Re: Costa Rica travel thread
We went in February. Cool stuff:
San Jose: The Children's Museum is excellent. Obv. I have kids.
Peace Lodge at La Paz Waterfalls. Pretty amazing place except the food BLOWS. With kids, the frog tour is really cool. You can also have a hummingbird land on your hand and see their snake collection and butterfly-arium, and more. The boys got to catch a trout. It's as romantic as it gets. Warning: We spent $660 on one day, although $120 of that was dinner (bring Triscuits and CheeseWhiz, seriously) and $80 was Arturo the massage guru.
Jaco: You absolutely must stay at the Tucan Calvo Hotel. No trip to Costa Rica would be complete without it.
Jaco: Go sailfishing! Quite expensive ($800/day plus tip) but you will get sails and mahi and see dolphin by the hundreds, blue water, pilot whales - great fishing all around. Plus Jaco has 500-1000 no-limit ($1-$2), very easy game, and if you tip a buck a drink the very cute waitress will replace your glass every 10 minutes and lean over you, across you, across your neck, along your back, etc.
Manuel Antonio: didn't make it down this trip, but it's in everyone's top three.
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