The United Fruit Company discovered a number of unusual stone spheres while excavating fields in the Osa Peninsula during the 1930s. Now almost 500 spheres have been documented, ranging from the size of a baseball to some ranging over sixteen tons.  Nearly all of the spheres are made of the igneous rock- granodiorite  The quarry [...]

“Hola.  What’s the difference between the hot springs at the Arenal Volcano?  That’s a large price difference (Tabacon almost double Baldí)”
- Elaine
Hola Elaine,
Picking the right hot springs while up at the Arenal Volcano can be confusing with the several options available.  Tabacón, Baldí and Ecotermales are the three most visited and each of these [...]

The Hampton Inn is perfect and reliable. The people are nice and the place is clean. A+ all the way around for that place.  The next day we were picked up by Frank Chicas. That guy is good!! He also drove us from Puerto Viejo to San Jose and from the Hampton Inn to the [...]

A lady at Azania was familiar with Aviarios del Caribe. That is the sloth rescue place. (Their address says it’s in Cahuita but it’s really in Penshurt.) We took a taxi there after we dropped our friends off at the National Park. The tour is $25 and includes a canoe ride around the grounds where [...]