Tortuguero is a tiny village in Costa Rica located on the Caribbean coast. Although the trip getting there was a little arduous, Tortuguero was a fascinating place that made the journey worth it! The culture in Tortuguero was completely different from the rest of Costa Rica. While we were there we went out in the middle of the night to watch sea turtles nesting on the beach and wandered around the village. ...

This video depicts a bit of the boat ride to the Caribbean town of Tortuguero, Costa Rica. The journey to Tortuguero was somewhat of an ordeal; we first had to rent a car to drive to a small port along a river, and then we had to go on a boat ride through the Costa Rican jungle before we finally arrived at the tiny town. Lydian and John both thought that the boat was going to be less of a river boat and ...