[dlf]

San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua is spectacular. For something a little more remote, Cahuita, Costa Rica is great too and is not far from the surfing mecca of Puerto Viejo. I bet you can find wifi in either spot, at least in San Juan del Sur and Puerto Viejo. There's some beautiful spots in the Philippines as well. Try El Nido or Dumaguete (great diving and both definitely have wifi).

[chasb]

Awesome suggestions, thanks.

[dlf]

Np. Would love to hear about your travels. Feel free to ping me for more ideas/details. I've traveled pretty extensively in Central America and Southeast Asia, and a bit in Europe.

[seiji]

I just got back from two weeks in Puerto Viejo. It's a nice area. All the establishments speak English and a few are fully owned by Americans. Half the time it didn't even feel like living in a foreign country. Though, if you walk on the street a few hours after sunset you will get held up at gunpoint. Don't take your phone or more than 5,000 with you in the evenings.

Beds are $8 to $10 per night in a hostel (La Ruka was great. Don't stay at rocking j's or hotel puerto viejo.) I had a reliable 2 Mbps-down wireless signal at La Ruka.

It was a great trip, but I'm enjoying being back in the land of air conditioning and large grocery stores.

[dlf]

Huh. Never had any trouble there and I stayed out every night. Maybe I just looked like a enough of a sloppy backpacker, although I don't think I was traveling with valuables and it's hard to store a laptop in board shorts and a v-neck. I'm pretty big too, so even having lived in rough areas and wandering around in the "bad" parts of cities/the world, I've never had any trouble.