Become a Costa Rican in 30 Minutes Flat: Insider’s Tips to Visiting Quepos/Manuel Antonio That Only the Locals Know is essential reading for anyone wishing to travel to the popular tourist destinations of Costa Rica’s Central Pacific coast. With Ashley Ambirges’ new e-Book, you can benefit from the author’s extensive knowledge and research of the region, and avoid the pitfalls of traveling blind into an unknown land.

Become a Costa Rican in 30 Minutes Flat gives you travel options, accommodation choices and a plethora of activities to choose from upon arrival. It offers hints and tips designed to help even the most oblivious tourist to blend in like a local (blondes included!).

With American tourists becoming an increasingly popular target for petty crime, this e-Book serves as a valuable tool that will help any traveler to make their stay in Quepos/Manuel Antonio fun and trouble free. Alongside travel tips, the author provides a mini-lesson in local etiquette and a slang dictionary to help you seem less like a tentative tourist and more like someone completely at home in their new surroundings.

Costa Ricans are friendly people; the country is full of beckoning beaches and breathtaking rainforests. Often referred to as “the Switzerland of the Americas,” there is no doubt that this charming little country will make a home in your heart; just as it has for the near 50,000 U.S. citizens that are living there now. And quite frankly, it’s hard to blame them.

With the nation’s slogan being “pura vida,” or “pure life,” the meaning is apparent across every aspect of the Costa Rican culture. It is a carefree, passion-filled lifestyle that involves putting in a hard day’s work, coming home to a house full of family and friends, and never, ever counting the calorie content of a cerveza.
Becoming A Costa Rican In Thirty Minutes Flat is an entertaining, informative must-have guide on how to get the most out of your stay in one of the most desirable destinations in Latin America.  Discover every last detail of planning a trip to the Costa Rican coast, from choosing the right cab to choosing the right drink…and never do today what you can put off till tomorrow!

Surely by now you’ve heard the stories of the amazing hospitality and bargain luxuries that Costa Rica offers.  People return after a week or two there with the stars in their eyes, talking about the beautiful coast they’re going to call home one day.   However their stories tend to be long on personal highlights of their trip and short on how-to information, leaving you scratching your head on how best to create your own experience of this Central American paradise.  Now, thanks to Ashley Ambirges’ new e-Book, Becoming a Costa Rican In Thirty Minutes Flat, you can benefit from the authors extensive knowledge and research of the region, and avoid the pitfalls of traveling blind into an unknown land.

With her lively, energetic prose, Ambirge takes you through every last detail of planning a trip to the Costa Rican coast, from choosing the right cab to choosing the right drink.  She goes over the benefits and drawbacks of all the various options for lodging, eating, and entertainment that the coastal towns of Quepos and Manuel Antonio have to offer, providing the best choices available for both the well-heeled tourist and the shoestring traveler.  Not only does she cover the fares for local hotels and hostels, she also provides insider advice on longer-term rentals, for those who suddenly realize they can’t bear the thought of leaving.

Alongside these travel tips, the author provides a mini-lesson in local etiquette and a slang dictionary to help you seem less like a tentative tourist and more like someone completely at home in their new surroundings.  She breaks down the list of potential hazards a foreigner might face in a no-nonsense style, dispelling the stereotypes while letting the reader know what they’re really in store for.  And with her hard-won tips on where to go and what to avoid in her going-out guide, you can rest assured that you won’t waste a second of your trip feeling like you’ve missed out on the “real” Costa Rica. 

A series of helpful appendices compiling a map of Quepos, perspectives from locals and tourists, and a very handy list of important phone numbers is also included.  Intercut with personal anecdotes culled from her own exciting and occasionally embarrassing jaunts through the country, Becoming A Costa Rican In Thirty Minutes Flat is an entertaining, informative guide on how to get the most out of your stay in one of the most desirable destinations in Latin America.