Thanks for joining us on our first adventure!! We are spending one whole MONTH in Costa Rica….aiiiiii

This isn’t a formal blog, because I don’t know how to blog or use this WordPress site, but friends and family want to know what we are up to. I also bought a goPro camera that I don’t know how to use, so we are off to a pretty decent start. I’m going to give it to you straight up with extra salt, because thats how I roll. I am one salty beach.

Helloooooo Costa Rica!

Gimme monkeys, jungle, ocean, heat….the complete opposite of cold, fluffy white bullshit we were about to experience at home. Most likely it will hold off until we get back; we should have planned this trip for Jan/Feb, but we didn’t want to wait that long.

November is the end of rainy season here, so the weather can be hit or miss with the amount of rain that will fall, but that also means that accommodations/tours are at their cheapest. High season starts in Dec-April; we liked the idea of less crowds/cheaper prices. We were game for possible scorching rainfall, it beats cold/wet Onterrible Canada.

We got our flights from Toronto to San Jose for $348cad return each. SCORE #1

Apparently accommodations aren’t as cheap as we thought they would be, the tourism in the last 10 years has increased in CR so the prices have also gone up. Challenge accepted

I think I did pretty good between expedia and airbnb, we aren’t fancy so we were completely fine with a private room in a hostel OMG THESE DOGS NEED TO SHUT THE EFF UP (neighbours guard dogs) I want to hear the birds and geckos right now ffs. Anyways, the priciest accommodations were the airport hotels in San Jose, we needed late/free shuttles to/from the hotel to the airport. We didn’t want to get stabbed by a cabbie or something…kidding? I think including our flights and accommodations for 30 days it came to just under 3000CAD for the 2 of us. SCORE #2

I will post our accommodations/means of getting there as we go along. We are deciding to not rent a car for this, as there are buses/shuttles to the destinations we have chosen. Not all roads are shit, but the roads are at their worst at the end of rainy season. We figured it was best to leave the driving to the professionals who are used to the conditions, and avoid the stress of renting a car and arguing over directions and who’s driving and holy hell it would end our marriage I’m sure.

FANCY MAP:

One Month Itinierary (based on Trip Advisor suggestions)

Oct 30th 2018-Nov 30th 2018
DAY 1 Get the eff out of Toronto, fly to San Jose
DAy 2-6 Puerto Viejo de Talamanca (Caribbean side)
Day 6-9 La Fortuna/Arenal (Volcano)
Day 9-12 Monteverde (Cloud Forest)
Day 12-16 Tamarindo (North Specific side)
Day 16-19 Santa Teresa/Mal Pais (Headed South)
Day 19-26 Quepos/Manuel Antonio (more jungle)
Day 26-Day 29 Sabanillas de Acosta (in the mountains on the way back to San Jose
Day 30 Head back home:(

Keep reading for daily updates…or 2 day updates….depends on the wifi and if I am elbow deep in a maragarita somewhere