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One of our first trips together was a semi
backpack trip to Costa Rica. We purchased a return airline ticket and reserved
a hotel room for the first night of our stay. The rest of the trip was "wing
it". We ended up traveling Costa Rica from West to East, and from North to
almost South, by rental vehicle, bus, and with people we met who where also
traveling the country. We stayed in motels, inns, and bed and breakfasts. Over
all we had a very good trip, but did find that Costa Rica does not have a lot of
culture of its own. Rather, our impression was that it was a Latino country trying to emulate the
Americans. One of the reasons for this being that the country is protected by
jungle and mountains, and the early settlers did not penetrate it till many
years after the neighboring countries were settled. We did find some beautiful
beaches, lush jungle vegetation & exotic animals & birds as well as the
volcanoes.
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Down town San Jose, Costa Rica as seen from our motel on the
first day we arrived
there.
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New friends at a bed and breakfast in the San
Jose
area.
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In the square in down town San
Jose
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View from a room in a motel owned
by a Canadian couple in Puntarenas.
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A bed and breakfast in the jungle on
the
way between San Jose and Limon.
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Marilyn engaging in her favorite pastime - Shopping.
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More new friends at a bed and
breakfast in San
Jose.
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Will on the beach at Manuel Antonio
National
Park
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