Gold Museum (Museo del Oro) San Jose

We arrived safely, in one piece in Alejuela, Costa Rica yesterday. Despite what our plane tickets said, there is no longer an airport in San Jose. The warm temperatures are amazing in comparison with what we are used to in Michigan. :) Upon our arrival we were welcomed with rain. Imagine that! Here, it is is very sunny in the morning and the …

The hotel has a nice breakfast buffet with fresh juice - passion fruit maybe. I got out as soon as I could after breakfast - the walk to the central plaza is not far and quite direct. I think I wandered around a bit in the beginning, passed by the Teatro Nacional and the second of the bird statues that are all around town and went to the Gold …

We arrived at Juan Santamaria airport Tuesday night, and after being bombarded by local taxi drivers trying relentlessly to scam tourists out of their money, we eventually made it to our hotel in the historical section of downtown San Jose (I always thought 'alto' meant stop in Spanish, but it seems that Costa Rican stop signs are more of a …

This morning when we awoke we each had a very relaxing shower. Afterword we went to the same restaurant for breakfast that we had gone to the night before. It is a buffet included in the price of the room.

After breakfast we spent some time looking at our Lonely Planet guide. The two places we decided to go to were the Teatro Nacional ( …

... Auftakt" in unser Costa Rica-Erlebnis. :-) Dann ging´s auf die City-Tour: Wir besuchten u.a. das Nationaltheater und danach das Gold-Museum, aber der Guide jagte uns in ziemlich kurzer Zeit durch, was etwas nervte. (Im Souvenirladen hatten wir dann ...

... Dirty, dirty, dirty--in more ways than one... 2) Crowded--there is no lack of people. 3) There is not AS much gold in the gold museum as I had thought there would be. 4) There awesome little bakeries off some of the side streets. 5) Death by taxi is ...

... that we went to the national museum, which was an old fort on a hill.  It has alot information on the history of costa rica.  Honestly the museums aren't that great, however it had good views of the city. Later that night we went to see Batman: ...

... ) is located. It sets me back .60 cents...LOL... &  $7.00 for el museo. The Gold museum, in downtown San Jose, is very easily the country's best, and perhaps Central America, museum. It displays thousands of different examples of ...

... mercado central and bought lots of postcards! So will be sending them soon.  Tried to visit the museo pre columbino (pre columbian gold museum) but they were closed for some sort of refurbishment, how dare they be closed when I have come all the way ...

... my all you can eat breakfast! I haven´t felt the need to eat any dinner! I then went to the gold museum in the centre of San Jose, which was great. I couldn´t believe how intricate the designs were considering they were made around 500 AD. Tomorrow ...

... isn't all it's cracked up to be. Cross forest ranger off my list of things I want to be when I grow up. Also, went to the Gold Museum Wed. Turned out to be free for PC vols. Yay!! I'll take it! It didn't have that much gold. Mostly artifacts from the ...

... Oro Banco Central (Gold Museum).  Price: $7.00 [but for me it was free because Johnny payed] About the Gold Museum-- Located directly beneath the Plaza de la Cultura, this unusual underground museum houses one of the largest collections ...

I arrived in Costa Rica San Jose late last night and the taxi to my hotel took about 45 Min's through bad traffic the hotels here are very expensive and the weather very hot i am just going to chill out for a week as i have a G.A.P tour starting on the ...

... and at least one display spoke of the important role of women in the society of the early peoples of Costa Rica. After being kicked out of the museum, I decided to walk back on the next block over and found the Artisans Market.  It had some nice ...