Villa Tournon San Jose
125 m al Este del Periodico La Republica San Jose, Province of San Jose, 1000, Costa Rica
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Arrival in San Jose
The adventure has begun.
As I was alking to board after passing through the gate, a woman behind me asked about the book I was reading on Costa Rica. I told her about my trip and she was very interested in Adventure .Center. She is also traveling to Costa Rica later, after Florida. After getting off the plane, she caught up with me because …
Walking around San Jose, Costa Rica
The hotel has a nice breakfast buffet with fresh juice - passionfruit 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 …
Perhaps Some Pre-Planning Would Be Helpful
Today I thought I had it together; I quickly organized the stuff I would need, including my raincoat, in my daypack, and was ready to go a little after breakfast. I asked the desk clerk how to get to the bus station to go to the Botanical Garden. I thought it would be famous. He wasn't aware of it so asked for the address. Oops, I had to go …
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Do you know the way....
... bus having convinced me that I needed to revert to a spot of flashpacking. I checked in and took a stroll down to the centre in search of food.
Downtown San Jose, not sure what I can really say about it (it's not particularly nice) besides having the usual array of McFriedKing outlets and an abundance of shoe shops (in
numbers not seen since Chetumal, Mexico - that is going back!). In a moment of weakness, I succumbed to the hypnotic glare of the golden arches and ...
Costa Rica Adventure - week 2
... grasping the stalks of the plants they were perched on. We were also taken over a bridge suspended above some pools in an enclosed area – this held several snapping turtles, caymen and crocs. The biggest one being Elliot, a 40yr old croc measuring 4m in length… Right at the end we also saw a glass frog – so named because if you turn them upside down and shine a torch under them, you can see all their intestines etc, and their heart beating. This one also had eggs ...



