Any suggestions? I'll be going next February on my honeymoon there. It's by far the safest and most stable of the central American nations and the climate is nice and tropical, even in the winter months. I also did my share of surfing throughout high school and really want to surf down in costa rica, one of the best spots in the western hemisphere.

Anyone been to Costa Rica? What cities should I visit?

7/24/2007 9:23:14 AM

Coincidentally I have been reading Jimmy Buffett's A Pirate Looks at Fifty and he was raving about the surfing and fishing in Quepos.

7/24/2007 9:33:41 AM

Cos-ta Ri-ca

7/24/2007 9:56:42 AM

I, too, hate the rain forest. There are over 800,000 things in the rain forest that cause cancer.

Please, help stop the rain forest before it's too late.

7/24/2007 10:14:16 AM

if you wanna get stoned + ride, go to the east coat.

7/24/2007 11:33:23 AM

here's what I posted in this thread
http://brentroad.com/message_topic.aspx?topic=435254

Quote :

"We went in Oct 2004 for our honeymoon - it was awesome. Highly recommended. here's our pictures - http://www.thalions.com/gallery-wedding2/honeymoon you can follow through the album captions of where we went, including San Jose, Arenal, and Manuel Antonio. we booked the trip though - http://www.costaricabureau.com/ they were excellent. the lady we worked with, Ines Silva, was outstanding - she took care of everything. We just told her what we were interested in based on the website, she gave us several iteneraries, revised based on our feedback, then booked everything for us. We just bought our plane tickets, flew down there, were picked up by a chartered car and we met Ines at the offices. She gave us a book of vouchers that covered everything for a week except spending money and gas, some maps and instructions, and the keys to our rental RAV4 and we were off on our own for 8 days. It was great because while it wasn't a "packaged tour" on a bus or with a group of other tourists, we didn't really have to do any preparation because they found everything for us. let me know if you want any mroe details."

7/24/2007 1:08:28 PM

^my post from the same thread

Quote :

"I went for my bar trip in August, 2005. Despite traveling during the rainy season I had a great time. We visited San Juan, Drake Bay (Corcavado National Park), Monteverde (Cloud Forest), La Fortuna and Arenal Volcano. Arenal was the first volcano I have seen erupt in person...really amazing. But my favorite place was Jinetes de Osa resort in Drake Bay. To get there we had to fly a 6-seat prop plane, land on a dirt airstrip that floods during rainy season, then forge a river in a SUV but it was well worth it. The resort is out of the way and serene, and it a short boat trip from Corcavado and Cano Island. "

7/24/2007 3:42:29 PM

I went last year over fall break to Costa Rica with my girlfriend at the time. We stayed at the Fiesta Premier Resort which was in the Gulf of Papagayo in Guanacaste. We flew into Liberia and from there it's only about a 45 min ride to the resort. It's an all inclusive place with an excellent view of their private beach. They have a wide range of amenities including three tiered pool, outdoor and swim up bar, spa, and places to schedule adventure tours and other activities. Their staff their is incredible too and know how to make everyone have a very good time.

If it is something that you are interested in, I can send you some pictures from when I was down there.

7/24/2007 4:21:36 PM

if agentlion is the person I'm thinking of, I was the one that inspired them to go to Costa Rica with my thread when I studied abroad there in 2004

I just bought my plane ticket yesterday to go there on an 8 day vacation next month. I can't wait to get to Tortuguero this time and see the sea turtles nesting there. A trip to the top of Volcan Arenal and Class IV whitewater rafting on the Rio Pacuare are also on my agenda.

7/24/2007 4:50:06 PM

Not sure about the most stable, as Panama is economically better off, in addition to safety. Nonetheless, You'll really only surf on the Pacific coast. From Dominical north to Jaco/Quepos are great breaks. I recall a break called Hermosa that was pumpin' when I was there.

You'll love it, just watch out for the cattle on the roads.

7/24/2007 4:58:26 PM

there's parts of panama where the guerillas are worse then in Columbia, and I've been told this from Panamanians before

7/24/2007 5:04:34 PM

^^^ yes, i believe it was your thread. but so many old threads have been deleted i guess we'll never find it

7/24/2007 5:16:57 PM

I´m in La Fortuna right now and I just saw lava flowing down a Arenal Volcano and then went to the hot springs where I drank, ate fajitas, and took a giant water slide into the water. This was a great day!!!

8/19/2007 11:55:25 PM

aha, cool.
i want to go back.... here's some of our pics from the La Fortuna waterfalls, Volcano Arena, and Tabacon hot sprints at the foot of the volcano a couple years ago.

lava coming down the volcano. It was actually bright red, but I couldn't capture that on my camera


the volcano in the background. It's perpetually smoking. If the lava flow is light, you can only see it at night




natural hot springs, ~130F i think



La Fortuna Falls, near Arenal

8/20/2007 7:34:57 AM