Title: thank you God for this amazing life!! Type: Blog Date: 2008-08-25 Author: thecalmafterthehurricane 
| En serio. I had an awesome weekend in Puerto Viejo de Limon. I completely fell in love with the place. Its in the carribean coast, with beautiful beaches, and a culture that is unlike any other in Costa Rica. Most of the locals there have Jamaican decent, so they have an accent but speak spanish. Its so tight!! So almost every store, restaurant, and bar are painted in red, yellow and green, bumpin their reggae music, and owned and filled with dreadlocked rastafarians. I LOVE IT.
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Title: My life in the Caribbean photo-blog. Type: Blog Date: 2008-08-23 Author: bernalpacheco 
|  So i quit my old job and moved to Manzanillo Town a couple´ years ago. I went to film school and i do some photography as well. Here´s some things about my new happier life: pics, silly thoughts, just random stuff i hope you like.
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Title: Se Ua Manzanillo. Type: Video Date: 2008-08-23 Author: bernalpacheco
| This is our place in Manzanillo, and the idea was to show the cabins, the beach, our pets and the atmosphere surronding us, so a little ska music should help gettin´ the mood. |
Title: Cahuita Town. Type: Video Date: 2008-08-23 Author: bernalpacheco
| Some friends came to visit us in Manzanillo, so we took them on a trip to Cahuita National Park. Snorkeling, playing with the white-faced monkeys, hiking the trails, it was a really good day, so i made a video to remember. Hi Megan and hi Lee!!!
Recommendation: Take a guided trip to Cahuita National Park |
Title: Speeding to Puerto Viejo Type: Blog Date: 2008-08-16 Author: Bubbles and Bugs 
| Since we last left off, we headed out of Tortuguero and on to Puerto Viejo to celebrate Julia´s 30th birthday! On the way there, we got stuck behind 2 semi´s and tried for almost 30 minutes to pass them. Finally there was a break in traffic and Jason floored it. Unfortuntely we didn´t see the cop with the speedometer on the side of the road and we were pulled over. To make a long story short, Jason didn´t get hauled off to Costa Rican prison, but was issued a $50 ticket and was told he can no longer drive in Costa Rica. Julia took the wheel and we all made it in one piece.
Recommendation: Let someone else do the driving |
Title: A Central American photo essay: Costa Rica edition Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-08-08 Author: Arjewtino 
|  After leaving Panama, we spent most of our time in Costa Rica in a small, Caribbean coastal town called Puerto Viejo. This town is full of backpackers going to and from Bocas del Toro, Panama, and surfers attracted to the 8-foot waves and laid back atmosphere.
We had a drink at this bar one night. I say a drink because that one in front of me was the strongest cocktail I have ever had. It only took one of those bad boys for me to get drunk and start dancing on the bar.
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Title: In Costa Rica backpacking through the Country! Type: Blog Date: 2008-07-30 Author: Dianna 
| After the first day in San Jose we decided to head to the Caribbean side (Puerto Viejo) of Costa Rica and let me tell you it is amazing!! The beach is so warm, there are wild horses just chilling by the ocean and everyone is very kind! We got to rent bikes and ride them to Punta Uva, which was about a 8-10mile bike ride..yup we were exhausted. Punta Uva is a small little town not too far away from Puerto Viejo, its a cute little beach town. And indeed the beach was amazing and the water was very warm and crystal blue! After a day in Puerto Viejo, I was so tempted to take a bus to Panama and enjoy the beautiful islands out there, but I decided that that adventure can wait. From Puerto Viejo, Panama is about 2 hours away or so.
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Title: Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica Type: Blog Date: 2008-07-30 Author: Aerasay 
|  On Friday after classes we headed to the bus station and took a 5.5 hr bus journey through Costa Rica to the Caribbean coast. We were lucky to get bus tickets as it was a holiday weekend and people ended up standing for 5.5 hrs! What we hadn't realized was the Puerto Viejo, which is the beach town we went to, is one of the wettest places in Costa Rica and it barely stopped raining the whole weekend! However we just got on with it, the water was warm, the rain was warm and the temperature was warm so we just spent our time in the sea. We stayed at a youth hostel called Rockin' J's which has to be seen to be believed. The walls, floors and every other available surface are covered in mosaic done by previous residents...
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Title: Patience, Young Grasshopper: 5.5 Days on the Southern Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica Type: Blog Date: 2008-07-26 Author: Journeys with Jillian 
| After a 5-hour busride upon arriving at the San Jose Airport in Costa Rica, I arrived in Puerto Viejo on the souther Caribbean coast. It was about 5 in the evening, it had been raining and storming all day and clouds covered the little beach town and clouded what I hoped would be crystal-clear Caribbean waters...I wasn't yet blown away by the beauty of the Caribbean and was feeling strongly that my heart was still in Guatemala.
Unfortunately in a town with supposedly tons of budget hostel options, I was in desperate need for a private room...
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Title: Let's save Puerto Viejo Costa Rica Type: Video Date: 2008-07-24 Author: elislado 
| Puerto Viejo, one of the best places in Costa RIca is in danger. A marina is going to be built. Bye the Surf, the tranquility, the local culture, the natural enchantment. The "New World" marina project will begin soon, let's help the community by signing the petition "Lets save Puerto Viejo" ("Salvemos Puerto Viejo"). The music of the movie is play by "Plan B", Puerto Viejo's Band. |
Title: What’s it like living on the beach? Type: Blog Date: 2008-07-24 Author: Mother Jungle 
|  Ask most Costa Ricans where they went during the month long school break in June and July and hoards will reply: The beach. The rain stops in the Central Valley; off to the beach.
For two years, I owned a home on the beach and when the holidays come, I miss my little wooden house. All the romantic ideas I’ve ever had about the beach are true, especially on the Caribbean, my coast of choice. In the morning I’d walk along the beach and many days see no one except a few monkeys. The sea is clean and the horizon sucked me in like an endless vacuum of light. The kids loved the sand and our little town was as quaint as a little town in a snow-globe. (Hey, now there’s an original souvenir!) Life brimmed on every leaf, in every tree, and in each drop of water.
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Title: Homesick Type: Blog Date: 2008-07-22 Author: Elizabeth and Zack 
| Can I be honest? I’ve spent the past week or so desperately looking forward to going home. Paradise has felt especially un-paradise-like lately.
Nothing has really changed or happened to make me feel this way. It’s just the cumulative effect of a lot of factors that have been in place the whole time. Specifically:
* The bugs. Oh my word, if I could change one thing about this summer, it would be the &$(@#!! bugs.
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I don’t regret that we’re here. But it’s not paradise. It’s hard, fun, interesting, different, expanding, exhausting, educational… And itchy.
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Title: East Coast Pleasures Type: Blog Date: 2008-07-10 Author: Kay Chornook 
|  My week on the Caribbean was made up of reunions with three friends, two of whom I hadn’t seen in years, hours spent floating in the warm sea and wandering through the shady jungle, a great book (End of the Spear by Steve Saint), and a lot of fish and fresh fruit. The bus ride from San José to Limón and then down the coastal highway to Puerto Viejo was very smooth. You get used to the fact that in Costa Rica the state of the road changes quickly. They get fixed and freshly paved but it doesn’t take long before the pavement is washed out and huge potholes appear, forcing vehicles to wind their way slowly around the obstacles.
Recommendation: Go nighttime turtle watching |
Title: Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Cahuita - Costa Rica Type: Blog Date: 2008-07-10 Author: Roel Garcia 
|  Having departed the water taxi and piled into the back of a jeep we arrived at the border crossing, The cross from Panama to Costa Rica was relatively easy. With keen awareness for the man-sized cracks in the engineering masterpiece, we walked across the bridge into our second country. The only slight inconvenience was the deliberate inefficiency of the obviously frustrated-moody-power wielding woman in charge of the most important object to a traveller - the border stamp. after max's scowls and my insincere "gracias" we again caught the jeep into Puerto Viejo de Talamanca.
Recommendation: Go Snorkeling |
Title: Tortugas magnificas Type: Blog Date: 2008-07-07 Author: Brandi and Sarah 
| After a relatively sad goodbye to Puerto Viejo, Karen, Brandi and I made our trek to Tortuguero. We took a bus to Limon, and then a boat through the canals to Tortuguero. But wait! Was it really that easy? oh no... of course not! The bus ride went smoothly enough, but then we had to wait for 2.5 hours on gravel or cement in hopes of someone else coming to take the same boat as us. Petrol is expensive everywhere it seems. The boat ride was beautiful, we saw some monkeys, birds and even a crocodile!!
Exhausted we arrived in Tortuguero...
Recommendation: Book a Trip to Tortuguero |
Title: Puerto Viejo....again Type: Blog Date: 2008-07-07 Author: Arnie in Costa Rica
|  Dennis and I went back to Puerto Viejo again to celebrate our birthdays. This is one of our favorite places in Costa Rica. This place takes casual to a different level. It is famous for surfing and you can find all sorts of folks visiting or living here. Located almost as far south on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica before you hit Panama, Puerto Viejo is represented by about 55 countries. The variety of restaurants is a good indication of this fact. You can chow down on local cuisine of a whole fried red snapper, sea bass encrusted with macadama nuts on coconut rice or have a big bowl of Roon Doon.
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Title: 4th of July - but who knew?? Type: Blog Date: 2008-07-04 Author: Brandi and Sarah
| We're finally starting to get some color! We've spent a couple days lounging on the beach that is 2 blocks from where we're staying (Sarah burned the entire back of her legs pretty badly the first day! good job!). In between such lazy days we took a 13 K (note: MASSIVE!!!) bike ride.
Now, at first you might think, wow... what a nice trip to take through some jungle and local cafes. However, imagine doing this on a banana bike cruiser, with little padding on the seat, practically no air in the tires, over an INCREDIBLY bumpy, pot-holey, gravely road. With a few hills that scared the crap out of us going downhill not knowing if we could trust our brakes, and were incredibly hard to go up without walking the bike.
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Title: Costa Rica Adventure Type: Video Date: 2008-06-30 Author: VegasStener
| We went to Costa Rica and had the best time of our lives!
Recommendation: Go Canyoning/Rapelling! |
Title: Manzanillo y Tino! Type: Blog Date: 2008-06-17 Author: InterracialUGACostaRica
|  Today was an amazing day! After another tasty breakfast at Banana Azul (our hotel RIGHT on the beach in Puerto Viejo), we took about a 30-35 minute cab ride with Enrique -our stellar driver- to Manzanillo to take a hike in the wildlife reserve there. A man nicknamed "Tino" (Florentino Hansel) was to be our guide...and it was a match for all of us to truly enjoy! Alaine, our guide from ATEC--a Talamancan conservationist association--told us that Tino is regarded among the community to be the best wildlife guide in Costa Rica. We all didn't know what to expect, but as soon as we met Tino, we were very pleased with his sense of humor and his abundant knowledge of the flora and fauna in the reserve and on the streets of Puerto Viejo. Everyone, especially Andrea, had been aching to see some wildlife (especially sloths and monkeys), and this hike was supposed to be a great place to see them!
Recommendation: Book Your Own Trip With Tino! |
Title: Spotlight City Sundays: Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica Type: News Article Date: 2008-06-15 Author: Jessice Warnock, Study Abroad Examiner
|  As an ode to traveling and discovery, two of the most thrilling facets of study abroad, this week I am rolling out a new segment revealing some of the remarkable cities I have visited during my travels. These are some of the sights I may not have had the opportunity to see had it not been for these two wonderful study abroad semesters that are tragically nearing end.
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Title: Day 55: Bye bye Puerto Viejo Type: Blog Date: 2008-06-06 Author: Priya Ramani 
|  Puerto Viejo was relaxing as can be. We´re happy we discarded our original plan of zipping through the entire country and settled down in this little town on the Caribbean or Talamanca coast.
Though we spent a LOT of time doing nothing, we were also more adventurous than we´ve been in a long time -- snorkelling, a canopy ride, horse riding, long walks on the beach, a day at highly-rated beach Punta Uva, swimming in the sea. And don´t forget, we got to our hotel Banana Azul by rafting down the river Pacuare. We hopped on two local buses, but mostly utilized the efficient if ramshackle taxi service. The taxis came with blaring but foot-tapping music, reggae or salsa, or the new craze, salsa-reggae.
Recommendation: Book a Rafting Trip to Puerto Viejo |
Title: The stormy side of the caribbean Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-05-12 Author: spaced06
|  I went to a beach that's about 3h by car from where I live, it's called Puerto Viejo (I live in Costa Rica) the weather wasn't good for swimming, so I took my pipe, a couple of buds, my camera and went on a picture spree. This is my favourite place in the world, so I thought I'd share it.
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Title: Zentraveler treks to Cahuita, Costa Rica on the Atlantic Coast! Type: Blog Date: 2008-05-08 Author: zentraveler
| Throttling down through the clouds with the thunder crackling overhead and sharp lightning just off our wings, the pilot had just enough vision to touch down at the San Jose airport. Pitch dark night, with heavy rain blowing in sheets, we felt rather lucky to be alive—as we scrambled under a heavy downpour to the airport. This was my first flight on the Spanish owned Iberian airlines and I highly recommend their professionalism and outstanding service. I will definitely book their airlines again.
After a crazy taxi ride to San Jose– I settled in at the Johnson Hotel for the night. The following morning I took the first class bus to Cahuita which takes about three and one-half hours. Taking the bus is an excellent way to view the countryside and take in the sights as you cruise through the mountains and reach the fertile green valleys.
Recommendation: Explore Cahuita National Park with a Guide |
Title: Walkabout: Manzanillo Refuge Type: Blog Date: 2008-05-08 Author: Ranger Beethoven 
|  I've visited Puerto Viejo several times in the past couple of years. It's not the end of the road, but you can see it from there, but I've never gone down that road. In case it works out that I don't stay in Costa Rica there are a few places I want to visit. Manzanillo Refuge is one of those places. Manzanillo Refuge is in fact also, the end of the road. Before beginning my trip to Manzanillo I tried to find a place to stay there, and to set up a tour. The ONLY place I could find on the Internet was full and I was never able to get any information about tours. I wound up making a reservation to stay at my favorite hotel in Puerto Viejo, Los Suenos, and hoped to set up a tour when I got there.
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Title: My Three Weeks as a Costa Rican: Puerto Viejo Part I Type: Blog Date: 2008-05-04 Author: Courtney
|  Puerto Viejo has officially made Alajuela look lame. I didn’t think that was possible.
We rented a bus for the weekend to take us to Puerto Viejo. It was a five and a half hour ride there, all of us on a big old bus riding through Costa Rica. The driver was blasting Spanish music and the scenery was absolutely amazing, I didn’t need my iPod once. The towns are just so different from what I’m used to, all the colorful shops and signs and the fenced-in houses. We drove through the mountains on a tiny two-lane road where cars were whipping past us at maybe 50 mph while we were on the edges of cliffs.
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Title: A Little Strip of Coast Under Coconut Sky Type: Blog Date: 2008-04-12 Author: Lila 
|  Remember that guy on the bus, the one that wouldn't stop talking? Not Ron Hart, but his marathon-of-talk companion. One of the things he told us is that Costa Ricans don't like the Caribbean coast of the country, no, not really, not much at all.
Of course, the people I know and met who actually live in Costa Rica seem to feel differently. As do I.
There's a little road, some paved, some not, lots of potholes, slow going that winds its way along Playa Negra. I haven't been able to find it on any maps we have, but it's there. We've followed it from Cahuita to Puerto Viejo to Punto Cocles and Punta Uva to Manzanillo.
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Title: Costa Rica 2008: Puerto Viejo & Manuel Antonio Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-04-08 Author: DougDo 
|  A brief selection of photos from trip to Puerto Viejo and Manuel Antonio--interesting pic of Puerto Viejo from the air captured on flight from Bocas del Toro to San Jose, lots of pics from Sloth Rescue Centre north of Cahuita and some other various shots.
Recommendation: Go to Bocas del Toro in Panama |
Title: Craig Drives South: Puerto Viejo Type: Blog Date: 2008-04-08 Author: Craig
|  Just at the end of the road on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica is the tiny conglomerate of towns summarized by Puerto Viejo. It’s the last few stops before the Panama border which is maybe 20 miles away.
This town is seriously so Slow paced that if there is someone in front of you at the store with more than 5 items.. its better just to come back later, you can wait but it is generally between 5-10 minutes to complete the transaction.
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Title: Banana Azul Type: Blog Date: 2008-04-03 Author: Amy
|  Sean & I just got back from our spring break trip to Costa Rica! We went to Puerto Viejo, and stayed in a beautiful hotel called Banana Azul. Before I left, I was telling my mom about the hotel, and the Canadian guy Colin who runs it. She said, "Oh, is Colin your friend or Sean's friend?" And I said, "Neither. I just read his blog."
Wouldn't that be funny if we could speak hyperlink? Anyway, the hotel was just as amazing as I'd dreamed!! It's funny how having high expectations can be really good or really bad.
Recommendation: Reserve a Room at Banana Azul |
Title: Costa Rica Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-03-17 Author: Genevieve
|  Most of these pix are from Puerto Viejo (although the first few are San Jose). Colin and Roberto were marvelous hosts (owners of Banana Azul and Casa Sol y Arena). They gave us great tips and were warm and welcoming. Thanks for opening your home to us! Other highlights were the sloth refuge and the canopy tour. The black and green dart frog in our yard was the crowning jewel. I loved the beach dogs, the friendly folks (both native and other travelers), and the whole atmosphere of Pura Vida...Next trip I hope to spend more time with Nanci and Barry at El Puente...what great work they do!! Thanks to all and sundry for a perfect week!!
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Title: Puerto Viejo Restaurant Reviews Type: Blog Date: 2008-03-14 Author: Tripadvisor 
| Review of various Puerto Viejo restaurants by a Tripadvisor member and comments from other members.
just returned from a month in the area of Puerto Viejo to Manzanillo de Talamanca; the road is still pothole-city but there are so many beautiful beaches and excellent restaurants that it's worth the dust and bumping to get to them. In Puerto Viejo, Coco Cielo, is where you want to go for a special occasion. It is a 2nd floor, stylish place often offering live music after dinner. The food was superb.
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Title: Costa Rica Journal: Surfing Lesson with Beto Type: Blog Date: 2008-03-01 Author: Ted Hopton 
|  “Nah, I’m not going to do a surfing lesson. I don’t have that kind of balance.” That was the negative attitude I began with, based on my experience trying to balance on skateboards in the past. They always flew out from under me. Something about that side-to-side balancing on wheels just does not come easily to me.
Andrew, who has surfed before, insisted I would be able to do it. Tina was psyched to try it, and so was Mike. Finally, I decided to take a chance and try it, why not? So what if I fell in the water a lot. Plus, even though I wanted to go on the Medicine Hike and learn about all the plants that have medicinal uses, my feet really really really did not want to do any more hiking any time soon.
When we got to Puerto Viejo we had determined the best day and time to do the surfing lesson would be the next morning, but we had nothing set up in advance. No problem, Dawn knew just who to call, and she set up our lesson with Beto, the local surfing guru from Uruguay with dreadlocks and a completely laid-back vibe. After a brief description of what the lesson included, Mark was in, too, so there were five of us.
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Title: Costa Rica Journal: Ted’s Trip Photos Type: Blog Date: 2008-02-28 Author: Ted Hopton
|  I’m sure I’ll do more with my hundreds of photos from my trip (and there were entire days when I did not take any, so there could have been far more). But just to get started, I’ll post the links to them here. I’ve divided them into several albums and some are small and some are not — I’m hoping to eventually supplement them with photos my friends took on the trip.
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Title: Memories of Costa Rica Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-02-25 Author: Harlon 
|  From my 2008 trip to Costa Rica: photos from San Jose, Manuel Antonio, Arenal, Puerto Viejo, Manzanillo. Included Aviaros del Caribe Sloth Rescue Center and the Manzanillo Fun Tour Jungle Hike!
Recommendation: Visit the Sloth Sanctuary |
Title: Legalize Open Pro 2008 Type: Video Date: 2008-02-23 Author: khalilcm1512
| New video from the Legalize Open Pro '08. Some great surf and skate footage from the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica. Showing the world that Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo offers world class surf and a crazy good time!!! |
Title: Puerto Viejo Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-02-09 Author: David
|  Photos from Puerto Viejo trip. some great pics of the gorgeous light on the beach!
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Title: Pics from our stay at Banana Azul in Puerto Viejo Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-01-23 Author: Jill
|  Pics from around Puerto Viejo including Banana Azul, Cahuita National Park, Bread and Chocolate (Best food EVER!), Rockin J's plus frogs, monkeys, noni fruit, weevils, beetles and Forest, the cutest kitty ever!
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Title: Charging the soul; Costa Rica Type: Blog Date: 2008-01-19 Author: Kevin Everett
|  I had some memorable workouts while down in Costa Rica all of which charged my soul with sensations of fulfillment and purpose.
The first run came several days after we arrived and I was getting antsy to do some training/exploring. We were in Puerto Viejo and the gang leisurely biked on our cruisers about an hour south towards Manzinillo. We decided to cool off and play at the playa (beach) Cocles. Feeling energized, I stripped down to just my bathing suit and headed off on a bare-footed run. We were not far from the Panama boarder, so I thought I would head that direction, south along the Caribbean coastline. My senses were elevated...
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Title: Puerto Viejo and Goodbye Central America Type: Blog Date: 2008-01-16 Author: Will's Adventure 
|  I took the bus north with my buddy Ryan from Bocas del Toro, Panama back across the border to Puerto Viejo on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. We left on January 8th giving us roughly a week before my flight to Chile out of San Jose on the 14th. Ryan and I stayed at the Cabinas Tesoros right on Cocles Beach where we scored our own private dorm room for just 9 bucks a night. It was a sweet set up because it was only a 2 minute walk to the beach break which we planned to be surfing every day. We got good surf for our first two days in Puerto Viejo but as the waves died out the partying, live music, and late night reggae bar scene quickly moved in to take its place.
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Title: Puerto Viejo Eating and Drinking Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-01-04 Author: DougDo
|  Pictures of some of the restaurants and meals to be had around town in Puerto Viejo! If you've dined at any of these restaurants, leave your review under the photo. Or if you have photos and reviews of any of the restaurants not pictured, please email them to info@puertoviejosatellite.com. Thanks to Sean Clare for the vast majority of the pics!
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Title: World Surf Travel Blog - Puerto Viejo Type: Blog Date: 2007-12-27 Author: 1BigTrip 
|  With my surf coaching job about to begin in Panama we had to quickly head south. Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua all flew past and next thing we knew we were in Costa Rica. The views from the bus were amazing at times and we both felt like we have to go back up to El Salvador, the countryside looked beautiful and everyone keeps telling us how good the waves are there. With 1 week up our sleeve we decided to reaclimatize to sea level at Puerto Viejo on Costa Rica's Caribbean side. The Jungle was all around and high above and it rained and rained! We found a little place run by an Italian dude, the place had an awesome treehouse, humming birds were everywhere and there was free espresso all day long.
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Title: Puerto Viejo Portfolio Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-12-20 Author: Roy Kaltschmidt 
|  A vibrantly colourful portfolio of images from photographer Roy Kaltschmidt from his visit to Puerto Viejo.
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Title: Zipping through the Caribbean Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-12-19 Author: Janne 
|  Photos from a Swedish families vacation to Puerto Viejo. Lots of great photos from their canopy tour, zooming down the ziplines and boogie boarding around various beaches.
Recommendation: Go on a Canopy/Zipline Adventure |
Title: Pure luxury in a Caribbean jungle Type: News Article Date: 2007-12-16 Author: Mara Vorhees, Lonely Planet 
|  I had spent the day lounging on the black-sand beach and biking through the monkey-infested rain forest. When I pedaled up to the Pure Jungle Spa, I was salty, sandy and sweaty. My host, Denise, did not bat an eye.
The spa itself -- just south of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast -- is set in an open-air, thatch-roof hut, lit by lanterns and surrounded by rain forest. Denise ushered me into a Bedrock-style shower with an open window offering a jungle view. I half expected to turn on the water by tugging on an elephant's trunk.
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Title: Sloths on the Loose Type: Blog Date: 2007-11-20 Author: Mlc 
|  PV de Talamanca is a tiny village on the south west of Costa Rica. It is famous for its surfing, boasting the best left break in Costa Rica, and, perhaps consequently, has a hippy feeling and lots of dope. We stayed at a place called Pura Vida, which has a pet dog and three cats, one of which drinks from the tap. We had the luxury of two full days here, which is nice because there was quite a lot to do, from tours to the nearby forest, visiting the sloth rehab centre, kayaking etc.
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Title: Sean's quick and dirty PV and nearby area restaurant roundup Type: Blog Date: 2007-11-12 Author: sean94110 
|  Sean and Kat are regular visitors to Puerto Viejo and love to eat out. They've tried just about every restaurant, bar and café in town and have posted reviews of many of them here along with many photos of the yummy food just before consumption!
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Title: Photos from Travbuddy Members Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-10-30 Author: Travbuddy 
|  Photos from around the Puerto Viejo area from Travbuddy members.
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Title: Costa Rica 2007 Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-10-29 Author: sean94110
|  Pics from SeanF's latest trip to Costa Rica. You Feelin' You Know! Lots of pics of local businesses.
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Title: The Caribbean Comes Through Type: Blog Date: 2007-10-27 Author: James Pick 
|  As I mentioned before I traveled down to Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica on Friday morning with 3 other students from school. We made a good team and got along really well, a lot of drinking and laughing helped of course.The Caribbean side has some major differences to the rest of the country. For starters the weather was fantastic as a welcome change. Secondly the people and culture is straight Rasta as they are descended from Jamaica. As such it's all about being laid-back, bumping reggae and smoking skunk. Nice. We hit the beach with avengence...
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Title: Puerto Viejo, my first weekend trip out of San Jose Type: Blog Date: 2007-10-07 Author: Celeste 
|  This weekend was my first trip out of San Jo, one of my many mini vacays during my time here in CR. It was awesome...and I didn't want to leave! Look how beautiful it is there. So don't be surprised if you find me living there some day. We went to the CUTEST beach town on the Caribbean coast of the region of Limon, called Puerto Viejo, where it was so humid and hot that there was no point in me ever showering. So I didn't really. haha. But neither did anyone else, so it's all good! The bus ride there was about 4 hours long, which wasn't too too bad, since I slept for most it, but about halfway through it, you could tell how dramatically different the temperature was from San Jo.
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