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Travel Photo of the Day: Costa Rica Cloud Forest Millipede

Can you help us identify what kind of millipede this is? We found it while walking through the Monteverde Cloud Forest in Costa Rica. We do our best to label our travel photos correctly.

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Samara Beach Costa Rica – Travel Video Ep. 21

Watch More Adventure Travel Videos Enjoy the best off-the-beaten-path beach in Costa Rica through an HD adventure travel video from 2 Backpackers, Jason and Aracely Castellani, while visiting Sámara, Costa Rica.  In travel video episode #21, we film the flat, calm, white sand Samara Beach and it’s small island of Isla Chora. Enjoy the show! [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day: Border Crossing Costa Rica to Panama

Check out Costa Rica Caribbean Beaches. This photo was taken during our land border crossing during Costa Rica travel to Panama on our way to Bocas del Toro. It was a long day of long boat rides and crowded vans. This bridge ill structured bridge separated the two countries. We looked down through the planks [...]

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Travel Photo of the Day: Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve Costa Rica

As you travel from coast to coast in Costa Rica, be sure to visit the unique cloud forest region of Santa Elena and Monteverde. During our few days in the forest, we enjoyed a day tour in the Santa Elena Cloud Forest Reserve, a night tour searching for sloths and the sky walk across the [...]

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Travel Photo of The Day: Yellow Flower In Monteverde Costa Rica

We found this bright yellow flower during our visit to the Santa Elena Cloud forest in Monteverde, Costa Rica. We recommend visiting the Monteverde Cloud Forest during Costa Rica Travel.

Photo of the Day: Playa Chiquita in Costa Rica

Photo of the Day: Playa Chiquita in Costa Rica

An hour bus ride south of Cahuita, Costa Rica, rests Puerto Viejo, a popular spot for travelers looking for sun and Caribbean beaches.   However, just a quick bike ride south through Gandoca-Manzanillo Wildlife Refuge is Playa Chiquita, a much cleaner and beautiful natural beach.  Read our Costa Rica Caribbean Beaches article here.

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Travel Photo of the Day: Hanging Bridges in Monteverde Costa Rica

Monteverde Cloud Forest is located 1,440 meters above sea level and has a humid, misty and cloudy climate during most of the year.  It is a rain forest reserve with more than 5 species of cats, 30 species of hummingbirds, and 420 types of orchids.  The area is highly praised as one of the most [...]

Photo of the Day: Isla Chora Samara Beach, Costa Rica

Photo of the Day: Isla Chora Samara Beach, Costa Rica

Isla Chora is a small wooded island that rests in the bay of the Pacific Coast Samara Beach in Costa Rica. Samara Beach can be considered the most beautiful off the beaten path beach in Costa Rica. You won’t find excessive development, but you do have choices of luxury or hostel lodging on the beach. [...]