A backpacking travel guide to Costa Rica !

<body onload="dynAnimation()"> <h1 align="center"> <font color="#000000"> A backpacking travel guide to Costa Rica !</font></h1> <h2 align="center"><font color="#000000">Passplanet is a free practical travel guide that offers the latest backpacking information about Costa Rica : budget accommodation, itineraries, visa, tips, surveys, photos, essay,… 10 places covered !</font></h2> <p> <table border="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%" height="152"> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><img border="0" src="images/web.gif" alt="Backpacking Costa Rica" width="15" height="15"></td> <td height="26"><p align="center" dynamicanimation="fpAnimelasticBottomFP1" id="fpAnimelasticBottomFP1" style="position: relative !important; visibility: hidden" language="Javascript1.2"><b><font size="5">Costa Rica</font></b><b><i><font size="3" face="Arial"><br> The connection of two worlds</font></i></b></td> <td width="34%" align="center" height="25"><img border="0" src="images/web.gif" alt="The backpacking travel guide to Costa Rica" width="15" height="15"></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="3">About Backpacking</font></b></td> <td height="150" align="center" rowspan="6"></td> <td width="34%" align="center" height="25"><font color="#FF0000" face="Arial" size="3"><b>About <i>Costa Rica</i></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Central America</font></b><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial"> Presentation</font></b></td> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><a href="frame_why_go.htm" target="_top" dynamicanimation="fpAnimformatRolloverFP1" fprolloverstyle="font-style: italic" onmouseover="rollIn(this)" onmouseout="rollOut(this)" language="Javascript1.2"><font color="#FF0000">Why go to Costa Rica ?</font></a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" face="Arial" size="2">Backpacking Forum</font></b></td> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><a href="frame_how_to_go.htm" target="_top" dynamicanimation="fpAnimformatRolloverFP1" fprolloverstyle="font-style: italic" onmouseover="rollIn(this)" onmouseout="rollOut(this)" language="Javascript1.2"><font color="#FF0000">How to go to Costa Rica ?</font></a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="33%" align="center" height="25"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Participate !</font></b></td> <td align="center"><b><a href="frame_where_go.htm" target="_top" dynamicanimation="fpAnimformatRolloverFP1" fprolloverstyle="font-style: italic" onmouseover="rollIn(this)" onmouseout="rollOut(this)" language="Javascript1.2"><font size="2" face="Arial" color="#FF0000">Where to go in Costa Rica ?</font></a></b></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" height="26"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Buy Guidebook about Central America</font></b></td> <td align="center"><font size="2" face="Arial"><b><a href="frame_travel_tips.htm" target="_top" dynamicanimation="fpAnimformatRolloverFP1" fprolloverstyle="font-style: italic" onmouseover="rollIn(this)" onmouseout="rollOut(this)" language="Javascript1.2"><font color="#FF0000">Travel Tips for Costa Rica</font></a></b></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="center" height="26"><b><font color="#0000FF" size="2" face="Arial">Links to travel guide</font></b></td> <td align="center" height="26"><b><font color="#FF0000" size="2" face="Arial">Backpackers' Contributors</font></b></td> </tr> </table> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center"> </p> <p align="center"><b><i><font color="#FF0000" size="3">Free as a backpacker ! </font></i></b></p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial">You will find in this <b> free travel guide</b> lots of tips and <b> most of the budget info</b> you need to prepare your trip to Costa Rica on a shoestring ("before"), live your backpacking adventure in the best conditions ("during") and share your experience with other backpackers ("after") plus a photos gallery, a backpacking forum, surveys on the localities in Costa Rica (backpacker 's ratings), travelogues, an essay in French, <b> links to other travel guidebook</b> on Costa Rica or related budget information etc. All in one convenient stop ! Go for it : <b> backpack Costa Rica (Lao) with pass planet !</b><br> <br> If you know what you are looking for in Costa Rica, use the Search Form to find backpacking info. Otherwise, have a look at the backpacker's Index or <b> let Passplanet be your free guidebook to Costa Rica</b><br> <br> <b>The original features of this free backpacking travel guide to Costa Rica include :<br> </b><br> - Budget & practical travel information about chinese localities only.<br> - Ratings of the localities by the backpackers themselves : more than 40 localities precisely covered in Costa Rica<br> - What to do there & what you may not like while you backpack Costa Rica<br> - The cheapest budget accommodations (guesthouse or hostel on a shoestring ) for backpackers<br> - The various transportations' options for easy backpacking<br> - Travel information on how to save money<br> - Lots of backpacker's photos in special sections<br> - A guidebook with frequent updates<br> <br> But Passplanet will, hopefully, be more than a free backpacking travel guide to Costa Rica & Central America. My ambition is to make it a place where backpackers can freely exchange the latest info from "on the road" of the Central American countries and communicate with each others. In the world of backpacking, information indeed changes with the blowing of the winds. But while a guidebook is out of date by the time it reaches the shelves, a web site can be updated daily. <b> Pass planet will strive to keep the budget information about Costa Rica warm !</b>  <br> <br> But to achieve the above, we need your help & support. Passplanet is not supposed to be a single backpacker's journey and travel guide. There are too many trips ahead. Costa Rica, Central America and the world are too vast to be covered by one individual. Let's share ! <b> Everyone is welcome to join the backpacking adventure and submit travel information ! </b> Passplanet is looking for new backpackers, budget writers, partners and ideas on a shoestring. And Passplanet also counts on you for its promotion. If you find it useful, please give the direction to other backpackers. <b> The more traffic, the more updated info in the future to backpack Costa Rica !</b> <br> <br> Passplanet is also a place of exchange related to Costa Rica. Beside all the forms which allow you to share your budget info about Central American countries, experiences about a place, Passplanet also hosts a forum and a links section to other travel guide. You are welcome to submit your own travel web site in the latter and benefit from Passplanet's growing popularity in the world of backpacking on a shoestring. </font> </p> <p align="left"><font face="Arial"> <br> <b>Together, let's keep Passplanet as free & independent as a backpacker</b> so more and more people can use this free travel guide to backpack Costa Rica !<br> <br> I wish you a good backpacking experience, on the site and around Costa Rica !<br> <br> <b>Ben.<br> </b>Founder. </font> </p> <p align="center"><font size="4"><b><font color="#0000FF">@ @ @ Costa Rica </font></b><font color="#0000FF">@ @ @</font></font> <p align="center"><b><i><font size="3" face="Arial">The wilderness paradise</font></i></b><p><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#CC0066">>> Description of Costa Rica ?</font></b> <font color="#3366FF">  </font>The prime eco-tourism destination in Central America, Costa Rica boost 25% of its territory under National Parks or Wildlife Refuges, 9 active volcanoes and 5% of all life forms on earth. </font></p> <p><font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#CC0066"><b>>> Why go to </b> </font><b><font color="#CC0066">Costa Rica </font></b><font color="#CC0066"><b>?</b>  </font>Play Indiana Jones in the jungle or cloud forest  / Play Tarzan above the canopy forest / Watch a volcanic eruption / Listen to some of the 850 species of birds / Snorkel toward colorful fishes / Surf the best wave in Central America / Wind surf's a huge lake / Get wet on a class V river / Horse ride toward a waterfall / </font></p> <p><b><font color="#CC0066" size="2" face="Arial">>> Drawback of </font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#CC0066">Costa Rica </font></b></font><b><font color="#CC0066" size="2" face="Arial">?</font></b> <font color="#3366FF" size="2" face="Arial">  </font><font size="2" face="Arial">The higher cost to visit / The tourist crowd during high season / The high entrance fees / The difficulty & cost to reach some national parks / The lack of cultural attractions / The wait at the bus stations</font></p> <p><b><font color="#CC0066" size="2" face="Arial">>> Cultural Highlights of </font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#CC0066">Costa Rica </font></b></font><b><font color="#CC0066" size="2" face="Arial">?</font></b> <font color="#3366FF" size="2" face="Arial">  </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Not much here... Possibly the Caribbean culture found on the North Coast with Creole cuisine, dominos games and reggae atmosphere...</font></p> <p><b><font color="#CC0066" face="Arial" size="2">>> Natural Highlights of </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#CC0066">Costa Rica </font></b></font><b><font color="#CC0066" face="Arial" size="2">?</font><font color="#3366FF" face="Arial" size="2">  </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2">The eruption of Volcano Arenal, the most active and studied volcano in the area / The beaches of P.N. Manuel Antonio, home of  big lizards and monkeys / The "perfect wave" of Puerto Viejo / Any big colorful bird / The wilderness of Corcovado N.P. meaning lots of wildlife-spotting opportunities / Kayaking Tortuguero, one of the most important green sea turtle nesting area (between July & October) / </font></p> <p><b><font color="#CC0066" size="2" face="Arial">>> How long in </font></b> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#CC0066">Costa Rica </font></b></font><b><font color="#CC0066" size="2" face="Arial">?</font></b> <font color="#3366FF" size="2" face="Arial">  </font><font size="2" face="Arial">Two weeks for a basic tour. One more week for adventures in the remote parks. </font></p> <p><b><font color="#CC0066" size="2" face="Arial">>> Budget for </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#CC0066">Costa Rica</font></b> </font><b><font color="#CC0066" size="2" face="Arial"> ?</font></b> <font color="#3366FF" size="2" face="Arial">  </font><font size="2" face="Arial">$15 per day in the low season, $20 minimum in the peak season. Plus the entrance fees. </font></p> <p><font color="#CC0066"><b><font size="2" face="Arial">>> Visa for </font></b> </font> <font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#CC0066">Costa Rica </font></b></font><font color="#CC0066"><b><font size="2" face="Arial">?</font></b> </font> <font color="#3366FF" size="2" face="Arial">  </font><font face="Arial" size="2">Not necessary. 90 days on arrival for most westerners. </font></p> <p><b><font color="#CC0066" size="2" face="Arial">>> When to go in </font></b><font face="Arial" size="2"><b><font color="#CC0066">Costa Rica </font></b></font><b><font color="#CC0066" size="2" face="Arial">?</font></b><font color="#3366FF" size="2" face="Arial"> </font><font face="Arial" size="2"><font color="#3366FF"> </font>During the low (or "green") season in April (after Eastern), May or November. June, September & October also possible but more rain. </font></p> <p align="left">  </p> <p align="center"> <b><font color="#000000" face="Arial" size="1"><a href="../welc/index.htm" target="_top">HOME</a> - Central America - Guatemala - Honduras - Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama</font></b> <h2 align="center"><font face="Arial"><b><font color="#993300">Passplanet : a backpacking travel guide to Costa Rica ! </font></b></font> </h2> </body>