Check out Pedasi, Panama or Playa Uvita/Bahai, Costa Rica. A r/t flight thru www.kayak.com sometimes is $260-300.... a local hostel or backpacker hotel is around $10 a nite OR if you are adventurous take a good mosquito proofed hammock and camp out for free!
I've done both and enjoyed both the hammock camping and the hostels.
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commented on Looking to travel somewhere this July with beautiful beaches. Problem is airfare from DC to everywhere is so expensive. Dream is Thailand but it costs $2k per person to fly there! What should be my # 2 that may be less expensive? in The Quest for the Perfect Beach
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I've been living in Costa Rica for the past 2 years. There are pluses and minuses... hey it's life. I prefer living somewhere about 3 months, learning the basics from neighbors and all and then moving on to another spot. House-sitting is a good way to do that. Short term rentals also work. I've spent the past year in an Indigenous Village near Palmar Norte - VERY enlightening - especially since I didn't know any spanish when I showed up! Ya, I got stories!
about 2 years ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Calling all writers, photographers, artists, independent travelers... in the House Sitting & Swapping Branch
Could you please provide me with more information? I'm an independant traveler, artist & espiring writer. I might not be ready for April...
about 2 years ago -
replied to a Thorn Tree thread called Purchasing Prescription Eyeglasses in Costa Ric in the Americas - Central America Branch
A dog 'ate' my elderly mother's new glasses last November. She paid $125-150 USD to have the prescription copied from the 'pieces' and it...
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- DOB June 29, 1958
- Country United States
- Gender Female
- Website Simply, Lesa (simplylesa)
- Languages English, Spanglish
- Favourite Places Bocas, Panama; Pedasi, Panama; New York City - Manhattan; the coast of Maine, Warm beaches & culturally diverse cities
- Interests Travel -- food, culture, nature, survival skills, self-sufficency/permaculture/off-grid living,







