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Caribbean – 3 – Virgen to Cahuita

La Virgen -> Rio Corinto -> Puerto Limon -> Cahuita -> Puerto Viejo de Limon Limón is a typical Costa Rican city and we didn't stick around for long. Instead we headed south for Cahuita and Puerto Viejo de Limón. We spent three nights in Cahuita, a laid back fishing village that … [Read more...]

Ray & Sue

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Caribbean – 2 – Sarapiquí Rafting

La Trinidad  -> Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui -> La Virgen One of the ranch hands at La Trinidad was something of an amateur ornithologist and the patron arranged for him to guide us on a hike. It's standard to start out nature walks with sort of a disclaimer that a lot of wildlife is very … [Read more...]

Ray & Sue

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Caribbean – 1 – Poás & Sarapiquí

Boat to Trinidad on the Nicaraguan border

Heredia -> Vara Blanca (by car) -> Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui -> La Trinidad (and back to Puerto Viejo by boat) -> La Virgen -> Rio Corinto -> Puerto Limon -> Cahuita -> Puerto Viejo de Limon 411 km and approximately 500 meters of elevation gain by bike This was our only … [Read more...]

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