Costa Rica Travel Diary: Day 4

Tuesday Aug 8 Today I started my morning with a little yoga outside. Afterwards I sliced up some papaya to go with our morning coffee. Then James and I walked to the gringo market, but not to shop. Next door there is a little restaurant called Tata’s. We entered and to my delight we found…

Costa Rica Travel Diary: Day 3

Monday Aug 7 Our second morning in Costa Rica! The sun rises at 5:30 making getting up early pretty easy as daylight floods in. Around 8am we walked to our nearest supermarket, closer than the one we went to yesterday. It’s the “gringo market” where supposedly the prices are higher. And gringo it was! There…

Costa Rica Travel Diary: Day 2

Sunday Aug 6 Woke up just before 6am local time (8am EST). The sun was already up (I think it rises around 5:30) and life was buzzing all around us. After slowly getting up and organizing/ unpacking our things, we went out for a morning stroll and to check out the local shopping options. We…

Costa Rica Travel Diary: Day 1

Saturday Aug 5 Left Miami (FLL) in the morning, arrived in San Jose 3 hours later.  Airport was slightly chaotic- passport control was busy but we moved on through, everyone had to pass their luggage through a security check scanning for banned agricultural items (seeds, plants). Upon exiting the airport we were immediately surrounded and…