/2010

April 2, 2010

This week of Semana Santa (Easter in the USA), I have noticed a lot of cultural differences between Costa Rica and how we celebrate Easter in the states. First of all most of Costa Rica shuts down for the entire week prior, they tend to celebrate it more on the Thursday & Friday before Easter [...]

Top 5 Reasons I Love Bringing My Children To Costa Rica

March 19, 2010

I woke up this morning thinking about this blog post. I cannot believe we have been in Costa Rica for almost 3 months. Our time here is winding down and I think all of us are a bit on edge about having to go back home. I have noticed that my DH is spending more [...]

Driving in Costa Rica

December 31, 2009

In 2009 Costa Rica passed several new driving laws which will hopefully make the roads safer for everyone. One law that I wanted to point out has to do with car seats for children. I found a fellow blogger listed these laws like the one I quoted below. According to his article, driving a child [...]

Costa Rica Fishing

November 27, 2009

Fishing in Costa Rica is as diverse as anywhere in the world. I have been fishing there for 15 years and you can catch many different species of salt water fish there from large reef jacks to beautiful sailfish and almost everything in between. This article will focus on fishing from the reefs. Fishing from [...]

Surfing Costa Rica

November 27, 2009

This is a first in a series about surfing Costa Rica. I have been surfing for 40 years in various parts of the world. This column will focus on my surfing experiences in Costa Rica. I have been surfing in this beautiful country for 15 years and it is one of my favorite places not [...]

Costa Rica Family Travel

November 9, 2009

The first time we traveled to Costa Rica as a family in 2006 our daughters were ages 5 & 2. We foolishly decided that we didn’t need a stroller because once we got to Costa Rica we’d never use it. If only we had thought about how big some airports are and how heavy our [...]