Montezuma, Costa Rica (Trailer)
LivingOverseas.TV is proud to release 8 Great Places to Live in Costa Rica. Here is a short sample featuring Montezuma, our pick for best bohemian beach living. Small and cozy, it’s easy to walk to everything here. There's even a waterfall close to town.
Video: A Tour of Montezuma, Costa Rica
Montezuma, Costa Rica Virtual Tour.
Montezuma sits at the far southern tip of Costa Rica's Nicoya Peninsula. Still a working fishing village where locals go out daily on open boats called pangas, it has also become a destination for travelers and expats seeking a close-knit community on the beach.
The white sand and blue Pacific waters certainly ensure the landscape is beautiful. But the friendly locals and expats make the place even more special. It tends to attract those of a more bohemian persuasion, so to speak, and that's evidenced by the number of vegetarian restaurants and yoga retreats, as well as the crafts and organic produce offered at the Saturday morning market in the center of town.
If you're searching for a spot with a slow pace of life and warm weather year-round in a somewhat remote location, Montezuma should be on your list of places to check out.
Chapter List:
0:08 Downtown Montezuma
0:33 One of Montezuma's beaches
0:37 Montezuma Market
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This travel vlog is definitely belated. I've been needing to share this saved footage somehow, and now that i've started creating content for YouTube, I have the perfect outlet!
Costa Rica was Ben and I's first trip out of the U.S. and we went with two of our best friends, Dave & Katrina. We went in November of 2015, right on edge of high-season, so there weren't a ton of tourists and prices for most things were lower.
Overall, Costa Rica was very affordable. We stayed for 10 days and were able to eat, shop and play for around $500 USD (the entire stay for two people). We shared a two bedroom suite at Casa Marbella, which came out to around $1,000 USD - we stayed at a hotel near the airport for our first and last nights in CR.
Each moment was incredible, but Santa Teresa isn't for everyone. It's an adventure to get there (two shuttles & a ferry) and you can't be afraid of animals (like lizards & monkeys) or getting a little dirty. This is a very small beach town popular with surfers and yogis, so it's very laid back. Most navigate Santa Teresa's dirt roads via ATV or dirt bike.
The other towns you'll see in this vlog are: Cabuya, Montezuma, Mal País, and Playa Hermosa. I recommend having an ATV for your entire visit so you can visit these places with ease.
NOTEWORTHY:
Casa Marbella (eco-friendly hotel)
Canopy Tours Mal País (zipline)
Montezuma Falls (hike, canopy walk, falls)
Montezuma (shopping, Saturday Market)
Panadería Cafetería (lunch/snack, Cabuya)
Isla De Cabuya (can walk over at low tide)
Reserva Natural Cabo Blanco (Cabuya)
Playa Hermosa (tide pools)
The Bakery (breakfast)
Soda Playa Carmen (lunch)
Brisas Del Mar (dinner)
Banana Beach (cocktails at sunset)
Super Fresco (groceries)
Doka Coffee Estate/Plantation (best coffee ever!)
Arenal Volcano (+ mountainside village)
*Be sure the check park hours Costa Rica's volcanos.
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Mal Pais Santa Teresa Costa Rica Great Place Casa Azul
We are a full service travel agency with tons of info Hey Guys, finally made it back to the Nicoya Peninsula. Specifically, the Mal Pais/Santa Teresa area. Love Casa Azul. Not saying there's not other places but with this was definitely a good find. Check it out and if you decide to stay, don't think you'll be disappointed.
Costa Rica Trip
BIGGEST DISASTER TRIP I HAVE HAD, BUT THAT’S OK
TRIP
The trip itself seemed like the biggest disaster I have had for a very long time. From the moment I landed in Liberia to the moment I landed in Edmonton it seemed that what could go wrong, did go wrong. From arriving with no accommodations, tour forgetting about me all together, hurricane hitting the country with the country declaring a state of emergency and plane breaking down delaying my flight as it had to be replaced by a different plane and crew, I could not get a break. Even my brand new not fully unpackaged rented bicycle breake down after only 12 km. In spite of all that I found the trip to be one of my better ones and Costa Rica a very beautiful country with lots of things to see a do for me, if I actually got to do them. Run out of time to do most things partly because the hurricane chewed up some of my precious time.
COUNTRY
Costa Rica has very beautiful scenery to offer. Its rugged mountains countryside to the deep biodiversity of the jungle offer wonderful views in Costa Rica. The Beach “Le Coco” in Playa Del Coco is 5 km long and 100 m wide dark soft and fine sand. The water is bathwater warm, but the riptides are strong. The sand is clean from litter like cigarette butts and bottles and biological fouling from pollution. This fact means there it is void of the dreadful smell from pollution of organic decomposition from weeds washing up on the shore and decomposing.
I like that fact many people are using golf carts to commute around town charging the carts every two days as it’s both cheap as well as decreasing the pollution in town, mind you if you get in an accident in a golf cart then tough luck.
Costa Rica has strict non-smoking laws banning smoking from all public buildings and restaurants, including on the patios and outdoor venues of these establishments, Europe could learn from Costa Rica here.
Temperature was ~31°C in the day and about ~23°C at night with about ~50% humidity which feels warm but not stuffy. This was between the wet and dry seasons so it was dark green and just some plants starting to turn yellow, almost a fall of sorts for them.
The Coco beach hotel that I stayed in was nothing special, cleanliness was ok and everything worked. The air conditioning was powerful and quiet. Location was great as it was right downtown and 200m from the centre of the beach.
SAFETY
The place was generally safe with locals saying there was a murder in the town last year but it was drug related. Safety is just a state of mind everywhere and Costa Rica did not alarm me, many expats and tourists have had safe experience there.
EXCURSIONS
The Congo Trail Zipline - awesome adventure which is just 15 minutes from Playa Del Coco and included 11 ziplines through a jungle and even across a river. In retrospect I wished I tried superman or upside-down style of decent. This was a cheap and fun adventure. The outfit is run and executed professionally with safety in mind.
Palo Verde National Park – this was an awesome excursion into the jungle to some wildlife including birds, bats, iguanas, monkeys and crocodiles. I even saw the second biggest flying bird in the world with a wingspan of 3 meters. The water is unique in that it flows both ways in the river. It flows one was during the day and then reverses flow upstream during the nightly tide from the ocean brining salt water into the river up to 25 km inland and reversing the flow of the river as the water level rises.
Rich Coast Diving – It’s a 15 minute ride from Le Coco beach by boat near islands inside the bay, technically it is in the Pacific Ocean. This is a good excursion if not for the fact that visibility was poor due to passing of the hurricane the day earlier made the water murky. Reasonably priced and very accommodating with safety in mind at all times.
FOOD
The food was amazing but finding vegetarian or vegan choices is very hard. Vegetarian choices are limited to one or two items on the menu and vegan is limited to just a few places. Food is generally priced similarly to Canada prices and alcohol is not cheap either. Of course fresh fruit and vegetables are amazing from local stands.
HURRICANE OTTO
The hurricane was pretty much a non-event for me personally. It started at 8pm at night with light rain turning into heavy rain. Power lines and some trees were down and it also fried the hotels electronic for door entrance. It cancelled my excursion to Nicaragua and white water rafting. The rain was very loud inside the hotel as it was so intense. Locals were more worried about the hurricane as they did not know what to expect as this was the first one to hit Costa Rica in 168 years.
PRODUCTION
The filmed was produced by Marcin Pisz and filmed using mostly Lumix GH4 and GoPro Hero 5 Session and unknown Lumix cameras.
Thanks to Rich Coast Diving, Congo Trail Zipline and Plus Papagoya Tours
Mal Pais Surf Camp - The American Innovator
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