Quick travel guide to Costa Rica
The one place where western tourists in Central America don't travel with fear, is probably Costa Rica. Some smart PR ('we don't have an army!'), some proper facilities (functioning long-distance buses for example) and some properly beautiful places (cliffhanger, you have to read on...) make this a favourite for tourists ...
Nicaragua and Costa Rica in pictures
Nicaragua and Costa Rica are so similar and still so different. Nicaragua has everything Costa Rica has and more, and cheaper, with less tourists. But the cause for that is of course political instability, whereas Costa Rica doesn't even have a military and is perfectly prepared for tourists and expats. ...