Driving from the rainforest of interior Costa Rica to the Nicoya Peninsula, with some of the best beaches in the country.
Support Gabriel’s videos on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gabrieltraveler
Planning a budget traveling trip? “Gabe’s Guide to Budget Travel” is a guidebook that’s packed with practical travel info. For more info click here: http://amzn.to/2hRlQFi
Or check out “Following My Thumb”, Gabriel’s book of adventure travel stories: http://amzn.to/2EaWk7Q
More books: https://www.amazon.com/Gabriel-Morris/e/B001JS0KOS/
Need gear for your adventures? Visit Gabriel’s Amazon e-store for ideas: https://www.amazon.com/shop/gabrieltraveler
Get $65 in credit using Airbnb for the first time: https://www.airbnb.com/c/gabrielm3159?referral_share_id=d5dc0ee2-a72f-4993-9954-97a99b9fecb5
Want to book a hotel? I recommend this site: https://www.booking.com/index.html?aid=1724899
Get a Gabriel Traveler t-shirt: https://www.bonfire.com/gabriel-traveler/
Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gabrieltraveler
Gabriel’s travel page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GabrielTravelerVideos
Join the “Love of Travel” Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/224985807515334/
Follow on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gabrieltravel
Essays and travel stories: https://medium.com/@gabrieltraveler
Lots more adventure travel at: http://gabrieltraveler.com
Music during the video (in order):
“Beyond” by Pyrosion: https://soundcloud.com/pyrosion
&
“This Ain’t My First Rodeo” by Bo the Drifter
&
“Sunshine Samba” by Chris Haugen
&
“As I Figure” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Need some good music for your Youtube videos? I use and recommend Epidemic Sound. To get a free 30-day trial click here: http://share.epidemicsound.com/sSvpV
Video created by Gabriel Morris, who is the owner of all video or photo content. Filmed with a DJI Osmo Action: https://amzn.to/3gSi8rA
**Disclaimer: Gabriel Morris is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to www.amazon.com. As an Amazon Associate, Gabriel earns revenue from qualifying purchases.
Need travel insurance? Here’s the company I use, for adventurous travelers:
https://www.worldnomads.com/?affiliate=Gtravel&subId=&affiliateTrackingId=865ad93577c34a26baf9b91f1cbc49a9&utm_source=Gtravel&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=Affiliate&utm_content=link
Gabriel is a world traveler and travel writer who has been adventuring around the world off and on since his first trip to Europe in the summer of 1990 when he was 18 years old. He is author of “Gabe’s Guide to Budget Travel”, “Following My Thumb” and several other books available on Amazon.com and elsewhere.
Thanks a lot for watching and safe journeys!
33 Comments
The place where I stayed for the night at the end of the video is called the Toucan Hostel at Playa del Coco. I checked the price of the same room for mid-January and it's just $45 per night on booking.com. So the $108 I paid was the New Year's Eve price. Accommodation will be cheaper at other times of the year.
Impressive, Gabriel! I'm 29, from Ohio heading to South America in 2 weeks. I'll continue uploading on my channel.
Hi Gabriel, There's no doubt maybe the worst time to travel is during the holiday's price gouging in most if not all Latin countries celebrate Jan 6 three Kings day.
Gabriel- for fun you should get a step counter . You must do a ton of steps per day
all your videos are grate
$108 for a simple room?!?! I know its new years but there's no people because of covid. Empty hotel. That's a $40 room at best. Gringo prices. Chips and velvita for $15
I'll pass.
Missed the times when you used ride those horrible buses instead of car rental. Wishing you all the best, Gabriel
Gabriel did you or have you still a spiritual channel .I would like you to do the plant psychedelics in Peru and give us your experience 🙂
Don't seem that attractive place to travel or live. Although food looks great and I want to see coati.
😎🙋♀️🙌🚗☀️🌴
Interesting ! Wish I could join you Sir !
Hey brother man , nice to see somebody is enjoying some warm weather! Looks great there. Am so missing my apartment and warm weather in the Philippines, I sure wish it would open again soon. But until it does will just float around still. I asked the guys at the port of Vlore Albania if an American can cross into Italy..they said no problem. Do you have any connections to know if this could be true? Would hate to spend $65 and 5.5 hrs and get turned back.
As a Costa Rica myself I would advice you to visit some prettier beaches , you could visit conchal beach , penca beach and flamingo beach , which are nearby your location ! They are white sanded , clear water and normally empty !!
Nice! Interesting how almost nobody wears a mast there. Cool low key place. Let us know how New Years Eve went!
Thanks for taking us along for the ride. I land in San Jose January 17 and after a few nights I am off to Samara beach in Guanacaste. I will be in Costa Rica 25 days so I look forward to seeing how it is and how it compares to Thailand, where I have been 6 times.
My cousin Elaine and I just left Playa del Coco yesterday. We also went to Playa del Flamingo and Tamarindo beach. Loved all of it!!!
Costa Rica’s oldest city and home to its oldest church, Nicoya’s role today is as the peninsula’s major travel and agricultural centre, though it also retains a strong indigenous presence.
nice
Completely over rated the entire country.
Nice beaches, I guess the pandemic never reached Costa Rica, very few masked people…
nice LIKE 877 woow
Mexico has better beaches
new to your videos Gabriel, thanks for this one dude. I was in Coco beach back in 2019, you even sat at the same table I was at bro hahaa..!
TY Sir😊
Hey bro great to see you again. Hope you had a great Christmas and just wanted to wish you a very Happy New year and may 2021 bring you much success, joy and happiness. Stay safe and catch up again real soon.
Many of your fellow traveler vloggers are being widely criticized in the comment section of their YOUTUBE videos. 100s of highly negative comments telling them they were wrong to fly somewhere and travel during the virus.
Gabe: What is it about your situation and charming personality that you are not getting any online hate about your travels?
Beautiful beach – well named 🙂
I lived in Costa Rica for 1.5 years. Not cheap and gringos pay more and they don't budge.
Is that the Monaco of CR …? All Big expensive cars round there , Jeez .. And the prices you quote .. Way off MY mark ! 100$ just to sleep a night ?.. No thanks , too rich for my blood .
12:35 ooooh that looks delicious 😋
Great video. I’ve only been through this area on a cruise ship.
Thanks. Good luck to you. For some reason I don’t think Costa Rica looks especially interesting. Might n me.
I’m a huge fan of yours Gabe!