Chilamate, Costa Rica – Our first stop in Costa Rica is Chilamate, located on the Sarapiqui River in the country’s Northern Lowlands, a rainforest-covered region that was in danger of being completely converted to banana and pineapple plantations. With the growth of ecotourism,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Playa Carrillo, Costa Rica
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…
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:…
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…
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…