Costa Rica is the original adventure travel country, but now it’s got a lot of competition from the rest of the world. How does it stack up? You can see see for yourself on our 12 day trip to the…
Day 11-12 Costa Rica: Silent through the air, gallop through the woods
I pop out of bed with anticipation before the 4:00 am alarm goes off. Emma snores loudly in the room, her 12-year old arms, slightly too long for her changing tween body, are sprawled across the poster bed, her hand…
Costa Rica Day 10 – Rafting with Roberto Begnini
Arenal Volcano went dormant in 2010 after almost a century of activity. The La Fortuna resort and tourist area that built up around here was based in part on the attraction of daily smoke plumes and nightly lava flows that…
Costa Rica Day 9: Car problems at a hot springs and massive ziplines
Deb, the proprietor of our lodge, Leaves and Lizards is standing in the road in the dark. It’s 4:30 am. We are going hot air ballooning in Costa Rica – a CreekmoreWorld first! Or so we think. ‘It’s raining over…
Costa Rica Day 8: Pee-mergency! and Trish is punched by a monkey.
“Daddy, I really have to pee.” Emma says weepily and concerned. “And we’re trapped in our room.” Shit, I think, as I roll over. She’s right, we are trapped in our room at the budget hotel with the public toilet…