Title: Spotlight City Sundays: Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica Type: News Article Date: 2008-06-15 Author: Jessice Warnock, Study Abroad Examiner 
|  As an ode to traveling and discovery, two of the most thrilling facets of study abroad, this week I am rolling out a new segment revealing some of the remarkable cities I have visited during my travels. These are some of the sights I may not have had the opportunity to see had it not been for these two wonderful study abroad semesters that are tragically nearing end.
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Title: Day 55: Bye bye Puerto Viejo Type: Blog Date: 2008-06-06 Author: Priya Ramani 
|  Puerto Viejo was relaxing as can be. We´re happy we discarded our original plan of zipping through the entire country and settled down in this little town on the Caribbean or Talamanca coast.
Though we spent a LOT of time doing nothing, we were also more adventurous than we´ve been in a long time -- snorkelling, a canopy ride, horse riding, long walks on the beach, a day at highly-rated beach Punta Uva, swimming in the sea. And don´t forget, we got to our hotel Banana Azul by rafting down the river Pacuare. We hopped on two local buses, but mostly utilized the efficient if ramshackle taxi service. The taxis came with blaring but foot-tapping music, reggae or salsa, or the new craze, salsa-reggae.
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Title: The stormy side of the caribbean Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-05-12 Author: spaced06
|  I went to a beach that's about 3h by car from where I live, it's called Puerto Viejo (I live in Costa Rica) the weather wasn't good for swimming, so I took my pipe, a couple of buds, my camera and went on a picture spree. This is my favourite place in the world, so I thought I'd share it.
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Title: Zentraveler treks to Cahuita, Costa Rica on the Atlantic Coast! Type: Blog Date: 2008-05-08 Author: zentraveler
| Throttling down through the clouds with the thunder crackling overhead and sharp lightning just off our wings, the pilot had just enough vision to touch down at the San Jose airport. Pitch dark night, with heavy rain blowing in sheets, we felt rather lucky to be alive—as we scrambled under a heavy downpour to the airport. This was my first flight on the Spanish owned Iberian airlines and I highly recommend their professionalism and outstanding service. I will definitely book their airlines again.
After a crazy taxi ride to San Jose– I settled in at the Johnson Hotel for the night. The following morning I took the first class bus to Cahuita which takes about three and one-half hours. Taking the bus is an excellent way to view the countryside and take in the sights as you cruise through the mountains and reach the fertile green valleys.
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Title: Walkabout: Manzanillo Refuge Type: Blog Date: 2008-05-08 Author: Ranger Beethoven 
|  I've visited Puerto Viejo several times in the past couple of years. It's not the end of the road, but you can see it from there, but I've never gone down that road. In case it works out that I don't stay in Costa Rica there are a few places I want to visit. Manzanillo Refuge is one of those places. Manzanillo Refuge is in fact also, the end of the road. Before beginning my trip to Manzanillo I tried to find a place to stay there, and to set up a tour. The ONLY place I could find on the Internet was full and I was never able to get any information about tours. I wound up making a reservation to stay at my favorite hotel in Puerto Viejo, Los Suenos, and hoped to set up a tour when I got there.
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Title: My Three Weeks as a Costa Rican: Puerto Viejo Part I Type: Blog Date: 2008-05-04 Author: Courtney
|  Puerto Viejo has officially made Alajuela look lame. I didn’t think that was possible.
We rented a bus for the weekend to take us to Puerto Viejo. It was a five and a half hour ride there, all of us on a big old bus riding through Costa Rica. The driver was blasting Spanish music and the scenery was absolutely amazing, I didn’t need my iPod once. The towns are just so different from what I’m used to, all the colorful shops and signs and the fenced-in houses. We drove through the mountains on a tiny two-lane road where cars were whipping past us at maybe 50 mph while we were on the edges of cliffs.
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Title: A Little Strip of Coast Under Coconut Sky Type: Blog Date: 2008-04-12 Author: Lila 
|  Remember that guy on the bus, the one that wouldn't stop talking? Not Ron Hart, but his marathon-of-talk companion. One of the things he told us is that Costa Ricans don't like the Caribbean coast of the country, no, not really, not much at all.
Of course, the people I know and met who actually live in Costa Rica seem to feel differently. As do I.
There's a little road, some paved, some not, lots of potholes, slow going that winds its way along Playa Negra. I haven't been able to find it on any maps we have, but it's there. We've followed it from Cahuita to Puerto Viejo to Punto Cocles and Punta Uva to Manzanillo.
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Title: Costa Rica 2008: Puerto Viejo & Manuel Antonio Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-04-08 Author: DougDo 
|  A brief selection of photos from trip to Puerto Viejo and Manuel Antonio--interesting pic of Puerto Viejo from the air captured on flight from Bocas del Toro to San Jose, lots of pics from Sloth Rescue Centre north of Cahuita and some other various shots.
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Title: Craig Drives South: Puerto Viejo Type: Blog Date: 2008-04-08 Author: Craig
|  Just at the end of the road on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica is the tiny conglomerate of towns summarized by Puerto Viejo. It’s the last few stops before the Panama border which is maybe 20 miles away.
This town is seriously so Slow paced that if there is someone in front of you at the store with more than 5 items.. its better just to come back later, you can wait but it is generally between 5-10 minutes to complete the transaction.
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Title: Banana Azul Type: Blog Date: 2008-04-03 Author: Amy
|  Sean & I just got back from our spring break trip to Costa Rica! We went to Puerto Viejo, and stayed in a beautiful hotel called Banana Azul. Before I left, I was telling my mom about the hotel, and the Canadian guy Colin who runs it. She said, "Oh, is Colin your friend or Sean's friend?" And I said, "Neither. I just read his blog."
Wouldn't that be funny if we could speak hyperlink? Anyway, the hotel was just as amazing as I'd dreamed!! It's funny how having high expectations can be really good or really bad.
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Title: Costa Rica Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-03-17 Author: Genevieve
|  Most of these pix are from Puerto Viejo (although the first few are San Jose). Colin and Roberto were marvelous hosts (owners of Banana Azul and Casa Sol y Arena). They gave us great tips and were warm and welcoming. Thanks for opening your home to us! Other highlights were the sloth refuge and the canopy tour. The black and green dart frog in our yard was the crowning jewel. I loved the beach dogs, the friendly folks (both native and other travelers), and the whole atmosphere of Pura Vida...Next trip I hope to spend more time with Nanci and Barry at El Puente...what great work they do!! Thanks to all and sundry for a perfect week!!
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Title: Puerto Viejo Restaurant Reviews Type: Blog Date: 2008-03-14 Author: Tripadvisor 
| Review of various Puerto Viejo restaurants by a Tripadvisor member and comments from other members.
just returned from a month in the area of Puerto Viejo to Manzanillo de Talamanca; the road is still pothole-city but there are so many beautiful beaches and excellent restaurants that it's worth the dust and bumping to get to them. In Puerto Viejo, Coco Cielo, is where you want to go for a special occasion. It is a 2nd floor, stylish place often offering live music after dinner. The food was superb.
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Title: Costa Rica Journal: Surfing Lesson with Beto Type: Blog Date: 2008-03-01 Author: Ted Hopton 
|  “Nah, I’m not going to do a surfing lesson. I don’t have that kind of balance.” That was the negative attitude I began with, based on my experience trying to balance on skateboards in the past. They always flew out from under me. Something about that side-to-side balancing on wheels just does not come easily to me.
Andrew, who has surfed before, insisted I would be able to do it. Tina was psyched to try it, and so was Mike. Finally, I decided to take a chance and try it, why not? So what if I fell in the water a lot. Plus, even though I wanted to go on the Medicine Hike and learn about all the plants that have medicinal uses, my feet really really really did not want to do any more hiking any time soon.
When we got to Puerto Viejo we had determined the best day and time to do the surfing lesson would be the next morning, but we had nothing set up in advance. No problem, Dawn knew just who to call, and she set up our lesson with Beto, the local surfing guru from Uruguay with dreadlocks and a completely laid-back vibe. After a brief description of what the lesson included, Mark was in, too, so there were five of us.
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Title: Costa Rica Journal: Ted’s Trip Photos Type: Blog Date: 2008-02-28 Author: Ted Hopton
|  I’m sure I’ll do more with my hundreds of photos from my trip (and there were entire days when I did not take any, so there could have been far more). But just to get started, I’ll post the links to them here. I’ve divided them into several albums and some are small and some are not — I’m hoping to eventually supplement them with photos my friends took on the trip.
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Title: Memories of Costa Rica Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-02-25 Author: Harlon 
|  From my 2008 trip to Costa Rica: photos from San Jose, Manuel Antonio, Arenal, Puerto Viejo, Manzanillo. Included Aviaros del Caribe Sloth Rescue Center and the Manzanillo Fun Tour Jungle Hike!
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Title: Legalize Open Pro 2008 Type: Video Date: 2008-02-23 Author: khalilcm1512
| New video from the Legalize Open Pro '08. Some great surf and skate footage from the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica. Showing the world that Puerto Viejo and Manzanillo offers world class surf and a crazy good time!!! |
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Title: Where Everyone is Free to Roam Type: Blog Date: 2008-02-19 Author: Common Courtesy
|  Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica.
Where everyone gets to enjoy the beach, even giant pigs.
Click the picture to see the video.
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Title: Puerto Viejo Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-02-09 Author: David
|  Photos from Puerto Viejo trip. some great pics of the gorgeous light on the beach!
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Title: Pics from our stay at Banana Azul in Puerto Viejo Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-01-23 Author: Jill
|  Pics from around Puerto Viejo including Banana Azul, Cahuita National Park, Bread and Chocolate (Best food EVER!), Rockin J's plus frogs, monkeys, noni fruit, weevils, beetles and Forest, the cutest kitty ever!
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Title: Charging the soul; Costa Rica Type: Blog Date: 2008-01-19 Author: Kevin Everett
|  I had some memorable workouts while down in Costa Rica all of which charged my soul with sensations of fulfillment and purpose.
The first run came several days after we arrived and I was getting antsy to do some training/exploring. We were in Puerto Viejo and the gang leisurely biked on our cruisers about an hour south towards Manzinillo. We decided to cool off and play at the playa (beach) Cocles. Feeling energized, I stripped down to just my bathing suit and headed off on a bare-footed run. We were not far from the Panama boarder, so I thought I would head that direction, south along the Caribbean coastline. My senses were elevated...
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Title: Puerto Viejo and Goodbye Central America Type: Blog Date: 2008-01-16 Author: Will's Adventure 
|  I took the bus north with my buddy Ryan from Bocas del Toro, Panama back across the border to Puerto Viejo on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast. We left on January 8th giving us roughly a week before my flight to Chile out of San Jose on the 14th. Ryan and I stayed at the Cabinas Tesoros right on Cocles Beach where we scored our own private dorm room for just 9 bucks a night. It was a sweet set up because it was only a 2 minute walk to the beach break which we planned to be surfing every day. We got good surf for our first two days in Puerto Viejo but as the waves died out the partying, live music, and late night reggae bar scene quickly moved in to take its place.
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Title: Puerto Viejo Eating and Drinking Type: Photo Album Date: 2008-01-04 Author: DougDo
|  Pictures of some of the restaurants and meals to be had around town in Puerto Viejo! If you've dined at any of these restaurants, leave your review under the photo. Or if you have photos and reviews of any of the restaurants not pictured, please email them to info@puertoviejosatellite.com. Thanks to Sean Clare for the vast majority of the pics!
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Title: World Surf Travel Blog - Puerto Viejo Type: Blog Date: 2007-12-27 Author: 1BigTrip 
|  With my surf coaching job about to begin in Panama we had to quickly head south. Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua all flew past and next thing we knew we were in Costa Rica. The views from the bus were amazing at times and we both felt like we have to go back up to El Salvador, the countryside looked beautiful and everyone keeps telling us how good the waves are there. With 1 week up our sleeve we decided to reaclimatize to sea level at Puerto Viejo on Costa Rica's Caribbean side. The Jungle was all around and high above and it rained and rained! We found a little place run by an Italian dude, the place had an awesome treehouse, humming birds were everywhere and there was free espresso all day long.
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Title: Puerto Viejo Portfolio Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-12-20 Author: Roy Kaltschmidt 
|  A vibrantly colourful portfolio of images from photographer Roy Kaltschmidt from his visit to Puerto Viejo.
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Title: Zipping through the Caribbean Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-12-19 Author: Janne 
|  Photos from a Swedish families vacation to Puerto Viejo. Lots of great photos from their canopy tour, zooming down the ziplines and boogie boarding around various beaches.
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Title: Pure luxury in a Caribbean jungle Type: News Article Date: 2007-12-16 Author: Mara Vorhees, Lonely Planet 
|  I had spent the day lounging on the black-sand beach and biking through the monkey-infested rain forest. When I pedaled up to the Pure Jungle Spa, I was salty, sandy and sweaty. My host, Denise, did not bat an eye.
The spa itself -- just south of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast -- is set in an open-air, thatch-roof hut, lit by lanterns and surrounded by rain forest. Denise ushered me into a Bedrock-style shower with an open window offering a jungle view. I half expected to turn on the water by tugging on an elephant's trunk.
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Title: Sloths on the Loose Type: Blog Date: 2007-11-20 Author: Mlc 
|  PV de Talamanca is a tiny village on the south west of Costa Rica. It is famous for its surfing, boasting the best left break in Costa Rica, and, perhaps consequently, has a hippy feeling and lots of dope. We stayed at a place called Pura Vida, which has a pet dog and three cats, one of which drinks from the tap. We had the luxury of two full days here, which is nice because there was quite a lot to do, from tours to the nearby forest, visiting the sloth rehab centre, kayaking etc.
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Title: Sean's quick and dirty PV and nearby area restaurant roundup Type: Blog Date: 2007-11-12 Author: sean94110 
|  Sean and Kat are regular visitors to Puerto Viejo and love to eat out. They've tried just about every restaurant, bar and café in town and have posted reviews of many of them here along with many photos of the yummy food just before consumption!
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Title: Photos from Travbuddy Members Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-10-30 Author: Travbuddy 
|  Photos from around the Puerto Viejo area from Travbuddy members.
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Title: Costa Rica 2007 Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-10-29 Author: sean94110
|  Pics from SeanF's latest trip to Costa Rica. You Feelin' You Know! Lots of pics of local businesses.
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Title: The Caribbean Comes Through Type: Blog Date: 2007-10-27 Author: James Pick 
|  As I mentioned before I traveled down to Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean side of Costa Rica on Friday morning with 3 other students from school. We made a good team and got along really well, a lot of drinking and laughing helped of course.The Caribbean side has some major differences to the rest of the country. For starters the weather was fantastic as a welcome change. Secondly the people and culture is straight Rasta as they are descended from Jamaica. As such it's all about being laid-back, bumping reggae and smoking skunk. Nice. We hit the beach with avengence...
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Title: Puerto Viejo, my first weekend trip out of San Jose Type: Blog Date: 2007-10-07 Author: Celeste 
|  This weekend was my first trip out of San Jo, one of my many mini vacays during my time here in CR. It was awesome...and I didn't want to leave! Look how beautiful it is there. So don't be surprised if you find me living there some day. We went to the CUTEST beach town on the Caribbean coast of the region of Limon, called Puerto Viejo, where it was so humid and hot that there was no point in me ever showering. So I didn't really. haha. But neither did anyone else, so it's all good! The bus ride there was about 4 hours long, which wasn't too too bad, since I slept for most it, but about halfway through it, you could tell how dramatically different the temperature was from San Jo.
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Title: Surfer Girls Puerto Viejo Type: Video Date: 2007-09-29 Author: khalilcm1512
| Bret Hush hanging out in Paradise!!! |
Title: Costa Rica Surfing Puerto Viejo Type: Video Date: 2007-09-21 Author: PlayaEsterillos
| Contest Footage from The CNS set to a reggae beat |
Title: Pictures from Molly Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-09-13 Author: Molly & Ryan
|  Visit to Puerto Viejo. Pictures from: Banana Azul, Punta Uva, Butterfly Farm, Pure Jungle Spa, Manzanillo, Chocolate Factory, Horseback Riding, ATV Tour, Cahuita National Park and then Casa 69 San Jose
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Title: HGTV presents the Costa Rica Treehouse Type: Video Date: 2007-09-10 Author: 33studios
| HGTV's Extreme House show goes on location to the Costa Rica Tree House Lodge in the Gandoca-Manzanillo Refuge south of Puerto Viejo. |
Title: Sabor y mas... Type: Video Date: 2007-09-10 Author: whapin
| Una conjunción musical única. Tio y sobrino. Ambos, músicos con extensas carreras internacionales, catapultando una música ampliamente conocida. Ellos son: Sabor y más... desde Puerto Viejo, Talamanca. Quijongo en Mano y banjo en posición.
A unique musical combination: uncle and nephew, both musicians with extensive international musical careers. They are "Sabor y Mas" from Puerto Viejo de Talamanca, Costa Rica. |
Title: Costa Rica Diving 07 Type: Video Date: 2007-09-09 Author: thailand06
| A quick edit of some video clips i took whilst diving in Costa Rica in August 2007
Diving In Puerto Viejo, Cano Island, Playa Cocos |
Title: The Coast of Utopia Type: News Article Date: 2007-09-01 Author: Alison Humes, Conde Nast Traveler
|  The Sept 2007 issue of Conde Nast Traveler includes a feature article on the Caribbean Coast of Central America. Puerto Viejo is one of the places featured.
Slow down. Reset your body clock. It's how things used to be in the Caribbean. Alison Humes explores a world of villages, islands, and hideaways that are still under the radar—the barefoot life at its best.
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Title: Beat a path to off-the-beaten-path Costa Rica Type: News Article Date: 2007-08-26 Author: Foster Church
| From The Oregonian
The author travels to Cahuita and Puerto Viejo and falls in love with the Caribbean food.
It was deja vu in Miss Edith's, an open air cafe in Cahuita, a little town on Costa Rica's southern Caribbean coast. I was eating a dish of fish fillet, probably sea bass, fried in coconut oil and smothered in sauteed peanuts -- rich, delicious and very familiar. I had eaten this somewhere. It came to me then. It was at Galatoire's, the legendary Creole restaurant in New Orleans. Only there the dish was pompano, sauteed in butter and topped with slivered almonds -- essentially the same Creole dish, with local ingredients substituted. And I doubt that the cook had been to Galatoire's. I was in a languid village where the streets are dirt and buildings daubed in bright Caribbean hues look like they could be bulldozed in an afternoon and reclaimed by the jungle by the next morning.
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Title: Vacaciones en banana Type: Blog Date: 2007-08-25 Author: Sardina Albina 
|  Blogger Sardina Albina reviews Hotel Banana Azul (in Spanish)
Sardina Albina, crítica de restaurantes y bares, abre su nueva sección: Crítica de hoteles y bed-and-breakfasts. Para estrenar este tema, qué mejor que una Banana Azul? Bueno, imagino que una Pera Púrpura o un Noni Naranja sería algo de ver también.
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Title: Obras, No Palabras Type: Blog Date: 2007-08-14 Author: Saratica - A Broad in Costa Rica 
|  "Works, Not Words." On the last jungle weekend of Camp Jungle2Jersey, the boys and I visited Barry and Nanci at The Bridge located a hair to the north of Puerto Viejo. I will try to write about The Bridge and our day there without using the words incredible, amazing, inspiring, beautiful, moving, overwhelming, unbelievable, but it will be awesomely difficult to do. Interject these words at will while reading... it won't be too much.
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Title: Puerto Viejo / Playa Cocles Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-08-05 Author: Eric Haller 
|  Some gorgeous photos from around Puerto Viejo: main street, cocles, punta uva, manzanillo. Lots of photos from various hangouts in the area.
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Title: Costa Rica Surf Trip Type: Video Date: 2007-08-01 Author: Warren Burton
| Hi. My name is Warren Burton and I recently went to Costa Rica and got some fun waves. Here is my edited video with music. Enjoy. It's a beautiful place. |
Title: Friends go to Costa Rica part 1 Type: Video Date: 2007-07-20 Author: Jeeperman 
| Friends go to Costa Rica, spend some time in Puerto Viejo. Includes some great diving/scuba video and a cool soundtrack. |
Title: Friends go to Costa Rica part 2 Type: Video Date: 2007-07-20 Author: Jeeperman
| More from friends go to Costa Rica. They explore Manzanillo and take a zipline tour |
Title: Steamboat SK8 Church group helps build ramp in Costa Rica Type: News Article Date: 2007-07-14 Author: DougDo
|  From Steamboat Springs Colorado's Steamboat Pilot and Today
Everything about Buck and Tara Chavarria’s Christ for Life SL8 Church is unique, so when the couple decided to take a group of nine SK8 Church members on a mission trip to Costa Rica in June, they didn’t want to saddle the group with the typical paintbrush and nail gun to build another church in the jungle. Instead the Chavarrias, two other adult leaders and the nine skaters flew to San Jose, Costa Rica, rode a bus for four hours to reach Puerto Viejo, a small town on the Caribbean coast, and began working on the Concrete Jungle, a skatepark that was built to draw troubled Costa Rican youths.
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Title: Volunteer Programs Offer Enriching Way to Experience Southern Caribbean Type: News Article Date: 2007-07-13 Author: Ann Antkiw, Tico Times
|  Volunteering can be a life-enriching experience whatever age you are. Immersing yourself in another culture while sharing your time, expertise and love with those less fortunate can be the adventure of a lifetime. A recent visit with Tropical Adventures, based in the southern Caribbean beach community of Puerto Viejo, was a fascinating and eye-opening experience.
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Title: Photos from around Pachamama at Punta Uva Type: Photo Album Date: 2007-07-10 Author: Bill & Cathy
|  Photos from the Pachamama property, Punta Uva, and the Gandoca-Manzanillo Refuge.
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Title: More Caribbean chilling Type: Blog Date: 2007-07-10 Author: Francie & Sam 
|  As we have been unofficially commisioned to investigate and report on Costa Rican beaches, we thought it only proper that we should make one final stop in Puerto Viejo before hightailing it over the border to Panama.
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