- slackline (like tight rope) walking
- telemarking
- sand skiing
stories
Travel planner
To
tour group, or not to tour group
advantages
of group tours
disadvantages
of group tours
advantages
of independent travel
disadvantages
of independent travel
Cost of travel
super
budget
low
cost
moderate
cost
Expensive
Tours/Luxury
When to travel
the
high season
the
green season
Where to go and what to do
ecotourism
beaches
hiking
and backpacking
culture and anthropology
Spanish language lessons
kayaking (white
water and ocean)
rafting (white
water and wildlife viewing)
fishing
mountain
biking
volunteer
study ecology
Where to stay
hotels
resorts
cabinas
and cabinitas
camping
bed
and breakfast
family
stays
lodges
and ecocamps
Travel planner continued
Eating
homes
grocery
stores/ markets
sodas
or soditas
fast
food
bars
and bocas
imported/ethnic
Tipico
resorts/hotels
Transportation
rental
cars
domestic
air travel
taxis
buses
and minibuses
bicycle
hitchhiking
walking
Itineraries
to
the north central region
another
north central route
to
the north west and the Nicoya beaches
to
the east and the southern Caribbean coast
to
the south west
west
central coast and the southern highlands
Going into San Jose
Other
options for bases
What to take
bicycle resources for Costa Rica
- where to find paper maps
- book reviews of Costa Rica guide and other books
- recommended bicycle tour companies
- links to other sites about Costa Rica, bicycles or just fun stuff
- choosing a bicycle for touring in Costa Rica
- where to buy postcards
- plastic bags
- tico rules of the road
- where not to ride in Costa Rica
- alternate bicycle routes
pages of thumbnails (photographs)
- Costa Rican animals
- animals too
- Costa Rican birds
- birds too
- coffee picking and processing
- Costa Rican flowers
- flowers too
- Costa Rica insects
- Costa Rican orchids
- telemark skiing
- people
- people too
- people three
list of photos from Costa Rica with descriptions (eg. bicycling on Playa Hermosa)
- there are maps on the front page of each bicycle tour traveloge showing the route
- where to find paper maps
- Costa Rica's national parks
- bicycle routes
- Costa Rica's landscape (rivers, volcanos etc.)
- Costa Rica's cities and roads
