Exotic Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica – Blue Osa day 4

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 […]

Posted on 15 Aug 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in achievement, Central America, Costa Rica, photo, press trip, yoga

Exotic Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica – Blue Osa day 3

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 […]

Posted on 14 Aug 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in achievement, Central America, Costa Rica, photo, press trip, yoga

Exotic Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica – Blue Osa day 2

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 […]

Posted on 13 Aug 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in achievement, Central America, Costa Rica, photo, press trip, yoga

Exotic Yoga Retreats in Costa Rica – Blue Osa day 1

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 […]

Posted on 12 Aug 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in achievement, beach, Central America, Costa Rica, photo, press trip, yoga

Chocolate treatment at Cariblue Hotel Puerto Viejo

When spending 5 nights at Cariblue Hotel in Puerto Viejo with my friend Pablo, I just had to experience it all. When I was in the area back in May 2012, I stayed at the Totem Hotel Resort but then it merged with the Cariblue when I returned in 2014. That was a good thing […]

Posted on 08 Aug 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Central America, Costa Rica, press trip, spa

My favorite restaurant in Costa Rica – Puerto Pirata in Puerto Viejo

When we were staying at Cariblue Hotel for a few days with my friend Pablo, we walked around Puerto Viejo a few times looking for the best restaurants. I was trying to be vegan as much as I could, but finding a place with a big portion of a great salad, and for a good […]

Posted on 05 Aug 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Central America, Costa Rica, food, photo, tips, travel

Good and bad about 3 months in the jungle in Costa Rica

If you were following me, you know I spent 4 and a half months in Panama and Costa Rica, out of which maybe 3 months were on the beach close to the jungle in Costa Rica. To be precise, I enjoyed to maximum 6 weeks of volunteering at Blue Osa on the Pacific coast and […]

Posted on 04 Jul 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in achievement, Central America, changes, Costa Rica, habits, nature, photo, travel

Visiting Indigenous tribe Bribri in Talamanca

Together with my friend Pablo, we were picked up at Cariblue hotel after breakfast to go on another exciting tour with Terraventuras travel agency. Once all registered at the office in Puerto Viejo, we hopped in the van again and the journey into the unknown could start … When driving to Bribri, we saw some […]

Posted on 28 May 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in adventures, Central America, Costa Rica, nature, photo, press trip, tips, travel

Revisiting Congo Bongo in Manzanillo

Congo Bongo rental houses were one of the first reasons I fell in love with Costa Rica during my first visit in May 2012. The jungle, howler monkeys waking me up early morning, crabs running in front of me on the way to the beach, remarkable sunsets and nice staff … It was all stuck […]

Posted on 26 May 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Central America, Costa Rica, nature, other, photo, press trip, travel

Cariblue hotel Puerto Viejo – where to stay on Cocles beach

Some of the best memories I had from my first Costa Rica visit were also from Totem Hotel Beach Resort, the first hotel I stayed at in the pura vida country back in May 2012. Now, going back to spend weeks relaxing on the beaches in the area once again, I found out that Totem […]

Posted on 23 May 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Central America, changes, Costa Rica, hotels, photo, press trip, travel

Puerto Jimenez Osa Peninsula sunrise from Blue Osa

When I spent 6 weeks volunteering at Blue Osa spa and yoga retreat, I woke up for sunrise almost every single morning around 5 am. Until that time, the night person such as me spent 28 years waking up early only to catch a flight/train/bus or when I used to work on morning flights as […]

Posted on 20 May 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in beach, Central America, Costa Rica, nature, photo, the sky

Special spa treatments at Samasati spa

One of the main reasons why I chose to spend a week at Samasati Nature Retreat was their spa. I have heard some good things about it and you know me, of course I just had to try it to know for myself. When staying at bungalow 4 with a great view of the jungle, […]

Posted on 14 May 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Central America, Costa Rica, photo, press trip, spa, travel