Alajuela, Costa Rica – One of my travel truisms is that all the best places are hard to get to. You can’t just take a direct flight to paradise. It requires multiple flights, perhaps on tiny airplanes. Or – even better – multiple…
Central America on a Shoestring
Somerville, Mass – This beautiful new book showed up on my doorstep recently, featuring a new and improved Costa Rica chapter, written by yours truly. It’s just the thing to get us all excited about our next trip to Costa…
Brica Fold-n-Go Travel Booster
When we traveled to Mexico and New Hampshire last year, we didn’t have high chairs and I did not bother to bring anything special for the twins to sit and eat. And we paid the price. They are so easily…
La Casona del Maiz
La Garita, Costa Rica – On our last day in Costa Rica, we had to drive from the Nicoya Peninsula to the airport in Alajuela, and then return the rental car and make our way to the airport for an…
Best Beaches for Kids in Costa Rica
Costa Rica is a famously great surfing destination and you’ll see many lists of the best surfing beaches. But great surfing = not so great for children swimming. So now that I am nearing the end of my research and…
This is the Life
Playa Carrillo, Costa Rica
Playa Carrillo
Playa Carrillo – We are staying in a lovely house in the village of Carrillo, which is about 7km south of Samara. Even besides the swimming pool, this place is paradisaical. This is the view from our upstairs terrace. This…
Puddle Jumpers by Stearns
Playa Carillo, Costa Rica – Does it count as “traveling” if you rent a house with a swimming pool and then never leave the pool? If it does, here’s my expert tip of the day for successful travel with kids:…
Tres Hermanas BBQ
Cañas, Guanacaste, Costa Rica – Travel days are always stressful, but everybody held it together. We had a long drive today, but we also had the pleasure of stopping at Tres Hermanas BBQ, a roadside restaurant that is unmissable for…
Butterfly Conservatory
El Castillo, Costa Rica – Here’s another book that the twins got for Christmas. Marinita the blue morpho butterfly goes exploring in the rain forest and she can’t find her way back to her home near the spring. She befriends…