Where once the marketing focused on the sun and beaches and lush jungles, now it goes much further: leadership in conscious tourism. People don’t just go there to chase waterfalls or Instagram their trips. There’s a purpose. People want experience, sustainability, and emotional connection in post-pandemic travel behaviors, and the role of Costa Rica is […]
Puerto Jimenez is the main town of the Osa Peninsula on the Southwestern coast of Costa Rica. Puerto (port in Spanish) Jimenez (a common Spanish surname) is located right on the Golfo Dulce which translates to Sweet Golf. To get to town you can take a ferry, an airplane from San Jose, the Costa Rican […]
Back in May 2014 during my last weeks of stay in Costa Rica, my second favorite country in the world, I revisited Puerto Viejo area once again. I got there again on a Caribe Shuttle bus from Bocas del Toro islands like I did the first time. In Puerto Viejo, I had a chance to […]
Adventure expeditions, romantic escapes, all inclusive family vacation packages … of course you can have all of that in Costa Rica! But, what if I tell you that you can have an amazing skimming package too? Well, you can!Skimboarding was born in late 1920′s when the lifeguards of Laguna Beach used to skimboard on pieces of […]
Last day. Last hours of our Exotic Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica. Sadness, hugs, even some tears. Business cards, photos. The 7th day we had the most difficult morning yoga class, and the the most relaxing one in the afternoon.Today we have no more yoga classes as some people left early in the morning already. […]
The previous day on the Exotic Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica was not so much fun. I was tired, slow like a turtle and with some muscle pain.Rafa, a sweet guy from the Blue osa staff asked me to take some photos of him surfing. I wake up early to watch the sunrises in Osa […]
After the 5th day on the Exotic Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica which was filled with love, the 6th day, Thursday was here. The walking meditation for this morning is focused on Listen & Speak. ”Take a walk in silence. Listen for the silence.” said our meditation card. So I did. I took a walk along the […]
My 4th day on the Exotic Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica was better than I could imagine. Honestly, the best day after a while. But then the night was also the shortest one and I got hardly any sleep. Not sure if I was so excited about everything that happened that day or what that […]
After the 3rd day on the first out of the 2 Exotic Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica I attended, Gayle Olson, our yoga teacher, gave us another walking meditation card for the following morning. This time it dealt with passion, determination and fire. ”What are your dreams? What are your passions?” Already in bed I […]
After the first day on the Exotic Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica when we played an awesome game to remember all our names, I was feeling awesome and I got a good night sleep. Our second night of the yoga retreat rained all night, at 5.30 am when I heard my alarm it still rained so […]
After my first day of the Exotic Yoga Retreat at Blue Osa, I woke up at 5.19 am, put some clothes on and made my way to the beach to take photos of the sunrise. A bunch of black vultures and small birds give me company. I sit down on the beach and meditate watching […]
When I was looking for a place where I could practice yoga for a few days and rejuvenate, I just Googled ”yoga in Costa Rica in March” and Blue Osa website came up with all the upcoming yoga retreats. There were 2 of them with Gayle Olson from the Exotic Yoga Retreats that fit […]