Trends in conscious tourism: what new visitors are looking for in Costa Rica

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 […]

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Posted on 26 Aug 2025 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Central America, Costa Rica, eco tourism, travel

Caribbean Medicine with Veronica Gordon Crooks – Hidden Garden workshops

If you ever find yourself on Central America, please take time to visit my second favorite country. Costa Rica is a must see and the more time you spend there, the better. The best way to travel around Costa Rica is by bus.One of the nicest places in Costa Rica is no doubt Puerto Viejo. […]

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Posted on 12 Mar 2015 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in budget travel, Central America, Costa Rica, nature, photo

Puerto Jimenez facts and photos – a small town in Osa Peninsula Costa Rica

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 […]

Posted on 09 Mar 2015 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Central America, Costa Rica, photo, tips, travel

Raw vegan diet for beauty – Hidden Garden workshops

Hidden Garden is a hidden accommodation in Puerto Viejo town in Costa Rica. Not only is Puerto Viejo area one of my favorite destinations, but Costa Rica is overall the second dearest country to my heart, just after Mexico. Once you are in Central America, it is easy to get around mostly by buses or […]

Posted on 02 Mar 2015 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in budget travel, Central America, Costa Rica, food, photo, tips, travel

Important Costa Rican medicinal plants – Hidden Garden workshops

Costa Rican medicinal plants at Hidden Garden workshops Puerto Viejo

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 […]

Posted on 19 Feb 2015 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in budget travel, Central America, Costa Rica, food, nature, photo, tips, travel

10 things to do in Osa Peninula

During my last visit to Costa Rica, when I spent around 4 month in my second favorite country in the world, I was lucky enough to get to know the not so known Osa Peninsula. Península de Osa, as its Spanish name says, is located in the Southwestern part of the most expensive Central American […]

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Posted on 18 Feb 2015 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Central America, Costa Rica, nature, photo, tips, travel

Skimboarding in Costa Rica

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 […]

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Posted on 24 Oct 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in adventures, Central America, Costa Rica, photo, tips, travel

Caribeans chocolate Puerto Viejo – chocolate making process and tasting

I remember very well the Caribeans chocolate from the first time I visited the Caribbean beaches of Costa Rica back in 2012. So revisiting after 2 years and not going to the Caribeans shop for some chocolate was just mission impossible. This time I even went on a chocolate tour with Paul when staying close by […]

Posted on 05 Sep 2014 by Crazy Sexy Fun Traveler in Central America, Costa Rica, photo, press trip, travel

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

Puerto Pirata Deli Puerto Viejo 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

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