SEARCHING FOR COSTA RICA | A Beach Adventure
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- An ultimate day of exploring on the beautiful Nicoya Peninsula of Costa Rica, in which I visited six different beaches in twenty-four hours. The beaches were Penca, Ocotal, Brasilito, Flamingo, Potrero and Tamarindo.
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Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!
10:14 hey thanks so much for the shout out Gabe!! You're really cramming in the full Costa Rican experience. (Though sometimes that experience can involve driving through rivers) 😂🤙
Cool man, no problema. I feel like I just scratched the surface for now but got a good taste of it. Tons more to see the next time.
My favorite beach in Guanacaste is Playa Carrillo near Samara
It's an inspiration to see you continuing to do your thing during the pandemic. You remind me that "Excessive caution destroys the soul and the heart because living is an act of courage and an act of courage is always an act of love." -Paul Coelho.
For all gringos that have a trip to Costa Rica, we recommend to use Waze instead of Google maps, and rent a 4x4 to explore hidden beaches
Waze is way better
Maps.me is better still! Fantastic for footpaths too, and no phone signal needed.
Great tips I shall remember that as we are due to visit
Loving these Costa Rica video's👍😁😁😁
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Costa rica is absolutely beautiful dude! Great video man
Nice traveler👍
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I just come up from working in my basement on a lunch break and see you are on a beach in Costa Rica ! Wow now I feel like .... total crap :)
Good to see someone is living it up!
This beach is just to my taste. Tropical forest all around, many beach bars made of wood and reeds, totally relaxed. Soccer on the beach at sunset - directly into my heart! Wonderful video, thanks for posting!
I strongly recommend renting SUVs for the awful roads in CR. It is also not rare to find shortcuts across rivers or creeks. Also, note that in most public spots you will find the famous "wachimanes" (for watchmen) who are unofficial guards that will charge you a 'voluntary' amount of cash for taking care of your car. Usually, 500 to 1000 colones would be fine but some even go as far as defining higher amounts "that you must pay them".
Finally here's a list of beaches around that area I recommend: Danta, Dantica, Conchal, Carrillo, Barrigona, Nosara, San Juanillo…
the pause editing to show the people you passed was nice.
Thanks for visiting CR, hopefully next time you can visit the caribean side, it is beautiful and it is multicultural with amazing beaches.
You visited one of the most expensive areas in Costa Rica and it was on the high season. We have to be clear Costa Rica is one of the most expensive countries in Latin America but if you come in low season you can find price really much better than those ones. The Caribbean zone is really beautiful and much more affordable.
Expensive cuz it’s overrun by Americans and Canadians. No way in hell I pay $85 per day for a Toyota corola during pandemic
A good summary or overview of the Pacific beaches in Costa Rica. That last beach looked like a very nice beach.
Tamarindo my home town!
this country is super expencive :)
It is completely overhyped and it is not worth it. Speaking from the point of view of a scuba diver I can tell you it is an absolute and complete rip off..worst and most expensive scuba diving ever. Speaking from the point of view of an average tourist I think you can see all of that for a fraction of the cost in many of the other Central American countries. The people in Costa Rica apparently think they have invented a cure for Ebola or something, they think they can charge you absurd amounts of money for average landscapes and generally worse than average accomodation. Keep Costa Rica, for the same amount of money or even less I can go to the Maldives or Bali.
@@mononoko111 100% true :)
When you are traveller you can escape cold, furious winter diving right into summer vibes and back ❄️🌞✌️😋
Exactly. :)
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Brilliant Gabriel, I really enjoyed the 24 hours with you in that vid, really looking forward to the next series, stay safe my friend. 🙏👍
Thank you good experience
thank you again for your video the scene is so differente from here !! if you go to Colombia hit for Palomino !!
Awesome a glimpse of Katmandu, back to sleepy Costa Rica.
Making me want to take a dip in the ocean 🌊
Hi Gabriel, Costa Rica definitely has a lot to offer and appears to be still developing. The coastal beaches soon to be converting to resorts in the first few areas that you venture out to. The near future looks bright for Costa Rica a thriving tourist destination with many other possibilities for other business developments like real estate, hotel, and related business services.
If you are not afraid of rain, you can visit costa rica in low season, everything is cheap in rainy season, hotels go for as low as $10, and beaches are totally empty.
Because its a peak season thats why 😊
This brought back memories! I've been to Coco and Tamarindo, and stayed a week once in Ocotol. All cool in very different ways. Tamarindo is a big party town and quite expensive - lots of surfers and college kids. Coco seemed more a locals favourite. Ocotol is quiet - great beach bar-restaurant.
The food looks amazing! Safe travels Gabriel!
Amazing?
Got to rent a 4x4 in Costa Rica playa Tamarindo is a cool place to go to. $85 a day wow that’s expensive!!! I drove the whole country of Costa Rica with no yahoo maps it’s one of my best experiences of my life. Man it was a lot cheaper then the trip your taking. Love the video!!!
Some of the tourist prices are insane, especially the hotel prices. Costa Rica gives the expression of a tourist trap.
because it is one.
Those are the prices of the worst part of the year, all the affluent families from all countries go there, so prices skyrocket.
Hi. Gabriel wonderful Land.. Stay safe 🍀
Gab great video. I travel a lot myself but mainly in the states, have you ever thought about just sleeping in your car I think in many instances you could come out way more cheaper just getting some sleeping materials, finding a safe place to park and camping out. It will save you a lot more money. Just my opinion.
Gabriel, you must install to your phone the maps.me app. It’s free, you download the map for whatever country you are visiting when on WiFi, and then you don’t need phone signal or internet or anything, just for it to see the GPS satellite which is free. I use it everywhere. It’s amazing, it has sat nav too, but it also is great for foot pathways that are not on Google Maps.
Interesting country, but like you say a little expensive. Your videos give me a good idea of Costa Rica.
The beaches remind me so much of NZ - of course both Pacific and lots of black/volcanic sand as well as the vegetation. Enjoy
Same! Not a kiwi but I’ve traveled all around NZ and could instantly spot the similarities
A few tips/info about CR if anyone wants to visit:
-If you're going to the Pacific coast, it's better to rent a 4x4. Roads are really bad or you have to cross rivers like the one in the video. I think it's needless to say that you should prepare well beforehand, compare prices and never leave car renting/bookings for last minute, costs will be higher.
-Beaches zones are more expensive of course, it doesn't mean that everywhere will be the same. This is a touristic area.
-Beaches look "dirty" for many reasons, could be because the sand is dark, it could've been raining, etc. It's not like all beaches are 10/10, and he visited some that are not nice tbh. There are many more so don't judge on what you see on a single video.
-Again with booking. What he paid for new year? (I think) He arrived at the place and just took the first offer that came his way the same day. Always look in advance, book in advance!
I'll add something if I remember any other thing that might seem important. I'm glad this guy enjoys adventure and understands that traveling is about new experiences, new cultures, to open your mind and see that there's variety in the world, and that it isn't bad just because you're not used to. Respect the countries/cultures where you go fellow travelers.
Hey Gabe, I think it would be interesting to hear a comparison between Costa Rica and Hawaii now that you have a lot of time in both places. Which one has the more stunning mountains/peaks? How would you compare the rainforests/beaches? The infrastructure? Interestingly enough, Jurassic Park scenes were filmed in both countries. Cheers!
If I'm not mistaken, no films were ever filmed here, just in Hawaii but the movies are set in Costa Rica
You sure about that? As far as i know none of the films were shot in costa rica. They did consider it at the beginning but due to concerns regarding infrastracfure and perhaps other issues they decided against it and steven the director felt more comfortable filming in hawaii as he had worked there before and knew the place. Of course the story has nothing to do with hawaii and took place on those costa rican islands but the actual filming was done in hawaii.
The snapshots have become a great feature of your videos.
Cool.
Gabriel, Thank you for sharing your trip to Costa Rica !
No problem, thanks for watching.
Keep the adventure going mate. Always keen to watch when your new video pops up.
Nice to see people enjoying a normal life with no masks!
Tamarindo beach is sweet !!
Epic videos from Costa Rica Gabriel! Looking forward to the next destination and adventures. Stay safe. 👍🏻😎🇨🇦
Ty I enjoyed your trip to Costa Rica 🇨🇷!
This adventure really makes me want to go to costa rica.l have a friend that lives down there
I'd give Costa Rica 4 out of 10 from what I've seen in your videos. 3 is for the frogs, butterflies and rain forest. Another 2 for the thermal spring hotel. Minus 1 for the prices.
Next time try to book few months ago! hope you come back soon, nice videos!! pura vida!!
That doesn't work into my way of traveling at all. I usually book flights just a few days in advance. I don't know where I'll be in a week. Pura vida!
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Thanks for these Costa Rican videos Gabriel. It indeed looks surprisingly expensive. The nature though is nice however beaches to me look more attractive in eastern mexico. Have you considered booking a studio apartment for a month? Monthly rentals seem to be cheaper. A lot of digital nomads or remote workers book one place for an extened period of time. And its convenient to have that as a base for work and living while exploring the place without having to pack and move every few days. They also may come with a kitchen where its possible to cook something which may be useful in a country where its expensive to eat outside.
Love it Gabriel! That fish looked so good, and the garlic bread perfectly cooked!!
Hi I was thinking, it would be a little different, maybe show the time line (local time) thru out the day as you beech hop?
Really enjoy your videos. Not sure why but they just seem like they are getting better and better. Keep up the good work. Thank you.
Excellent, great to hear.
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This video makes me realise how good we have it here in Australia. I live in a big city but I can cycle down to my local beach in 15 minutes. The beach is kilometres long, wide with soft, white clean and unpolluted sand and has very few people on it except on exceptionally hot days at the height of the summer holidays. In all these supposedly exotic locations the beaches are crap in comparison.
Looking at your video on the 15 of January but anyway, happy new year to you Gabriel. You should try a GPS offline app for the maps. like CoPilot app.
Why don’t you use Offline Google maps when you don’t have cell reception? You will need a couple of 100mb of memory on your phone
This is life!
Pura vida.
Great! Thanks for sharing!
so lovely dear friend 🧡🧡
greetings from austria
Awesome video and editing Gabriel delicious food too!
Oh wow love the beach & COSTA RICA. well descriptive vlog.
Thank you! Very nice
Happy new year Gabriel, I wish you to discover every inch of planet Earth and not only...
24:12 I’m a plumber from Canada and I’ve done a bit of travelling. Seeing things like electric shower heads in other countries is crazy.😬😂
What could go wrong?!
@@GabrielTravelerVideos honestly...probably nothing. But seeing electrical wires going from the wall to the shower head. As a person that knows code, and why things are built a certain way .... this looks like zap zap.
That being said, I've used those showers....uncomfortably lol.
@@GabrielTravelerVideos I just utubed......electric shower head.....first thing that came up is "suicide shower" 😂😂😂😂
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Funny how Costa Rica is so expensive now, when it was so cheap before. Prices did not seem to stop in the middle range. They might be overcharging now.
For a 3rd world country it is more expensive for necessities than Canada where I live. Won't be retiring there needless to say.
@@markm.3297 Wise Decision! Trust me when I say that we are not going to miss you at all.....
It´s a perspective on how you look at it! Some things are cheaper, others are free and the rest are super expensive but at the end, it balance things as for a middle wage Costarican. For example, food is cheap, free public healthcare including dentist or private is not that expensive, rent and homes are affordables in most of the areas, free education and turns out to be great quality, private education not too expensive and many electronic products are cheaper now because there coming from China and they avoid dollar transactions.
Also very quiet south of samara. And as go further south in Costa Rica..... From what I hear. I have never been further than samara.
Do you ever pick up hitchhikers in a hire car? I picked up a French hitchiker in Croatia and we had a good laugh in broken French and English.
Yep: ua-cam.com/video/1ek4k4iC03M/v-deo.html
Thank you .
Keep the videos rolling.
I like them.
Keep it lookin cool
Dude. That place is a hike!
I wish I had a travel partner like you!
I am costarican but Not good beaches in both videos 🤷🏻, just Tamarindo maybe. I dont recommend to visit Coco, Hermosa, Panamá, Brasilito.Way better Nosara, SantaTeresa, Manuel Antonio, Quepos, Dominical, Conchal, Flamingo, Avellanas and probably others beaches. I feel shame about the prices, Costa Rica is expensive because the Goberment is huge, a lot of taxes going increase everything even for us in our daily life. Other wises is a country full of nature and friendly people to come for adventures or chill out. Thanks for comming Gabriel.
Thx for the tour of the Nicoya peninsula, sorry u had to overpay because of the holiday. There's so much more to this country, and at much better prices. I hope you return and explore the Southern Pacific side, even more beautiful and less crowded than Nicoya.
Yeah I look forward to going back sometime and seeing more.
What a lovely country Costa Rica. If only they hadn't cut down the trees for dairy farms still it looks great on you tube video 📸☺️ where are You off to next
From what I remember, Ocotal had some rocky sections (in the water) in which caution is advised, or at least not going in the water without shoes or sandals.
Then again I could be wrong, it's been almost 23 years since the only time I was there.
Hi Gabriel! It looks like C...d 19 isn't a serious limiter of basic freedoms in Costa Rica, and you've been able to enjoy your trip. As a fellow travel vlogger, I've been itching to get out of Canada and carry on with exploring, and you've given me some good reasons to consider Costa Rica! Thanks for sharing.
@todos somos venezuela I would love to visit Brazil again! I have not been there since 2006, when I visited Rio de Janeiro and Iguazu Falls. I'd love to see the entire coast, from Uruguay to French Guiana, and inwards into the Amazon. Thanks for the tip!
Beautiful beaches... it’s too cool that you don’t even know where you’re going next... 😎🙌
Interesting to watch again. My niece is in Costa Rica today
Bon voyage! I was hoping you'd pop in on the Caribbean side...Maybe next time? I wonder where you are off to now🤔 Thank you so much for all these awesome videos from Costa Rica
Love this guys stuff
Just what Gabriel loves 🙄 -- a too crowded (with cars and folks) beach! 🙄
well, it isn't bad if you're a social person who likes to be involved with locals. It's a shame that he isn't like Harald Baldr and record his interactions with them. I guess gabe just like to see them and understand their daily life during hollidays. Harald would buy lots of things to those streets vendors, and probably play soccer with thoses guys on the beach xD
beauty beach. the sea look green color. your adventure really amazing
You should have gone to playa grande. You hit all the towns that gringos go to.
Great vids Gabe. Keep truckin
What a great video! Loved that last beach and the great scenery! Glad you had a good time!
Awesome video, pura vida bro 🤙
You need to go back to Costa Rica different time of year again those prices are crazy. A lot more to see I guess the holidays there are crazy. You should of went to Panama way cheaper. Good luck to the next destination!!!
Should've gone south starting with Nicosia and Samaria all the way down. Those northern beaches are totally different.
Crossing a river in Costarica is part of the experience, better rent a 4x4 though, even if it takes long to drive those roads in the forest and explore the beaches, pura vida!
So many cars parked on the way to the beach - it seems like people really rely on cars in Costa Rica.
You need a car in Costa Rica unless you stay in 1 place and that would be a sin. You need a 4x4 to drive around in.
@@OneLove-oj4sz that's what I hear! It's been over a year since we last drove a car, so it'll be interesting being behind the wheel again!
Bucket List Travellers haha I got you it’s very very laid back there. People don’t get upset and they have actually improved the roads. You can really take your time. It’s one of trips of a lifetime that I had I have now done it three time in different areas. You can just see random water fall pull over and just go swim and have fun. Most hotels I stayed in were $40 to $50 a night it all depends what kind of place you want to to stay in. I would highly recommend it I don’t think you would have a hard time with driving at all. You would absolutely definitely love it I highly recommend it!!! If you go fly into Liberia don’t bother flying into San Jose the capital if you don’t have to. Capital is nice but not what you go to Costa Rica for. Go and Enjoy it’s an absolutely beautiful place with beautiful people!!! Have a great day!!!!
@@OneLove-oj4sz thanks for the info! We're in Nicaragua at the moment, waiting for the land border to open up. I'll be interested to see how different it is over there compared to where we are now 😁
You’ve nailed it. Public transportation in CR unfortunately sucks or is unheard of, specially in rural areas. And if you want to see the best natural spots it takes a 4wd - your average sedan isn’t going to cut it. As a Tico who has traveled places around the globe I wish this was different, the car pileups everywhere are unsightly. But that’s the way it currently is.
All those cars and a hand full of people on that beach. Where did they go? Looked like parking at Woodstock.
Epic vlog series! Totally booking Costa Rica for travels next year.
Playa Carrillo beach was the quietest beach I went on in Costa Rica and prob the most prettiest ! Enjoy that lovely country
Nice video. Playa Conchal Is very nice too ( white sand and turquoise water). I was there a few years ago. Keep your good work 🙂
Gracias por Documentar de excelente forma mi país. Muchos exitos futuros y ojalá regrese 🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷
Gabe nice to see you again really nice video but walking to the beach was sooo long
PURA VIDA!
15 day old video, where are you now?
I wonder how many years it has been since you were travelling without the internet/smartphone? Do you think you'd still manage ok without them in a new country, with printed maps and asking for directions? Might be an interesting experience going "old school travel" again.
I remember like 5 years ago he didn't travel with a phone
I got my first smartphone in 2016, but of course used the internet before that. I made a video about traveling before the internet existed: ua-cam.com/video/ZxTLxWnlty0/v-deo.html
@@GabrielTravelerVideos Geez and I think I actually watched that video before too, I must be getting old (well, older than my already advanced years)! Will check it out again, thanks.
Costa Rica is known for its incredible national parks, where tourists can enjoy some thrilling activities like river rafting, canyoning, cave tubing, and zip lining.
what a contrast to our covid spoiled New Years day! Happy place, happy people!)) So glad for You! However I would not waste time on filthy looking hotel and slept couple of hours in my super expensive rental car - to be the first on the beach in the morning. Is it illegal there to do so? or not safe?
Thanks for the video
love the videos. What cell phone service do you? You mentioned for the first time, that I can remember, that you didn't have internet. When we did Italy and France, Verizon worked, as well as in Mexico. I've heard T-Mobile also works in most countries. thank you.
Yep, T-Mobile.