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| Costa Rica Travel Guide for backpackers |
| This is the place most people dream of when thinking about winning the lottery and telling the boss to shove it, then taking off to a tropical paradise. With an almost perfect climate, it is the ideal place for kicking back and lazing on the beach, or catching a wave or two.
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San Jose – This cosmopolitan and modern city has more of a North American atmosphere than one would expect in a country like Costa Rica, with shopping malls, department stores and fast-food names known throughout the world.
Monteverde – This little settlement has become a favourite destination for tourists with a number of interesting attractions, including the Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, which gives refuge to an amazing number of animals, butterflies, birds and plants.
Pacific Beaches – Luxury resorts, secret coves, deserted beaches, and jungles? What more could you want to bring all your chakra’s into brilliance?
Parks – Costa Rica is an ecology-aware country and has built up its parks and wildlife with care. The volcano in Parque Nacional Volcán Arenal does its bit as well and puts on fantastic displays of molten lava and flaming rocks shooting through the air, thrilling the tourists and bringing its share of currency to the table.
Rincon de la Vieja – This volcanic landscape seems to be more the vision of a deranged sci-fi writer than a work of Mother Nature, with pools of boiling mud, malodorous sulphur springs, cones, craters, and lagoons. |
 DAILY BUDGET in COSTA RICA - With cheap chow coming at about US$3 to US$10 a throw, and really low cost accommodation in the range of US$5 to US$15, it is possible to get by on US$35 a day, but it really wouldn’t be something your mom would be thrilled about. However, up the ante to US$60 a day, and life takes on brighter hue, with a comfortable bed, decent food, and enough change for a spot of travelling or seeing some paying sights. |
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| If you one of those who gain energy from others and love packed beaches and crowded amenities, then the late-December to mid-April dry season is the best time for you to visit Costa Rica, but remember it is the high season and prices soar. If you would rather enjoy the amenities without sitting on your neighbours tail, but also want to avoid the soggy season of rain and impassable roads, try planning your visit around April or May, and mid-October to mid-December. In November, you can exercise your bunny-hugging, nature-loving, good-karma-seeking, self to the ultimate treat by swimming with Dolphins in Drake Bay. Then, in February/March you can enjoy the sounds of music in the South Caribbean Music Festival in Puerto Viejo. |
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