The village of Puerto Viejo de Talamanca – which is located on Costa Rica's Caribbean coast near the Panama border – comes alive with reggae music, funky bamboo bars and a wild nightlife. Surfers ...

The view from Rocking J's restaurant, where everything is a mosaic and before you leave to the beach, you remember the life here is Pura Vida! My best friend Alena is sitting beside me staring out the ...

Puerto Viejo isn’t for everyone. If you need your beach vacation to be peppered with air-conditioned rooms and restaurants; if you can’t comfortably share your room with the occasional gecko; if you ...

Puerto Viejo might not be the easiest destination to arrive at, but that's in large part what makes this gem on Costa Rica's Caribbean Coast so magical. Puerto Viejo is a small, funky beach town that ...