Costa Rica Trip Report

[kidpokeher]

Nice trip report, thanks!

[The Funky Llama]

wow those monkeys are sweet. im going.

[thehabit 420]

how goods da bud?

[edfurlong]

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In my experience about a 2 out of 10. It's really really cheap though.

It's been a couple years so maybe things have changed, but I doubt it.

[ligastar]

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In my experience about a 2 out of 10. It's really really cheap though.

It's been a couple years so maybe things have changed, but I doubt it.

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Not cheap anymore. Good quality is U.S. prices.

[bigbabyjesus]

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Agree with the above poster it was about a 2 out of 10. I imagine the cocaine is top-notch given it's proximity to Columbia, but I managed to avoid using any.

Funny story, walking from one club to the next, I saw two white guys and a local drug dealer doing lines off the trunk of a car, that was facing the main road. It's just not a big deal down there to do anything like that.

[bigbabyjesus]

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This is an awesome TR.

I'm getting married at Villa Calletas (just south of Jaco) in a couple weeks. We are going to MA, and going to go on some of the day trips. Are there any particular ones that you thought are can't miss. Obv everyone talks about the zip lines and such. Did you do any rafting? How was the croc tour?

We are staying for 2 weeks, so the first week will be at villa calletas and the 2nd week we are staying at the Tabacon Resort at the base of Arenal.

I can't wait!

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The area between Jaco and Manuel Antonio is great. Nice scenery, not very developed except for a condo or resort here or there, and just overall a really nice scene. If I were to buy property in Costa Rica, it would be in this area.

One word of advice for MA, is to bring your swimsuit. I guess we missed that in the Lonely Planet, but the beaches there are awesome and the water is warm. The water is warm all throughout CR, but Manuel Antonio has the nicest, cleanest and most beautiful beaches.

I didn't do any zip lines, but some students did. It sounds pretty fun, and the scenery you get to "zip" over is the rain forest. Not too expensive either ($50 or $60 for a tour.)

None of us managed to do any rafting. There's a place near MA that does it. I would have loved to but it didn't fit in our plans when we went through MA.

The croc tour was really cool. We went up on a river north of Jaco and a boat took us on a little tour. There are crocs everywhere. Once they found a really big one (this guy must have been 15 ft,) one of the tour guides got out and started slapping a fish in the water to call him over. Once he finally did, the croc took a bite of the fish and the tour guide put his hands over the crocs mouth and gave him a kiss. It was cool. Here's some pics (I didn't get a good one of him kissing the croc unfortunately):


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And one more thing about Arenal. There's a waterfall called "La Fortuna" near the town. It's a really cool waterfall that is about 80-90 feet high and has a little swimming hole by it. The hike is pretty easy and it's worth a few hours.

Here's a video of it: La Fortuna

And some pics:

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[toutatis70]

I'm leaving for San Jose Saturday. Do they still have poker games at the Jazz casino in Jaco?

[blunty31]

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I have a house in Liberia and just got back from there in augest. We payed 50$ for an ounce of dirts. Couldnt find any good stuff, but the coke is ridiculous, like 20$ for a gram and it seriously numbs your whole face. Hookers ask for $200 for the night but if you come by at around 3am theyll go for a $100, and you can bang them 10 times if you want. Me n my freind got two for a 100 bucks each, banged them then asked them 2 switch, and they were cool with it. The police are very laid back and dont [censored] with you, I was standing at a bar and saw 1 of the security guards hand a policeman an envelope of cash.

[ligastar]

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I'm leaving for San Jose Saturday. Do they still have poker games at the Jazz casino in Jaco?

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Yes.