My last vacation in Costa Rica was the first time I traveled internationally, so naturally I was a little 'nervous about all the "unknown" factors, such as visiting a foreign country whose principal language of Spanish, also through customs, "Finding My Way around, and all the other" what if "that tend to go through your head when you're doing something for the first time.
I had no idea that this was by far the best place I ever visited, as visuallybreathtaking natural beauty, but also the hands-on, look at and in times when interacting with nature.
My sister and I were on our adventure when we met in areas adjacent to the small airport in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica We did not stay, but, as we had reservations at a resort in El Arenal, which is about three hours from San Jose.
If you want a place to stay, but do not want to drive, it is very easy to organize, public or privateTravel anywhere you go, but there are many roads, so if you rent a vehicle with a GPS locked, could easily navigable.
The only downside we found with the public transport system was that, although it is less expensive than private transport, you must put aside a couple of hours to get there, as did many other pick-up that more time for further travel. However, considering that the cost of five dollars a gallon gasolinealmost everywhere in the country, public transport seemed to be a bargain.
As I said before, we stayed in Arenal, a field for the famous volcano Arenal. Arenal volcano erupts is unique because it is actually every night, and if you need to see near the mountain really well, can still be a bit 'bright eruption from a distance. Arenal is a beautiful country. Not only that, there was a lot of activities that couldSign up for an hour inside the mountain, like horseback riding, Ziplining, hot springs tours, rainforest canopy tours and much more.
We are taking one of the first cases riding to La Fortuna, which was a visual spectacle unlike others I have seen too much. La Fortuna Falls is a waterfall wonderfully large, you must run several hundred yards only to see the waterfall across from the bottom up. There was also a point of view, more than half of where to watchSize is the size of the case, but also in tropical environment and see for exotic birds and animals on the road.
Then came the canopy tour Ziplining, not for the faint hearted experience, but by far the most exciting and rewarding during our stay. We drove about an hour from our resort to the Rain Forest Arenal, and drop-off point, walked about half a mile to the platforms Zipline, after we got into our gear and have signed appropriatePress forms.
Ziplining through the canopy of the forest, with up to 40 miles per hour, and several hundred feet above the ground was certainly frightening, but after we finished the first platform to all the tour could not enough. There were 11 platforms in total, and the view from the top is breathtaking. It 'an experience I will never forget, and I want everyone who loves this type of exercise recommended, as done in Costa Rica
From Arenal, we headed toCoast to Jaco. Jaco was probably our least favorite stop of the trip. Is short of the landscape, and prostitution is very clear intimidating, not to mention unpleasant, especially for women traveling alone or families. The general feeling was not so friendly and open as our previous stay in Arenal, so we only stayed for two days and moved to another small hotel in a small town called Surf Playa Hermosa.
The living room was not very pleasant, relaxed and relaxing. Youcould sit at small restaurants and bars on the beach and watch the whales and blows surfers catch the waves and the feeling was just very casual. There were tons of surf zones of beaches, where they are.
Playa Hermosa, we went to Manuel Antonio. Manuel Antonio was by far the richest and close personal encounters with wild animals because they have a great national park, a paradise for the ports of wildlife.
Not only is there an abundance of wildlife,but the animals are so accustomed to humans will not hesitate to pass on your path to cross over one of the many hiking trails, or even tear your lunch out of your backpack, like you're sunbathing on the beaches along the hiking trails bay. Opposite, we have actually had very little white monkeys stealing our lunch, are known for their Kleptomania!
Manuel Antonio, you can choose from several prestigious hotels, and there are also some foods, in one of their many laid backOutdoor restaurants that serve the national dish of rice and beans, fish, beef and have breakfast every day.
In addition, more monkey see, as I recall, we have also become a sloth in front of our hotel was hanging from a tree, parrots, raccoons, miniature, see lizards, small and great, and some other unidentifiable animals ran across our path to enjoy the park or nearby trees.
As you can probably tell, Costa Rica has been the journey of life --me. I suspect that most others take a trip there would have thought the same thing. E 'of beauty, animals, culture and diversity of activity is also friendly to discerning travelers who seek excitement, please. And oh, you can also a Beach Bum, if you want!