This week’s Photo Friday (#FriFotos on Twitter) theme is UP IN THE AIR.  In late October 2010, Chris and I traveled to the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, staying mostly around Puerto Viejo and Cahuita.  During our stay, we had a chance to do a zip line tour of the Costa Rican canopy, as you can...

This week’s Photo Friday (#FriFotos) theme is ANIMALS.  Before embarking on a snorkeling tour in Costa Rica, Chris and I hiked through the Cahuita National Park, where a white-faced (capuchin) monkey appeared about 10 ft high in the tree above us.  This national park, on the Caribbean coast, extends...

  As journalists, my coworkers and I tend to seek out the novel and unexplored. As reporter Laura  Bly puts it, “My favorite place is the next place.” Plus I’ll never make it to the Century Club if I keep going back to the same countries and cities. That being said, there usually...

  My trip report from last year’s Costa Rica excursion is up in the blog’s Recent Trips section. We cut a swath down the country’s Caribbean coast, starting in Puerto Viejo, heading down to Manzanillo, going back up to Cahuita and ending in Tortuguero.