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Mon, 27 Oct 2025 11:30:51 +0100

27 October 2025 ·

This is our final and confirmed itinerary for Costa Rica, where we will visit six locations by rental car during a 21-day stay.

City Accommodation Notes
San Jose 1 night at Autentico Hotel We arrive late Saturday afternoon, making San Jose and the Autentico Hotel our hub for arriving.
Tortuguero 2 nights at Pachira Lodge Pachira Lodge is located in a remote wildlife haven on Costa Rica’s Caribbean side, accessible only by boat or small plane. Famous for sea turtle nesting, rainforest canals, and guided wildlife tours.
Puerto Viejo 5 nights at Shawandha Puerto Viejo is our first recovery stop. Known as a relaxed Caribbean beach town with Afro-Caribbean culture, reggae vibes, excellent surfing, and coastal jungle.
La Fortuna 4 nights at Casa del Rio Every tourist in Costa Rica visits La Fortuna, famous for the Arenal Volcano, hot springs, waterfalls, zip-lining, and outdoor activities.
Monteverde 2 nights in a suite at Koora Monteverde is celebrated for its cloud forests, with misty hanging bridges, wildlife night walks, and zip-lining.
Samara 7 nights in a private house with Soleil Living The perfect luxurious end to our trip, with a final week on the Pacific coast, known for surfing, yoga, horseback riding, and stunning sunsets.

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Mon, 27 Oct 2025 08:40:54 +0100

27 October 2025 ·

I followed @eivind@social.lol advice and moved my WordPress website (camiel.schoonens.nl) to Pikapod early this morning. I didn’t use any of the paid plugins available, as I expected this to be a relatively easy migration process. In the end, WordPress is a filesystem and a single database, and all site content is saved in the wp-content folder.

@camiel 20 euros per month for WordPress hosting sounds like a lot for a personal website. Are you using any particular plugins or storing a lot of media on your site?

If you consider micro.blog a suitable replacement you could also look into omg.lol’s own weblog-service(http://weblog.lol), or blog tools like Pika(https://pika.page/).

The ways to create and publish a website is vast and very few of them should cost as much as you’re currently using on WordPress hosting. For WordPress you can get a Pikapod for as low as $2 per month, hosted in the EU.

Eivind https://social.lol/users/eivind/statuses/115440498951834048

The entire process took me about 15 minutes once I figured out the steps to follow:

  1. Download the wp-content folder from the old domain host via FTP.
  2. Export the database as a SQL file.
  3. Create a WordPress website on Pikapod.
  4. Upload the wp-content folder via FTP.
  5. Import the database on Pikapod by uploading the SQL file and overwriting the tables there.
  6. Update the DNS records to point to Pikapod.

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Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:42:06 +0100

26 October 2025 ·

Prices for my private WordPress hosting have gone up to over 250 euros per year. I need to consider a different setup, potentially with Micro.blog, as I find this a little too much for a side project that generates hardly any traffic.

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Sun, 26 Oct 2025 10:27:40 +0100

26 October 2025 ·

Now that my wife and I have selected our next vacation destination, it’s time to add a new category to this website: Costa Rica. I will use this category to blog about our preparations and experiences next summer in Costa Rica.

This is our second major family trip outside Europe, and we’re very excited about what we’ll gain from it. Our plan is to travel across the country for three weeks, visiting six different locations. I will share more details about our detailed plans soon.

I’m looking forward to this trip because it offers a mix of rainforests, volcanoes, and beaches that are perfect for family exploration and practicing my hobby of photography.

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Sat, 25 Oct 2025 16:42:07 +0100

25 October 2025 ·

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