Costa Rica Map

When to Go to Costa Rica

Weather in Costa Rica

Monthly Rainfall

Costa Rica Activities with Desafío Adventure Company

Costa Rica Volcanoes

Monteverde Cloud Forests

Which Beaches should we visit?

When to see turtles and dolphins?

Costa Rica National Parks

Requirements to come to Costa Rica

How to get to Costa Rica?

Where to stay in and around San José?

What to do in San José

Helpful Flight Tips

General Travel Information

Handy Tools for Travellers

Travel Med Kit

Secret Recipes for Our Famous Home-Cooked Meals

THE 50 MOST INSPIRING TRAVEL QUOTES OF ALL TIME

When to Go to Costa Rica

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When to Go to Costa Rica

Any time is a great time to visit Costa Rica! We have two distinct seasons: rainy and dry. Late December to mid-April is dry season, but also the most-crowded and expensive. The rainy season means there are occasional afternoon tropical showers, but since many of the activities you can enjoy in Costa Rica involve getting wet - like whitewater rafting, canyoneering, etc., it's even more fun doing these activities in the warm tropical rain!! Top


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Costa Rica Activities with Desafío Adventure Company

Desafío Adventure Company is a one-stop-shop for adventure with several locations in Costa Rica. We operate a wide-range of our own activities such as whitewater rafting, kayaking, canyoneering, horseback riding, hiking, biking, guided bird-tours, hot springs, and work with other excellent, high-quality outfitters throughout the country to get you set up for activities such as canopy tours, scuba diving, sea kayaking, snorkeling, fishing, surfing, and much more. Top


Costa Rica Volcanoes

Nine major volcanoes, three of which are active and more than one hundred craters. The most impressive is the active Arenal Volcano, with a near-perfect cone shape. This volcano can provide a thrilling light show with earthshaking rumbles.

ARENAL VOLCANO Costa Rica 10.463°N, 84.703°W; summit elev. 1670 m

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Monteverde Cloud Forests

One of Costa Rica's most-popular tourist destinations is Monteverde. The origin of Monteverde's tourist fame is the pristine cloud forest, home to the Resplendent Quetzal and hundreds of other birds, mammals and plant species. Trees are heavy with bromeliads, orchids, hanging moss and vines.

For your convenience, Desafío Adventure also has an office in Monteverde to help organize tours to the Monteverde Reserve or Santa Elena Reserve, as well as canopy tours, hanging bridges over the treetops, coffee tours, gallery exhibits, and much more! www.monteverdetours.com (506)2645-5874. Top


Which Beaches should we visit?

Costa Rica's beaches are perfect for swimming, surfing, relaxing and much more. The Pacific and Caribbean coasts have a mixture of luxury resorts and deserted beaches. We like the Pacific beach of Playa Samara for its beautiful, white sandy beaches, romantic sunsets, active local community and laid-back feeling.

However, many people like Manuel Antonio, Tamarindo, Montezuma, Jaco and other beaches on the Pacific side and places like Tortuguero and Puerto Viejo on the Caribbean side. Let us help you out, should you have any questions! Top



When to see turtles and dolphins?

OLIVE RIDLEY TURTLE (Lepidochelys olivacea)

Size: his is the smallest species, adults only 70cm long.
Weight: 40-50 Kg.
Average eggs per nest: 110
General Characteristics: Almost round body with 5 to 9 lateral scutes, dark green color, with two pairs of prefrontal scales and two claws in each forelimb. In Costa Rica, it nests along the pacific Coast, mainly from July to February. At Ostional and Nancite beaches massive nesting (arribadas) of this species occurs, where even more than 100,000 females can nest in one single night; for about 2 to 5 nights each month.  

LOGGERHEAD TURTLE (Caretta caretta)

Size: Adults 120 cm long.
Weight: 180 kg.
Average eggs per nest: 112
General Characteristics: The head looks big, proportional to the rest of the body, giving it the common name of bigheaded turtle in Costa Rica. Reddish-brown carapace with 5 lateral scutes, plastron is creme colored.  A few nests have been documented in the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica between the months of May and August.

HAWKSBILL TURTLE (Eretmochelys imbricata)

SIZE: Adults 80 cm long.
Average eggs per nest: 155
General Characteristics: The common name comes from the mouth which looks like a hawk’s bill. The end of the carapace is serrated and the plates of the carapace are imbricated. It has 2 pairs of prefrontal scales. This is one of the most exploitated species by humans.  They are captured for their meat, eggs, skin, but mainly for their shell, which is used to produce jewelry and other products like combs and frames for glasses. In Costa Rica it nests mainly in the Caribbean (although also in the Pacific) coast between the months of May and November.

GREEN TURTLE (Chelonia mydas)

Size: Adults 100 – 140 cm long.
Average eggs per nest: 110
General Characteristics: Oval body with variable color and four lateral scutes. One pair of prefrontal scales. In Costa Rica it nests mainly from June to October, constituting the largest nesting colony of the Atlantic coast.

LEATHERBACK TURTLE (Dermochelys coriacea)

Size: It can get to be 2m long
Weight: Up to 600 kg .
Average eggs per nest: 110
General Characteristics: Dark blue color with white spots. Hind limbs very elongated.
In Costa Rica this species nests on both coasts; on the Caribbean side they nest between March and July along most of the coast. On the Pacific side they nest between September and March, mainly in Playa Grande.

DOLPHIN tours at Playa Sámara and Playa Carrillo are available all year, sometimes Humpback whales are enroute from the North Pacific between December to April.

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Costa Rica National Parks

Costa Rica is famous for its world-class national park system. There are approximately three dozen parks composed of national parks, biological reserves, wildlife refuges, monuments and recreational areas. Following are a few you may want to consider visiting on your vacation in Costa Rica.

Arenal National Park - Guanacaste Province -Cloud forest, premontane tropical forest. The giant volcano rumbles and erupts with spectacular displays of vapor and lava.

Corcovado National Park - Puntarenas Province on Osa Peninsula - Pacific tropical rainforest - a wonderland of virgin rainforest, unspoiled beaches, jungle-thick riverbanks and exotic wildlife. Home to many large mammals, the jaguar, tapir, ocelot, peccaries, crocodiles, scarlet macaws and giant anteaters. Conditions are hot and humid - Not recommended for everyone!

Guanacaste National Park - Guanacaste Province - Ranges widely from tropical dry forest to cloud forest. Large felines as well as 300 species of birds and 5000 species of butterflies.

Manuel Antonio National Park - Puntarenas Province - south of San Jose and Quepos - Beautiful land with palm lined beaches and titi monkeys - almost a quarter million travelers a year - endangered squirrel monkeys.

Tortuguero National Park - Limon Province on Caribbean coast north of Limon - Tropical lowland park lying across a system of natural lakes - Accessible only by boat. Top



Requirements to come to Costa Rica

A passport is required for entrance Costa Rica. Visas are not required for U.S. or Canadian citizens. No immunizations are currently required nor recommended. Citizens of other countries should consult the Costa Rican consulate in their country for entry requirements

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How to get to Costa Rica?

We have two international airports in Costa Rica: Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose or Liberia on the Pacific coast of Guanacaste.
The following airlines currently fly to Costa Rica from the United States:
American Airlines (tel.800/433-7300 in the U.S. and Canada or tel. 248-9010 in Costa Rica; www.aa.com) with daily flights from Los Angeles, Miami, JFK in New York, and Dallas-Fort Worth.
America West (tel. 800/363-2957; www.americawest.com) daily direct flight from Phoenix.
Continental (tel. 800/525-0280; www.continental.com) flights daily from Houston and Newark.
Delta (tel. 800/241-4141; www.delta.com) two daily flights from Atlanta.
Mexicana (tel. 800/531-7921; www.mexicana.com) flights from numerous North American cities, most connecting through the hub in Mexico City.
United Airlines (tel. 800/538-2929; www.united.com) daily flights direct from Washington, D.C., and from Los Angeles, and biweekly flights from Chicago O'Hare to Liberia.
US Airways (tel. 800/622-1015; www.usairways.com) direct flights from Charlotte, S.C.
Grupo Taca (tel. 800/535-8780; www.grupotaca.com) direct flights or connections to and from Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Houston, New Orleans, New York, Miami, and Washington.
Frontier Airlines flies from Denver, Colorado, to Costa Rica four times a week, with introductory fares starting at $298 roundtrip. Denver-based Frontier is the only airline to fly direct between Denver and Costa Rica. The roundtrip flights from Denver to Juan Santamaría International Airport, will operate Sundays, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. The airline is also offering connecting flights to Denver from U.S. cities including Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Nashville, San Diego, and Salt Lake City www.frontierairlines.com
Spirit Airlines flights to San Jose Costa Rica from under $350, from Fort Lauradale www.spiritair.com

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Where to stay in and around San José?

Priced from: $95

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What to do in San José
We have several options for One-Day Tours from San José to the Arenal Volcano Area!

DESAFIO ADVENTURE CONNECTION… TRANSPORT + TOUR = Save Money & Save Time!

San José + Rafting Río Toro Class 3-4 + the Arenal Volcano
Need to get from San José to the Arenal Volcano? Go rafting on the way!
This exciting tour includes one-way transport (from San José to the Río Toro) – you’ll do one of the most-exciting rafting adventures in Costa Rica on the Río Toro with more than 45 continuous rapids in a deep jungle river canyon – and after the tour, we will take you right to your hotel in La Fortuna/Arenal by 4:00pm. 
Add lodging at the modern and comfortable Hotel Fortuna with breakfast included for a special low price. Click here.

San José + Rafting Río Balsa Class 2-3 + the Arenal Volcano
Need to get from San José to the Arenal Volcano? Go rafting on the way!

Whitewater and Wildlife! Go rafting on one of Costa Rica’s most-picturesque rivers. Perfect for families and first-timers. This tour includes one-way transport (from San José to the Río Balsa) – go rafting – and after the tour, we will take you right to your hotel in La Fortuna/Arenal by 4:00pm. 
Add lodging at the modern and comfortable Hotel Fortuna with breakfast included for a special low price. Click here.

Top Ten San José Attractions  

Rain Forest Aerial Tram There is nothing like it in the world. This guided tour of the Rain Forest canopy is - without doubt - a must do activity for anyone coming to Costa Rica. An hour from San Jose; ideal for visitors of all ages.
The Serpentarium  Ave. 1st, between Streets 9 and 11. Open M-F, 9 a.m. -6 p.m., Sat.-Sun. 10 a.m.-5 p.m. 255-4210. Entrance fee $4. Unique exhibition of live local amphibians and reptiles
Museos del Banco Central Tuesday - Sunday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., entrance fee $4. 223-0528 Collection of gold objects and coins
Museo del Jade Fidel Tristan Ave. 7, betw Sts 9 and 11. Open 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. weekdays. 287-6034. Entrance fee $2.50 World's largest collection of jade from the Americas and Pre-Columbian artifacts
Parque Zoologico Simon Bolivar Weekdays 8 a.m.-4 p.m.,Sat-Sun, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Entrance fee $2 Zoo + National Botanical Garden
Jardin de Mariposas Spirogyra 8 a.m.-4 p.m. daily, Entrance fee $6., call or fax 222-2937. Butterfly Garden!
Centro Nacional de Cultura Tu-Sat 10 a.m.-5 p.m. and night shows. NE corner of Parque Espana Outstanding museum + theatre complex
Museo National Tues.-Sat. 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Sun. 9 a.m.-4:30 221-4429 Costa Rica's natural and artistic heritage.
Mercado Nacional de Artesanias Av.4 bis, Calle 11, tel. 221-5012  Bazaar for crafts and gifts made by Costa Rican artisans
National Theatre 2nd Ave. betw. Streets 3 and 5. Open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Fee $2.50

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Helpful Flight Tips

According to the Associated Press, US airlines have cancelled more than 65,000 flights so far this year.
We'd like to give you some helpful hints on how to handle a possible change in your flight so you don't miss out on your fun a and exciting trip to Costa Rica to visit us.
If you have an immediate question, here is a helpful the phone number for a consumer advocate group called Coalition for Airline Passengers Rights, Health and Safety: 1-877-flyers-6.
In general, airlines try to accommodate bumped passengers with compatible schedules. Airline computers automatically reroute clients and/or will offer refunds if necessary.
Considering so many flight cancellations, most travelers still don't realize their flights may not be waiting for them at the airport and should should be prepared. Here are some helpful tips:

1. Call ahead to your airline to confirm your flight and come to the airport early. Bring your printed itinerary, reservation code and keep your cellular phone charged.
2. Know your rights. Read the airline's " Contract of Carriage" policy. Copies are usually available online or at the ticket counter.
3. Make sure you have an assigned seat. If not, you will likely be a candidate for not getting on the flight.
4. Get to know alternative routes. For example, for flights from the United States on American Airlines to Costa Rica, clients can get routed through Dallas, Miami or L.A. Try to be flexible in case you get bumped and it's easier if you present itinerary options to your ticketing agent.
5. In case you loose your bags, it's a good idea to have a basic change of clothes in your carry on. If not, there are many affordable shopping opportunities in Costa Rica and airlines have been excellent in getting client luggage to your exact location within the first couple of days of your vacation. Plus Desafio has offices in La Fortuna and Monteverde and can easily help you get your luggage fast and efficiently.

Check out great flight options with Frontier Airlines for direct flights from Colorado, or American Airlines, Delta, Continental and MartinAir. We'll take care of you from there -- we'll pick you up at the airport and show you an excellent time on your vacation in Costa Rica! Top

General Travel Information

Track your flights: http://www.flightview.com/traveltools/
See where your flight to Costa Rica is at any given time!

Convert your Currency: http://www.xe.com/ucc/full.php
See how your currency is doing against the Costa Rican colones before coming to Costa Rica Keep in mind, many places such as hotels and restaurants accept US dollars and Euros.

How's the Weather?: www.cnn.com/WEATHER
Want to see how beautiful the weather is here in Costa Rica? We tend to have a lot of what we call "liquid sunshine" -- light tropical rain showers in the afternoons, but for most of our adventures like rafting and canyoneering, you get wet anyway so the rain is not a problem.

Learn Spanish: www.yourdictionary.com or www.freetranslation.com
Get a jump start on learning Spanish before coming to Costa Rica. Spanish is the official language of Costa Rica, but we have a highly-educated public and the majority of the people working in tourism have a good level of English. But it's also great to practice your Spanish while you're here! If you'd like to take Spanish lessons in an immersed, homestay environment, we recommend Proyecto Asís Spanish School www.institutoasis.com
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Handy Tools for Travellers

Fodor's for Choice Travel Experiences.

Frommer's Travel Experts.

No Artificial Ingredients, The official site of Costa Rica.

The Costa Rica Handbook is written by the ever-eclectic Christopher Baker. He includes introductory material on the history, politics, and ecosystems of Costa Rica, practical general-purpose tips, region-by-region coverage, maps and phone numbers for just about everything in Costa Rica.

The author of Living Abroad in Costa Rica, Erin Van Rheenen began her career as a serial relocater at age three, when her parents moved the family from Portland, Oregon, to Lagos, Nigeria. www.LivingAbroadinCostaRica.com.

The world's best guidebooks, travel advice and information.

TripAdvisor is one of the internet's handiest tools for the best inside info on travel.

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The Essential Travel Med Kit (from Fodor's www.fodors.com)

November 10, 2007
Travelers shouldn't leave home without a kit filled with essential items. But what to bring? Although the contents of your medical kit will vary depending on where you're headed, experts agree there are some items that ought to be in every traveler's black bag. Read on:

Prepackaged antiseptic towelettes, bandages, and topical antibiotics. The more you're out and about, the more likely you are to get a few scrapes. There's no sense letting a minor scratch develop into a major infection, especially if you're traveling to a remote area.

Flashlight. Although not necessarily a medical supply, a flashlight is necessary for many situations, from unlighted city streets to midnight trips to the bathroom in jungle resorts that run on generators.

Pepto-Bismol and Imodium. Rich food or bad food can give you stomach troubles. Plan for them by bringing these tablets along.

Moleskin. Although not lifesaving, this adhesive padding can be the key to preventing the activity-limiting blisters that are likely to develop as you trek from site to site.

Sunscreen. A sunburn is not only annoying but also cancer-causing. It can also hamper your skin's ability to perspire, which is essential for preventing your body from overheating in hot climates.

Motion-sickness remedies. Dramamine tablets and Scopamine patches can relieve a lot of discomfort if the boat crossing is rougher than expected or the bus ride is wickedly bumpy.

Thermometer in a sturdy case. The best way to assess whether you have an infection needing a doctor's care is to take your temperature to see if you have a fever.

Pain relievers. Such pain relievers as Tylenol or Advil can come in handy for treating headaches, joint pain, and fever.

Hydrocortisone 1% ointment or cream. The alien bacteria you may encounter when you go swimming in the sea or other natural bodies of water can trigger itching or a rash, which this cream can counter. It can also help relieve those unbearable symptoms of a poison ivy rash.

Allergy medicine. If you are an allergy sufferer, take along some antihistamines: your allergies may not be acting up at home prior to departure, but changes in altitude and a different climate at your destination may trigger even an occasional allergy. Of course, if you have food allergies, reactions to bee stings, or other specific conditions requiring medications, make sure you have an ample supply before you hit the road.

Special ointments. If you are a woman prone to yeast infections, over-the-counter creams for these infections, such as Monistat, should also be in your medical kit. And if you are a person who suffers from athlete's foot or jock itch, don't forget an antifungal cream.

Repellents. A mosquito repellent containing DEET (N,N-diethylmetatoluamide) is especially critical if you are traveling to tropical areas where malaria, yellow fever, dengue, and other mosquito-borne diseases are likely to lurk. Skin-So-Soft and Naturapel are two DEET-free repellants for areas without malaria. Depending upon your lodging conditions, you may want to bring mosquito coils and a mosquito net for sleeping; you could even take it a step further and have the netting dipped in insecticide.

Antimalarial drugs. These are essential if you are traveling to an area where malaria is prevalent, such as Africa, central and northeastern South America, India, and southeastern Asia. You will need a prescription for an antimalarial.

Water purification tablets, packets of oral rehydration salts, and Cipro or Bactrim. As many as half of all travelers experience the dreaded traveler's diarrhea. Water-purification tablets (found in sporting goods stores and pharmacies) can help prevent it, and oral rehydration salts (found at pharmacies) and the antibiotics Cipro or Bactrim are used to treat it. You need a prescription for the antibiotics, which should be used only to treat -- not prevent -- traveler's diarrhea.

Condoms. These can be lifesaving, no matter where you travel -- and they may not be available everywhere.

Also remember to take stock of your health. Get a checkup, discuss your travel plans with your doctor, and look into your last batch of shots, including your MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella immunization) and tetanus. Make a list of any medical issues that might affect your plans, anything from serious conditions like asthma and high blood pressure to minor complaints like tennis elbow or foot calluses. Create a "health" checklist with such things as medications, ice packs, and so on. Iron out ways to cope with your health needs on the road, like having your prescriptions called into a pharmacy in your destination.

Consult a travel-medicine expert. These doctors know all about things like which vaccinations are truly necessary for a given trip and which antimalarial drug is best for a given destination. They can also advise you on items to pack in a travel medical kit. The International Society of Travel Medicine has a list of practitioners and clinics around the world.

Finally, every traveler should know about the Avid Traveler Essentials gift set ($49.99; www.minimus.biz), which comes with two clear vinyl zipper bags, Purell hand sanitizer, Imodium, Neosporin, duct tape, four single-use thermometers, toilet paper and a seat cover, and lots of other stuff. Everything's in TSA-approved sizes. Top





Secret Recipes for Our Famous Home-Cooked Meals

One of the many things that sets Desafío Adventure Company apart is our attention to detail for our home-cooked meals. We strive to only use the freshest ingredients right from our garden and our cooks have been trained to incorporate healthy cooking techniques for all of our delicious meals.

We go beyond the usual "Casado" (Married Meal,) the usual rice and beans and a choice of meat and Gallo Pinto (beans and rice instead of rice and beans!)

You might have a chance to try the following yummy recipes after a fun day of rafting or canyoneering with us or maybe try these secret recipes at home, too!:

Famous Picadillo de Plátano
(Zesty Plantain Appetizer)

What you'll need:

2 medium-sized green plantains diced into cubes 3 cloves garlic minced 1 medium onion minced 3 tablespoons olive oil ¼ cup red bell pepper diced 5 medium sized mushrooms, diced ¼ cup chopped cilantro 2 small tomatoes 1 cup water 3 tablespoons Costa Rica "Salsa Lizano" (if you can't find it back home, you can almost get a similar flavor with 3 tablespoons fresh tamarindo and dash of soy sauce) salt & pepper to taste

Here's how to make it:
Green plantain: Be sure that the green plantains have been refrigerated overnight to make them easier to peel. To peel them, cut it along one side lengthwise. Loosen the skin with the knife. Using your thumb, peel the skin off. Dice the plantains into cubes. Let them soak while you prepare the rest of the ingredients.
Add the onions, garlic peppers and cilantro in a large sauté pan at medium heat. Sauté for 2 or 3 minutes. Add the blended tomatoes, Salsa Lizano, plantains (drained) and salt/pepper.
Stir this until the plantains are well-seasoned. Add the mushrooms and 1 cup of water. Cook covered over low or medium heat for about 30 minutes, stirring occasionally. This healthy appetizer serves 4.Top

THE 50 MOST INSPIRING TRAVEL QUOTES OF ALL TIME

Our friends at Brave New Traveler (www.bravenewtraveler.com) came up with this exhaustive list of inspiring quotations about traveling. Hope you like them!!

1. “A journey is best measured in friends, rather than miles.” - Tim Cahill

2. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” - St. Augustine

3. “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

4. “The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.” -Samuel Johnson

5. “All the pathos and irony of leaving one’s youth behind is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel: one knows that the first joy can never be recovered, and the wise traveler learns not to repeat successes but tries new places all the time.” - Paul Fussell

6. “Our battered suitcases were piled on the sidewalk again; we had longer ways to go. But no matter, the road is life.” - Jack Kerouac

7. “He who does not travel does not know the value of men.” - Moorish proverb

8. “People travel to faraway places to watch, in fascination, the kind of people they ignore at home.” - Dagobert D. Runes

9. “A journey is like marriage. The certain way to be wrong is to think you control it.” - John Steinbeck

10. “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.” - Lin Yutang

11. “Your true traveler finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty-his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.” - Aldous Huxley

12. “All travel has its advantages. If the passenger visits better countries, he may learn to improve his own. And if fortune carries him to worse, he may learn to enjoy it.” - Samuel Johnson

13. “For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

14. “Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things - air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky - all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.” - Cesare Pavese

15. “One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” - Henry Miller

16″A traveler without observation is a bird without wings.” - Moslih Eddin Saadi

17. “When we get out of the glass bottle of our ego and when we escape like the squirrels in the cage of our personality and get into the forest again, we shall shiver with cold and fright. But things will happen to us so that we don’t know ourselves. Cool, unlying life will rush in.” - D. H. Lawrence

18. “To awaken quite alone in a strange town is one of the pleasantest sensations in the world.” -Freya Stark

19. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” - Mark Twain

20. “Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.” - Miriam Beard

21. “All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware.” - Martin Buber

22. “We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open.” -Jawaharial Nehru

23. “Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travelers don’t know where they’re going.” - Paul Theroux

24. “To my mind, the greatest reward and luxury of travel is to be able to experience everyday things as if for the first time, to be in a position in which almost nothing is so familiar it is taken for granted.” - Bill Bryson

25. “Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail” -Ralph Waldo Emerson

26. “Two roads diverged in a wood and I - I took the one less traveled by.” - Robert Frost

27. “A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” - Lao Tzu

28. “There is no moment of delight in any pilgrimage like the beginning of it.” - Charles Dudley Warner

29. “A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.” - Lao Tzu

30. “If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.” - James Michener

31. “The journey not the arrival matters.” - T. S. Eliot

32. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” -Mark Twain

33. “I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” - Mark Twain

34. “Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quiestest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey.” - Pat Conroy

35. “Not all those who wander are lost.” -J. R. R. Tolkien

36. “Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen.” - Benjamin Disraeli

37. “Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.” - Maya Angelou

38. “Too often travel, instead of broadening the mind, merely lengthens the conversation.” -Elizabeth Drew

39. “Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe”……Anatole France

40. “Travel and change of place impart new vigor to the mind.” - Seneca

41. “What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do - especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.” - William Least Heat Moon

42. “I soon realized that no journey carries one far unless, as it extends into the world around us, it goes an equal distance into the world within.” - Lillian Smith

43. “To travel is to discover that everyone is wrong about other countries.” - Aldous Huxley

44. “Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art.” - Freya Stark

45. “The first condition of understanding a foreign country is to smell it.” - Rudyard Kipling

46. “Travel is glamorous only in retrospect.” - Paul Theroux

47. “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land.” - G. K. Chesterton

48. “When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.” - Clifton Fadiman

49. “A wise traveler never despises his own country.” - Carlo Goldoni

50. “Adventure is a path. Real adventure - self-determined, self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind - and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.” - Mark Jenkins

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