Costa Rica General Tips by gcmm

Favorite Thing: The beaches are great and if you have the chance , you must do the west coast at sunset......
The beaches of Manzanillo, playa san miguel and playa hermosa were done this day.

A page for them coming soon.
This sunset was at playa hermosa and it was spectacular......
We were able to swim out quit far and the sand was very fine..even walking out..
Our guide told us this was our day and we could do anything and go anywere we wanted ...
We got to see some very nice beach homes and places that were really beautiful.....

It was part of the sunset tour.....

Fondest Memory: Sunset at playa hermosa......
Just being able to walk along the beach at this time of day and no back home that the tempature is -5 degrees....

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Favorite Thing: There are so many places and things about Costa Rica which are great.
I think that going on the Canopy tour is a great experiance. There are many to choose from, so read the description about each one.
It is something that you will not forget.
You can take a guided tour which will cost more, or you can try to get your own transpotation to each place and get your own ticket.
One good thing about a guided tour is that you do learn alot about the country and they no wear there going.
Also i enjoyed the quad tour, we had a great time....

Fondest Memory: We miss the people of Costa Rica. Very friendly and all ways willing to help.
They all ways seem to smile and enjoy life.

Carlos and his friend were our guides on our Quad tour. We had a great time, got swim in the water fall, swing on the tree swing and got to get dirty................

Pack some clothes you can wash, or don,t mind getting dirty, because you will........

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Favorite Thing: One of my favorite things about Costa Rica is there coffee.
Some say the best in the world...I guess it all depends on what you like.
I love there coffee,especially the Arabica blend.

Two main species of coffee are cultivated today.
Arabica coffee accounts for 75-80% of the world's production. Robusta coffee, is more robust than the Arabica plants, but produces an inferior tasting coffee with a higher caffeine content.
The coffee plant can grow to heights of 10 meters if not pruned, but producing countries will maintain the coffee at a height reasonable for easy harvesting.

For mor information on coffee and a place to shop is at cafebritt. Prices are not that bad and sometimes they run specials,2 for 1 etc

Go to www.cafebritt.com

Fondest Memory: Good strong coffee....

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Favorite Thing: Since so many people always ask about Costa rica weather here is a description taken from a costa rica weather page...

Rain is a fact of life in Costa Rica. Annual precipitation averages 250 cm (100 inches) nationwide. Depending on the region, the majority of this may fall in relatively few days--sometimes fewer than 15 per year.

. The mountains, by contrast, often exceed 385 cm (150 inches) per year, sometimes as much as 7.6 meters (25 feet) on the more exposed easterly facing slopes. And don't expect to stay dry in the montane rainforests; even on the sunniest days, the humid forests produce their own internal rain as water vapor condenses on the cool leaves and falls.

Generally, rains occur in the early afternoons in the highlands, midafternoons in the Pacific lowlands, and late afternoons (and commonly during the night) in the Atlantic lowlands. Sometimes it falls in sudden torrents called aguaceros, sometimes it falls hard and steady, and sometimes it sheets down without letup for several days and nights.

Dry season on the Meseta Central and throughout the western regions is December through April. In Guanacaste, the dry season usually lingers slightly longer; the northwest coast (the driest part of the country) often has few rainy days even during wet season. On the Atlantic coast, the so-called dry season occurs January-April.

Even in the rainy season, days often start out warm and sunny, although temporales (morning rainfall) are not uncommon, it may not even rain at all some days..

In the highlands, rainy season usually brings an hour or two of rain midafternoon. Still, be prepared: 23 hours of a given day may be dry and pleasant; during the 24th, the rain can come down with the force of a waterfall. The sudden onset of a relatively dry period, called veranillo (little summer), sometimes occurs July-August or August-September, particularly along the Pacific coast.

Fondest Memory: Every thing, anyone traveling to costa rica or planning a trip there, enjoy .............

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Favorite Thing: I was not sure where to put this tip, so here it goes.....Many times in the forums people ask about places to rent or buy etc, and whats available...
On our last trip there we picked up a little guide to many places along the west coast of peninsula de nicoya, Puntarenas....

So i put together information that was in the guide...
Every place that had a web site is listed, there seems to be some interesting places to stay that are not found on the web...

So use them to the best, if you have any thoughts let me no....check my travellogs for the info....


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