Packing for a beach town in the tropics is easy to overthink. After hosting guests from a dozen countries, here's the list we'd hand a friend. Bring these * Reef-safe sunscreen (zinc oxide). Regular sunscreen damages coral and some snorkel ope...

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Costa Rica has two seasons, and the right one for your trip depends on what you want from it. We live in Sámara year-round, so here's the real comparison, not the brochure version. Verano: December to April The dry season. Day after day of sun...

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Sámara sits on the Nicoya Peninsula in Guanacaste, and half the questions we get before a stay are some version of "how do we actually get there?" Here's the answer, from a family that's done the drive more times than we can count. Which airport...

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