The introduction to the description of the Caribbean Coast of Costa Rica on the “Frommers” travel site describes it as being “a world apart from the rest of the country”, and seldom has a description been more apposite.
Made up of a unique series of natural inland waterways, the Caribbean Coast is world famous for its breathtakingly beautiful beaches (with gorgeous white sand and lined with coconut trees), pounding surf, exotic wildlife and prehistoric rain forest as maintained in the Tortuguero National Park, Cahuita National Park and the Barra del Colorado National Wildlife Refuge, in addition to a relaxed local atmosphere with a definite Jamaican influence, acquired because of the region’s remoteness from the rest of the country and the fact that many Jamaican workers were brought in to help build the rail road to the capital city of San Jose in the late 1800s…. read more
