Monday, March 30, 2015

Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica

For those of you that don't know me, I went on a 3 month mission trip in September of 2014 to Costa Rica. If you want to hear a little more about that, scroll down a ways to my earlier post about it! Anyways, towards the end of my trip, some of my family came down to visit for just a week and we took a short vacation over to the Caribbean, specifically Puerto Viejo in Costa Rica. The Pacific side of Costa Rica is known for its tourism and fancy hotels, whereas the Caribbean side is much less developed and filled with more beach towns along its golden sandy beaches and clear blue water.




The atmosphere in Puerto Viejo is something I've always dreamed of living in, lots of wildlife in the rain forests, little towns and beautiful beaches. It's a very relaxing place with decent surfing and snorkeling at the right time of the year. There are also boat tours where you can see a majority of the animals that inhabit the area. Something I really enjoyed was just wandering the endless beach and enjoying the sounds of the ocean with very little people around. 




One night, we ate a little beach-side reggae restaurant with live music and an incredible view of the most vivid and bright stars I've ever seen. After our meal, we did a little late-night shopping and found ourselves some pretty cool souvenirs. The next day, my brother and I did some snorkeling by one of the reefs. We saw some cool fish (no sharks unfortunately) and enjoyed swimming around in the warm water.




If you're the kind of person that enjoys a very relaxing vacation with plenty of things to do and see, the Caribbean side of Costa Rica is just right for you.





(I do not take any credit for these pictures)
(Photos courtesy of Google Images)

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