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January 29th, 2009 / Travel

Heading to Costa Rica tomorrow – help fill up our itinerary

Keturah and I are heading to Costa Rica tomorrow morning.  Travelling without our children (WOOT!), we’ll be splitting 10 days around the areas of the Arenal Volcano (staying near La Fortuna – in a treehouse, of all things) and the Nicoya Peninsula (staying in Nosara).  With less than than 24 hours before our plane leaves, we’re pretty unprepared. We haven’t packed and we don’t have much of an itinerary.  Sure we’ve got our hotels booked and we’ve got a rental car, but that’s the extent of our preparation.

So if you’ve been to Costa Rica and have any tips or advice.  Leave a comment below and let me know what it is.

We’re open to hearing anything…

  • Places we should eat, foods we should try
  • Hikes and other outdoor activities that we shouldn’t miss
  • Best local beer
  • Hot springs to find
  • Beaches to find
  • Anything else you can think of

2 Responses to “Heading to Costa Rica tomorrow – help fill up our itinerary”

Nick Huhn • January 29th, 2009 at 11:09 am

You’ll have a blast, J.J.! I’d recommend spending some time in/near Manuel Antonio park on the Pacific side. I also enjoyed a 5 hour boat ride down the estuaries from Puerto Limon to Tortuguero on the Atlantic side; pretty cool and full of photo opps for flora and fauna. Check out the black sand beaches on the Atlantic side also – cool stuff. The cloud forest near Santa Elena was also interesting.

Cerveza Imperial was the “king of beers” while I was there, though I never had a bad beer otherwise. Watch out for the local firewater “guaro”, however. ;)

Best wishes for an awesome trip! (…and “Pura Vida!”)

fritz • February 19th, 2009 at 7:59 pm

Check out the best barbecue in Costa Rica at Fritz’s barbecue shack near the main entrance to Guiones Beach, only available the afternoons Saturday Monday and Thursday

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