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A Nine Day Tour of the Top Tourist Sights in Costa Rica
Blog: Hole In The Donut - 21 April 2012
Following a disappointing week at the beaches of the Nicoya Peninsula in Costa Rica, I hopped on a bus back to San Jose, where I met up with a group of people for a nine-day tour. As an independent traveler who wanders with no set schedule, I have never been on an organized tour, however [...]
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ATVs are the new black – Costa Rica, days 8 & 9 – the finale.
Blog: another pin on the map - 31 May 2010
The final days of my trip to Costa Rica, including ATV riding, a mangrove tour and shopping.
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Adiosta Rica
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 8 February 2010
I'm writing this from about 30,000 feet above probably Ecuador or Colombia, en route to Montevideo, Uruguay. The flight is about 7 hours, and, with Central America in my rearview, at least for a while, this seems like an opportune moment to try to synthesize my thoughts on my time there.
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Scholastic fantastic
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 7 February 2010
I'm in Panama City, Panama for the night and thoroughly exhausted from a long day of mangrove-seeing, flying, and blogging, so I'm going to head to bed. My flight tomorrow is 7.5 hours long, so with any luck I'll be able to use it to be semi-productive.
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I don't practice Santamaría
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 6 February 2010
Lest anyone doubt Costa Rica's emergence as a sort of unofficial 51st state, I am currently sitting in Juan Santamaría International Airport in San Jose opposite a Church's Chicken and a Schlotzsky's Deli. Moreover, I partook of a Cinnabon about an hour ago (I hadn't had one years, and vacation calories don't count anyway).
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The Guy-O Más Gallo
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 6 February 2010
There's a chain of electronics stores in Central America called El Gallo Más Gallo. Literally translated, this means "the rooster most rooster." More accurately, it's something like "the most macho rooster," because the word for rooster ("gallo") is also used to mean "tough."
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Slothful
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 4 February 2010
I ducked into a little smoothie place to escape the heat, enjoy a fan, and take advantage of the free wi-fi. I thought I'd use this opportunity to check in with some notes and thoughts. I'm off to Panama City for one night on Saturday, and then I have a seven and a half hour flight down to Montevideo, Uruguay on Sunday. The trip from here to there is the rough equivalent of crossing the U.S., distance-wise, so it's not a short one. Sadly, this means I'll be missing the Super Bowl.
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Blogue Manuel Antonio
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 3 February 2010
I've posted some pictures from yesterday's guided walk through the national park, available here.
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Rancho Margot Blogo
Blog: Seth of the Equator - 1 February 2010
I'm now back in Quepos, excitedly awaiting my lunch of sauteed local grouper, and this seems an opportune moment to reflect on my last two days at Rancho Margot. I originally intended to go to the Arenal area to see the volcano, and with the hope of finally glimpsing some lava at the third volcano of my trip. Instead, I got completely taken in by the incredible world that is Rancho Margot, in tiny Pueblo Nuevo, west of Arenal.
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