Part of taking a vacation is being able to have some down time. No one ever believes it until they are with us: often with a week-long paddling trip, by the time dinner is over thoughts of bedtime are dancing through everyone´s heads. There are evenings where it can...
Costa Rica
Checklist for A Great Week of Kayaking in Costa Rica
For a great Costa Rica week, use the following checklist: Join a great group of paddlers with Endless River Adventures. Take our Dec 01 Costa Rica Whitewater Trip. Before most of the two groups had even landed in Costa Rica, they had already met, bonded, and made a...
Memories from Costa Rica Whitewater 2007: Nov 24th Trips
In order to post the photos from last week's amazing kayak trip here in Costa Rica, I had to pull myself away from several things today: counting toucans, paddling, and just plain being in Costa Rica! 1. Doing a toucan count. Okay, so this week has been bird paradise....
Kayaking the Pacuare of the Pejibaye, Costa Rica
So when you wake up after twelve hours of rain and know that you are not going to be on the Pacuare that day, there is no getting around the initial disappointment. And then hearing that you are going to repeat a river already done (what a spoiled group we are that...
Day of Kayaking on the Upper Upper Pacuare, Costa Rica
Signs of civilization today included: three butterflies that followed us down the river, two young lads that showed up at the put-in on their horse, and a small field planted near the river...and one group of kayakers--us! We headed to the Upper Upper Pacuare today to...
Photos from Costa Rica Whitewater 2007
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Giving “Thanks” for Kayaking in Costa Rica
Our list of things to give thanks to is long on this Thanksgiving: Thanks for: - the iguanas hanging out in the trees that posed for photos - the two sloths that we were able to watch play - Arenal Volcano coming out through the clouds for an incredible photo op -...
Surfing In Costa Rica Brings out the Kid in All of Us
Thanksgiving week is probably one of the highlights of our year. It is because the average age of our Costa Rica trips drops to teenage! We have two different trips going on this week: one being a family trip and the other our friends from the Baylor School (who are...
Costa Rica Whitewater 2007: Nov 10th Trip–and a good one it was!
If you want to one-up the whitewater park designers, think bigger: the opportunity to paddle entire rivers at varying water levels from one day to the next; and then think Costa Rica. Because in Costa Rica, in the past week we have paddled rivers from medium water...
A Few Seasoned Tips For Paddling in a Foreign Country
by eraJuliet Having worked as a kayak guide in Costa Rica, Ecuador and Chile, I have definitely been a part of "experiential education" in paddling in foreign countries-- both first-hand and second hand. Over the years I have watched the logistics of our own trips...
Excerpts from the Guides’ Scouting Week in Costa Rica
Monday night and we landed late into Costa Rica, victims as usual, of the hurry-up-and-wait plan. We reached the Sarapiqui by 2:00AM, and were soundly asleep by 3:00. Rain hit the roof all morning, and by the time breakfast rolled around, things were beginning to get...
11-08-07 News from the Field: Report from Brian and Craig on the Lower Reventazon
coming to you from eraBrian Paddled the Pascua Section of the Reventazon today at epic water. Guage at Angostura was reading 3+ meters and showing no sign of dropping. We put in on river right, just below El Mirador. Words and pictures could never capture the power of...
Should’ve Would’ve Could’ve Been in Costa Rica with ERA!
That phrase is for anyone back home who a)is weary of the drought and lack of paddling options and b)did not decide to come paddle with us in Costa Rica this year!! Because it is awesome to be back and there is definitely no drought here!! This week is our "scouting...
Look out Costa Rica-Here We Come!
by eraKen Day light savings time just fell back, leaves are falling off the trees and I had to start a fire in the stove to heat the house this morning. I'M HEADED SOUTH!! Yup, time to follow the birds south, winter is just around the corner. I haven't had to deal...
Toys for Tots
Note: Spending all day on the river does not leave so much time for mastering the finer points of technologyâ¦so learning how to post photos with our updates is still on the to-do list. This is one time the story falls short without the photos we have to accompany...
A Bit of Cultural Immersion for Kayakers
We have always tried to balance out the priority placed on quality paddling sought by our trip members with the opportunity of at least a bit of immersion into the local culture found in the country being visited. Both here in Ecuador and Costa Rica one of our...
Traditions Cross Over Cultures
It was strange to be departing Costa Rica this morning to catch a flight to Ecuador. We have a schedule that is pretty much the opposite of 90% of the tourists that travel to Costa Rica: we arrive at the tail end of the rainy season, and leave when the rain stops and...
Santa Claus Does Chanel, Clinic, Lancome and School Supplies!
Santa’s elves worked hard this summer collecting the best that Clinic, Lancome and Chanel had to offer any time they offered free gifts (with a purchase of course!!). And after collecting samples all summer, it was time to bring everything down to Costa Rica and...
The Week Everything Was Difficult
So call it a difficult decision to leave the hot tubs Thursday night to make it in time for a delicious dinner. But not as difficult as leaving the Sarapiqui that afternoonâwhen there was still a chance at seeing another toucan flying overhead. Then there was...
A PotPourri of Trip!
Summing up the past great week of boating here in Costa Rica: a âlittle bit of everythingâ? would be about right. We had surfing at the beach, we had post rain big water paddling followed by pristine green water play days. Our two groups consisted of as many...