πŸ“΄ Offline β€” saved maps & directions still work

The Muller Family Β· Field Journal

Costa Rica 2026

August 2 – 11 Β· VolcΓ‘n Arenal β†’ Playa Flamingo

Where we're sleeping

Five nights under Arenal β€” four at the jungle house, then one right in the hot springs β€” followed by four nights of Pacific sand. One SUV, three kids, zero Monteverde detours.

Flights

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Land β€” Liberia (LIR)Sun Aug 2 Β· ~11:30 am
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Home β€” Liberia (LIR)Tue Aug 11 Β· drive is ~1 hr 10

Before we go

Tap to check off. The Springs is booked β€” car rental and eSIM are what's left.

Day by day

Chips jump to offline directions for that day's drives.

Trip map

Every stop, all three stays, and the big drives.

πŸ“΄ Save maps for offline

Downloads the map imagery for La Fortuna, Flamingo and the drives between them (a few MB) so the map works with zero signal. Do this on wifi before you fly.

Directions

Turn-by-turn from wherever you're staying β€” stored on your phone, works with no signal.

Distances and times are approximate and roads change β€” treat these as a trusty co-pilot, not gospel. Drop real pins for both Airbnbs before leaving wifi.

Pura Vida scavenger hunt

For the crew in the back seat. Tap it when you spot it!

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Official Pura Vida Explorers!

Little Explorers' Wiki

A mini Costa Rica encyclopedia for the back seat. Tap a card and hit Read to me β€” the words light up as they're read. Finish a story, earn a star! ⭐

πŸ“¦ Save photos & storyteller audio for offline

On wifi, this downloads real photos (from Wikipedia) and the storyteller narration (~30 MB) for every story, so the whole wiki reads aloud in the back seat with zero signal. It also starts by itself the first time you open the wiki online. Without the narration downloaded, stories fall back to this phone's built-in voice.

Photos come from Wikipedia / Wikimedia Commons β€” tap any photo in a story to open its source page. Narration generated with ElevenLabs.