October 16-20, 2015 Nos quelques jours ร Puerto Viejo au Costa Rica, remplis de balades ร vรฉlo, de plages et de rencontres avec des animaux. Our few days in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica, filled with biking, beaches, and meeting animals.
We mentioned the first impression we had of Costa Rica was its unending greenness. Our second impression followed soon after, and it was that Costa Rica is so expensive. Restaurants, excursions, groceries; the nature reserves were, for example, at cheapest $50USD for two. Because of a sneaky bus deal, we had had to buy tickets […]
October 16, 2015 Pura Vida We have witlessly been referring to Costa Rica (Rich Coast) as Costa Cara (Expensive Coast) ever since we crossed over into the country. Apart from the prices, so much changed from when we were in Nicaragua and above. The public buses are nicer (and double the price, about $4 for […]
We arrived in Costa Rica less than prepared. This was most likely due to the rushedness to exit Nicaragua in time (we curiously avoided the $2/day fine for overstaying our visa), but we are also fairly skilled procrastinators when it comes to planning exactly where we will be going next, and this, certainly, played a […]