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TR: Costa Rica, El Caribe Sur

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It definitely would have helped to speak Spanish, but we didn't have to. I think the only guys that didn't speak some English were the cab drivers. I can understand most of what's said in Spanish, but I can't speak it worth a damn.
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KD I hate to ask such a question but what did you trip cost and how did you book it?
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^^^ We booked it all separately. I bought the flights back in November (?) from Frontier- they fly direct from Denver to San Jose. Then I did some research on TripAdvisor and various websites on where to go within Costa Rica and where to stay... we ended up staying at the Korrigan Lodge, a small B&B in Punta Uva which is near Puerto Viejo. The only activity we "pre-booked" was white water rafting on our last full day; everything else was booked a day or two before through the bed and breakfast owners.



I'm not sure exactly how much everything cost- probably around $1200 for the flights and B&B. Then I figure another grand or so for meals, activities, etc while we were down there. Meals are pretty cheap- most dinners were around $40 (including a couple of drinks), and I think we spent $80 once. I'd guess we spent somewhere around $2300-2500 total.





Oh, and $10 for the stuffed animal I bought for my niece.
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Did you visit the volcano?
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Nope, not this time. Arenal is nowhere near the beach town we stayed in, so I didn't want to drive all over the country- especially considering there are some bat-sh*t crazy drivers down there.
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@KneeDeep 274299 wrote:Nope, not this time. Arenal is nowhere near the beach town we stayed in, so I didn't want to drive all over the country- especially considering there are some bat-sh*t crazy drivers down there.

Have you driven around the metro lately? :lol: (there's no laughing smiley here?)
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Heh, you have no idea. Costa Rican drivers make every single city in the US seem like the best place in the world to drive.
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@KneeDeep 274309 wrote:Heh, you have no idea. Costa Rican drivers make every single city in the US seem like the best place in the world to drive.

When I was in Honduras the roads have no guard rails on the "high" passes, nor are there lines in the road in most places. I think anyone can drive too. That was... interesting.
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