La Carolina Lodge Costa Rica

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]La Carolina Lodge Costa Rica: Wood-Fired Heaven in the Mountains. Like most typical tourists in Costa Rica, I think of myself as anything but typical. I don’t do all-inclusive trip packages, preferring to travel by the seat of my...

The Best Cup of Costa Rican Coffee I Never Had

[vc_row][vc_column width=”2/3″][vc_column_text] Cool Places: The Best Cup Costa Rican of Coffee I Never Had.  I’m sitting at Doña Mireya’s kitchen table in the Monteverde Ecological Sanctuary, a patch of rainforest where her family tends to a modest...

Soda y Mirador Cinchona: More Than Just Great Food

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Soda y Mirador Cinchona or Colibri Cafe: More Than Just Great Food.   One of the ways to experience the real Costa Rica is to dine in a “soda,” Tico slang for a small restaurant or diner. The etymology of this seemingly Spanglish...

Navigating Bocas del Toro, Panama

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] SEE ALL ADVENTURE DEALS IN PANAMA — CLICK HERE Boats, Bikes, Buses and Big Yellow Taxis: Navigating Bocas del Toro, Panama.  The archipelago of Bocas del Toro, off of Panama’s Caribbean coast, has become internationally...