Golfito is located just north of Panama and is about a three hour drive from San Isidro de el General, or about two hours from Dominical.  Golfito was a thriving port town when United Fruit Company was located there, which exported fruit all over the world.  In 1985, United Fruit Company went out of business […]

Dominical is a unique little surfing village located on the pacific coast in the Puntarenas region of Costa Rica.  From San Jose’, you can take the Inter-American Highway south over mountainous terrain to San Isidro de El General, and then go west on highway 243 to Dominical.  If you wish to visit other northern Pacific […]

San Isidro de El General, or Perez as the ticos refer to it, is located 100 miles southeast of San Jose and is about a three hour drive through mountainous terrain rising up over 11,000 feet.  This is the Inter-American Highway with the nickname “Cerro de la Muerte”, or “Road of Death”.  San Isidro, with […]

We recently stayed at The Alta Hotel in Escazu, located just twenty minutes from the International Airport in Alajuela.  Escazu is made up of three adjoining neighborhoods with the largest population of Americans living there.  The hotel is nestled in the hills overlooking San Jose, just far enough away from the hustle and bustle, but […]