Where Diets Go To Die
St. Paul has a wealth of food choices, many tasty and outright great, making it difficult to maintain some semblance of control on how much you consume. For someone with…
La Fortuna Waterfall
La Fortuna Waterfall is a Costa Rica tourist site located approximately 18 miles/30km east of Lake Arenal in the Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal, one of many things to do in…
Playa Avellanas
Playa Avellanas is a excellent beach located on Costa Rica's Pacific coast. The sandy beaches provides for pleasant walks both north and south as the waves wash over your feet.…
Mikado Natural Lodge
Mikado Natural Lodge is a small, private resort located near the top of a large hill (mountain?), outside of Pinilla, Costa Rica, a hidden oasis arrived at after driving through…
Meandering Thoughts #28
It's inevitable that plane travel includes overhearing neighboring conversations how hard you try to ignore them....at least until you switch on your noise canceling headphones! Most are mundane, innocuous, unimportant,…
Active Walk Sign
Rather than the ubiquitous green walk sign we've become accustomed to, walk signs along Avenida Central in San José, Costa Rica - the pedestrian mall - show motion. Just another…
Selvatura Hanging Bridges
Selvatura Adventure Park is an ecological park in the mountains about 30 miles (50km) south of Arenal (as the crow flies, driving is much less direct), with for both adult…
Llanos del Cortez Waterfall
© 2024 Scott C Sosna The Llanos del Cortez waterfall is located in Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica west of Bagaces and is considered one of the best waterfalls in the…
Random Learnings #35
How To Overthrow Democracy Alfred Hugenberg was a German industrialist and politician whom, between the world wars, hoped to overthrow the Weimar Republic by influencing public opinion, rather than constitutionally…
Random Learnings #34
Imperial is the ubiquitous Costa Rican beer, its logo adorning signs at roadside bars and restaurants and for sale in every grocery store and gas station. There is no way…