Costa Rica 2222 Responses

Last post: 5 months, 1 week ago | Thread started: Apr 28, 08, 7:56 p.m.

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• ernexbcn

  I heard it's awesome

  Apr 28, 08, 7:56 p.m. – Permalink

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  Dog-earApr 28, 08, 7:57 p.m. – Permalink

• fugged

  I thought it was.

  

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  Dog-earApr 28, 08, 8:02 p.m. – Permalink

• wendog

  I just returned from a trip there...it was gorgeous...stayed in Puerto Jimanez with my friend's uncle...

  

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  Dog-earApr 28, 08, 9:09 p.m. – Permalink

• wendog

  

  

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  Dog-earApr 28, 08, 9:16 p.m. – Permalink

• wendog

  

  • where we stayed looked over a break called backwash...right next to matapalo– wendog

  

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  Dog-earApr 28, 08, 9:18 p.m. – Permalink

• wendog

  

  • we also did some ziplining– wendog1/2

    you the short one?– vrmbr2/2

  

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  Dog-earApr 28, 08, 9:22 p.m. – Permalink

• marychain

  Seriously.....I would recommend Honduras instead

  Gorgeous country....everything Costa Rica has.....FAR less touristy

  Big up to Honduras

  

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  Dog-earApr 28, 08, 9:42 p.m. – Permalink

• jeeto

  http://www.tulemar.com/

  http://www.xandari.com/

  

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  Dog-earApr 28, 08, 10:06 p.m. – Permalink

• CockDiesel

  was just there. Stayed in Jaco. Was amazing.

  

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  Dog-earApr 28, 08, 10:31 p.m. – Permalink

• Ferr

  Costa Rica is amazing!
  Puerto Viejo = paradise...

  • http://www.radiopara…– capsize

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 3:54 a.m. – Permalink

• Ferr

  My best holiday ever:
  http://www.playachiquitalodge.co…
  Wanda & Wolf are the owners. Lovely people.

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 3:59 a.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  I was there as well a couple weeks ago. Gorgeous country. Stayed in Tamarindo, right in front of a nice reefbreak. We did the zipline tour also, although I didn't look like quite as much of a tool as wendog ;)

  Tamarindo was nice in some ways, but EVERYTHING is under construction. Constant hammering, trucks, dust, etc. etc...

  Good waves, I surfed in Tamarindo, Playa Grande and Playa Avellanas. Could have stayed there for a month. Was bummed that I couldn't make it to Ollie's Point or Witches Rock.

  Travelling was an absolute bloody nightmare – got charged $680 to transport ONE board case (OK, it was a hard case w/ 3 boards, but still). If I can help it, I'll never fly Delta Airlines ever again. We're fighting it to the death, but I'm not very hopeful since it seems all Airline companies are shitting the collective customer service bed. Meh.

  • Nice man. But I agree DELTA SUCKS. They gouge the shit out of you. You score any decent swells?– stoplying1/3

    oh for sure. Surfed reefs, beachbreak, rivermouth. Nice variety. Wanted to see more.– gramme2/3

    Waves ranged from waist high to overhead the whole wk.– gramme3/3

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 7:13 a.m. – Permalink

• dconstrukt

  i'm typing this from my apt in costa rica... i'm in jaco.

  sun and fun... this place ROCKS. :-)

  but its getting much more americanized... prices are going up for food etc. I was here in dec and it was cheaper.

  2 words. beatle bar. hehe

  • How are the waves in Jaco right now?– gramme

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 7:16 a.m. – Permalink

• marikeeler

  going to mal pais/santa teresa this saturday…

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 7:22 a.m. – Permalink

• fugged

  When I was there about 9 years ago, we traveled around quite a bit, but stayed in San Jose, Tortuguero, somewhere near Arenal, and a couple other places I can't remember the names of. Traveled mostly by boat, which was really cool, except most of the rivers were totally out of control due to some wicked monsoons. Thought I was going to die more than once. It was excellent. :)

  Was a bit freaky when we got stopped at by border patrol in Nicaragua while on the Rio San Juan (i think?). The guards wanted a us to take a picture of them with all the women in our group. Who were we to tell a bunch of guys with big guns they couldn't have a picture? :)

  Tortuguero was fantastic. Got to see giant sea turtles laying eggs on the beach and did some wicked hiking through the rain forests.

  I highly recommend doing some sort of canal tour if you go there (in Tortuguero, that is)

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 7:28 a.m. – Permalink

• marikeeler

  I have a question::

  Ill be going for a week in a few days and i am wondering about the money situation. Should I just take dollars? should i exchange the money there? with the locals? How did you guys go about this....

  thanks

  • 9 some years ago, half the places I went to (in populated areas) took US dollars, but out of respect I'd exchange.– fugged1/3

    oh - and because of the exchange rate, go withdrawl cash from an ATM. Makes ya look rich when you see your balance in colones– fugged2/3

    ... balance in colones.– fugged3/3

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 7:37 a.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  In most places, dollars are accepted, even welcome. The dollar is still much stronger than the colones; not to mention, it's around 490 colones to the dollar, so they round up to 500 and the locals make a tiny additional profit margin. Unless you'll be in the middle of nowhere, I really don't think you need to have your money transferred. I don't think there's an issue of "respect" for the locals. Money is money, and all the stores have calculators for that very reason.

  • True, but it would still feel weird to me to go somewhere without that place's currency...– Jaline1/2

    Our travel agent told us not to exchange our currency. He's American but has lived there for several years...– gramme2/2

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 7:45 a.m. – Permalink

• fugged

  drink an Imperial (or ten) for me while you're there.

  • :) i can not wait......– marikeeler

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 7:47 a.m. – Permalink

• gramme

  Imperial = Corona in a different bottle.

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 7:50 a.m. – Permalink

• madirish

  Presidente FTW
  http://www.presidente.com.do/fil…
  (note: not from anywhere remotely near CR)

  

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  Dog-earApr 29, 08, 7:52 a.m. – Permalink