““I got a map of the world, put a line through the cold places and all the places where there was a war going on, and ended up here.”
— Ru Hill

 

We think that's how a lot of people ended up in Costa Rica over the last few decades.

The country, with no standing army, is by far the most established tourist destination in a part of the world where coups, civil war and government oppression were the rule, rather than the exception.

With coastlines on the Pacific and the Caribbean, Costa Rica is perennially popular with foreign travellers - so much so that many have decided to relocate permanently. Whilst this means that they are easy places to travel with limited Spanish, it's also pushed the prices up somewhat.

so, you're thinking of going to costa rica?

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Colour // A few scenes from San Juan, one of the small towns found on the shores of Lake Atitlán, Guatemala. #theconstantlycurious #lakeatitlan #guatemala
Plazhi // Any of you planning to visit Albania this summer? We only published three guides after our road trip there last year, so we’re busy writing a few more this month to get you sorted. Anywhere in particular you’d like us to focus
Alausi // Just a man on his horse in the middle of the Ecuadorian countryside. This photo has been sitting in our ‘to be posted’ folder for bloody ages but we couldn’t decide if it was good enough to share. But then we decided tha
Terme // A late afternoon in Puglia. #theconstantlycurious #Puglia
Xela // A place of two names, Quetzaltenango can at times feel like it’s from another era. A time when men shined their shoes, starched their collars, and streets were lined by tailors, seamstresses, and shops selling statues of Jesus and Mary

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