Country Info
- San Jose
- Capital
- Costa Rican Colon (CRC)
- Currency
- 3,773,057
- Population
- CR
- Country Code
San Jose Slideshow
San Jose
Travel Blogs from San Jose, Costa Rica
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
... the Coffee Plantation with Hans. 11. Q)BEST WEATHER? A)Argentina 12. Q)CHEAPEST COUNTRY? A)Bolivia 13. Q)MOST EXPENSIVE COUNTRY A)Costa Rica followed closely by Chile 14. Q)WHAT DO WE MISS ALREADY? A) MAGE, Munchi´s ice cream in ...
My second life in Costa Rica
... family. So now I am back with my first family, the ones I lived with during my Spanish classes, my first month in Costa Rica. I kept contact with them since the beginning. My host sister, Annapa, works in events, and always has places for concerts or ...
back to paradise
the next morning after juggling my heart our, i caught a bus to santa thersa...again....it is soo nice there that i had to go back. it was a long day of driving but when i got to my hostel i went straight down to the ocean and took a swim. the ...
Update in Transit
Companeros, I am writing to you now from San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. To go to Monteverde, I had to come back through here to make my bus connection. San Jose is not my favorite city. Dirty, and reminds you around every ...
Costa Rica
And as I arrive in Costa Rica with only a month to go, everything is for the last time. More than ever I must enjoy every second. I go to San Jose, the capital. I found the city very bland, quite relaxed but the architecture is not striking, it hasn't ...
meeting and greeting!
... i have met the team and have got to chat with them..i can now get on with being excited about my adventure rather than being weary while alone in san jose...it is quite a rough town and not very nice to be alone in. well i hope everybody is ok at ...
Costa Rican capital
... next stop was the old military school complete with bullet holes in the walls! It now houses a museum showing the history of Costa Rica and a cute little butterfly garden. After our day of sightseeing Kerry spotted another market on the way back to the ...
still packing?? yep still packing
... and excitement about my trip. It is hard to believe that the day has come where I am really leaving on it. I get in to San Jose around 7pm and then take a taxi to my B and B called Vida Tropical....isabel and norman have emailed and been really nice to ...
San Jose
So today was quite interesting. it started off with getting lost, a LOT. top it off with not knowing much spanish and a country where street signs seemed to an unused concept. it would require asking like 3 different people how to get places, because ...
finally arrived!!
... 't in the right part of town or something. either way... I'm looking forward to seeing other cities in costa rica. right now I don't think I'm a very big fan of san jose.. but who knows. I've got the whole day to check it tomorrow... I may surprise ...
From paradise back to city life
... and see the moon glimmering through... SAN JOSE We´ve only walked through the city once, but from what I can tell, San Jose has some fantastic architecture. It doesn´t really seem to stem from one time period, but a few...so the city ...
Buswahn die Zweite
... Irgendwann geht es los, dass der Bus immer ausgeht, wenn irgendwie falsch geschaltet wurde.Auch das in Costa Rica natuerlich kein ProblemHandlungsanweisung:- Vollbesetzten Bus rueckwaerts rollen lassen - Rueckwaertsgang rein - Kupplung kommen lassen (Bus ...
Rafting down the Rio Pacuare
... juice drink, we headed on our way to San Jose - exhausted, relaxed, and stoked on an incredible rafting trip. Back in San Jose, I checked back into the Pangea Hostel, ate a nice pollo casado dinner, and then...watched the Oscars in english with a crowd ...
rain rain go away
... , one is from Austin, the other from San Antonio, Texas. They are both exchange students studying Spanish at the University of Costa Rica from Texas State University. (Time to get that Texan accent down, my repetoire is slowly expanding) We now have 6 ...
Arrived at Costa Rica Airport ,10pm (local time)
... Airlines obviously felt that it needed livening up by managing to lose my luggage on arrival at Costa Rica airport.After filling in various forms and dealing with the required protocol I finally headed through customs and immigration where ...
San José, Costa Rica
Well, here it is...my first official entry! I've been in Costa Rica for three weeks, and only now am I able to get this in motion. Shall we play catch-up? I arrived safe and sound (albeit delayed by almost two hours) on the evening of Wednesday, July ...
How, "Hey Fuck You Man," Can Save Your Life
... crossing I've ever seen. You could easily cross the border, not get stamped, and just walk into Costa Rica. The bus from the border to San Jose, however, got stopped three times to check passport stamps. You would think it would be more ...
Two Days in San Jose
... Pacific cost for the month but decided to travel to another country. Our plan when we left Quepos was to take the 3 hour bus to San Jose, Costa Rica, spend the night in San Jose and then leave at 6 am for Bocas del Toro, Panama. Bocas del Toro is an ...
Christmas in Uvita and San Isdro
... holiday there and, as usual, Ani had attention heaped on her. If you ever have the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica, bring along a cute baby because the locals love them! So after a half hour enjoying the shade and cool waters, ...
In the big city
I am back in the city of San Jose to re-energize my body after visiting the hot and humid jungle of the south. Here it is cooler and much more comfortable. This city is absolutely out of its mind (and wonderful). I find myself asking for just about ...
Costa Rican Capital
... Theater, walking down the central shopping area (Central Ave). I think the highlight for us was the National Theater of Costa Rica (Spanish: Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica). Construction began in 1891, and it opened to the public on ...
Heredia and beyond
... my life, he yanked me out of path of death, use extreme caution. And then there's the horrendous air pollution from automobile emmissions! San Jose was worth a day visit, we hired a taxi to get in and out of the core. Downtown is easily explored on ...
Adios San jose!
Buenas people! More rain for our last ever night at Gaudy's! Have moved into the 8 bed dorm now aswell. Tonight will be for repacking and getting to know all the other volunteers who turned up today :) Also last night for a month on a real mattress, its ...
First week...
... ’s newest program, in its first year. The week was spent in various orientation classes. We talked about ourselves, learned about Costa Rica, learned about Peace Corps, and discussed our projects. It was a jam-packed week, and we went every day ...
San Jose, Costa Rica
... in my pocket. I ran out of money in Puerto Viejo. I had a banana & water for breakfast. Panana's are dirt cheap in Costa Rica, and Panama for that matter. Why are there 2 bus stations I don't know, but you need to take a taxi between them. ...
Rainy San Jose - what more can I say
... central america along with Panama. Anyway it took more than an hour to go through Nicaraguan departure process and then through Costa Rica customs which did a pointless and very cursory exmination of our bags. This needless exercise required us to take ...
valcano arenal
... was about 3 hours but soo worth it!! this valcano is one out of seven that are active out of over 200 that are in costa rica!!! so, needless to say we couldn´t get too close, but i am most certainly okay with that! from what people tell ...