Words & Tricks

Travel to the Yucatan, Belize or Costa Rica

If you’ve been debating a trip to the tropics this Winter, I can offer some advice about countries that I’ve visited. Mexico (specifically the Yucatan Peninsula), Belize, and Costa Rica.

I hope these articles are helpful to you in choosing your destination. It’s by no means an exhaustive list of what I learned during my trips. So, please, ask questions in the comments section, or send me an email at chris [at] chrispommier.com, and I’ll answer your questions as quickly and thoroughly as I can.

Where to?
How to choose a tropical destination

• Three Things I learned in Belize, plus One
• 4 differences between Belize and Costa Rica

What to visit while you’re there.
Example Itineraries

• You Better Belize It!
• Belize Itinerary, with Pictures
• Our Costa Rica itinerary and some highlights from our trip

Nearby Belize: Cancun, and Cozumel
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico

• Cancun International Airport to Playa del Carmen
• Playa del Carmen and Cozumel

A view from the tropics:
Pictures and photos!

Costa Rica, 2008
585 photos

Rainforest
277 photos

Reef
39 photos

Ruins
97 photos

Further Reading on Words & Tricks

• Belize Itinerary, with Pictures (6)
• You Better Belize It! (1)
• 4 differences between Belize and Costa Rica (4)
• Playa del Carmen and Cozumel (3)
• Cancun International Airport to Playa del Carmen (1)

Tags: Belize, belize pictures, Cancun, cancun airport, cancun international, Carmen, Costa Rica, Cozumel, international, Itineraries, itinerary, Mexico, photos, pics, reef, trip, tropical, tropics, yucatan peninsula mexico cancun

A whole year? And, upcoming ….

So, it’s been an entire year since I last posted to my old blog. I’ve since moved the whole mess to WordPress, which took me weeks to learn and tweak and set up. Finally, here it is.

Oh yeah, and I’ve gone to Costa Rica. I’ll be posting some of what I learned traveling there for 11 days.

Our itinerary

From the San Jose airport my partner and I bussed to El Castillo located near the southeast shore of Lake Arenal, where we stayed at the Hummingbird’s Nest. The nest night we stayed at the Arenal Observatory Lodge as close to the volcano as you can safely get. Then, Monteverde and Santa Elena, back to San Jose, and finally Hotel Plinio in Manuel Antonio, one of the most gorgeous places you can visit in Costa Rica. If you need any advice on those areas, leave a comment below, or email me at chris [at] chrispommier.com.

Some highlights from my trip: More »

Further Reading on Words & Tricks

• Travel to the Yucatan, Belize or Costa Rica (0)
• Talking Trackbacks (0)
• New Blog on Orchid Culture, Pictures, Tips and Tricks (4)
• 8 random things about me - A meme (5)
• 4 differences between Belize and Costa Rica (4)

Tags: Arenal, blogging, Costa Rica, hiking, hotels, jungle, Manuel Antonio, monkeys, Monteverde, parents, San Jose, swimming, tropical, valcano