Costa Rica 2006
In and around Costa Rica
To start out our trip, we got fogged out of our original flight and had to leave on a flight two days later. Since we would be losing 2 days on an already full trip, we got the airline to extend the trip by one week. They changed this for free so we ended up with a net gain of 5 days and saved the extra $558 that extending our trip would have cost if not for the fog... nice! Facing another possible fog-out, we got the airline to move our flight to one earlier in the day for free and got the leg to Charlotte on first class. So, after 5 trips to the airport in 4 days we finally ended up in Costa Rica...
Route taken and entries by Real Traveler cab6v
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Record time to beers, boats, and turkey on a catfish farm
After picking up our rental car (metallic pink Dihatsu Terrios 4x4... as cool as it sounds...), we made haste for Playa del Coco. Everyone sa... Continue reading »
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Touchdown
We landed and got our rental car. Nothing special here in Alajuela.
FYI, if you travel internationally, your Visa or Mastercard m... Continue reading »
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Moral of the story: get up earlier...
We got our first taste of really good (note sarcasm) Costa Rican roads today, though it took a while. We had a nice drive through t... Continue reading »
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Surfing, drinking, and the Monkey Trail
Meredith, Brennan and I headed south for Tamarindo by way of a dirt road known as the Monkey Trail (didn't see any, by the way). The ter... Continue reading »
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Monkeys, jellyfish and a pig
On our way to Montezuma, we came across a random corner of a road after a bridge that had several cool looking trees that were crawling with h... Continue reading »
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Manuel Antonio
Got up early and drove up to Paquera to catch the ferry across the Gulf of Nicoya to Puntarenas. The ferry ride was about 1.5 hours, and we e... Continue reading »
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The Mysterious Volcan Arenal
We woke up and headed to Cafe Milagro for breakfast in Manuel Antonio. Cafe Milagro is an American style cafe where you could actually get fr... Continue reading »
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