San Jose Costa Rica Marriott

... 5 hour layover (lots of drinks, foods and pedicures ... Connor's first pedicure ever!) - then another 3.5 hours to San Jose, the capitol of Costa Rica. When we arrived in Costa Rica and exited the airport we were soon accosted by a number of taxi drivers ...

... the street.  If you walk a little farther and go under a bridge where the highway is you arrive at the MultiPlaza Escazu, Costa Rica's largest mall.  The walk was short but a little scary because there is a manhole that has no cover.  We ...

... burial practices.  Josh and Mom were amused by the stone sphere collection.  Apparently the early inhabitants of southwestern Costa Rica created large stone spheres for reasons unknown  up until about AD 300.  The significance of these ...

... , cold for a tropical country.)The day before today, it was 55 degrees here. It was the coldest day in November in Costa Rica for 25 years. I know, everyone in Kansas is thinking, "poor baby...55 degrees." However, houses here have no heating system. ...

... rep and he waited with us until the shuttle arrived.  A quick ride to the hotel and we checked in.  The San Jose Marriott is even better than we imagined.  When we walked into our room Rachel and Darren almost started cheering.  This ...

I have finally arrived in Costa Rica! The flight was pretty short, but I was able to decide which beach I'm going to tomorrow and study a little Spanish,which left my brain the second I tried to speak to someone. Luckily this country loves their tourists ...

We planned to wake up early the morning of November 28th, drive from Dominical to San Jose, return our rental car at the San Jose airport, and then catch a bus from San Jose to Bocas Del Toro, Panama (since all of the flights between the cities were sold ...

... did a little reading about the area of San Jose that we are in.  Apparently it is known as the Beverly Hills of Costa Rica.  Well, I don't think Beverly Hills needs to be too worried about losing its status to Escazu.  It's a bit cleaner, ...

Lyndsey, Jeremy and I are three of the most lucky people from UNC-Wilmington who get to attend the MUN conference in Costa Rica. We left Wilmington to drive to Charlotte the night before we fly out to San Jose. The hotel we checked in was wacky but the ...

... doing our research then snorkeling and hanging out on the beach.  Here is the hotel we stayed at tonight.  I bet you wish you were here!  I do!  http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/sjocr-costa-rica-marriott-hotel-san-jose/ Pura ...

... Imperial and drank at Flora´s. Tuesday was our last day in Manuel Antonio. We had a flight that evening back to San Jose, where I used up some Marriott points to stay at a nice place for once. We were going to spend the day at Manuel Antonio Park. We ...

Well its day 13 and today is the last day of our Costa Rica vacation. Tomorrow we will fly home.  It has been a difficult decision of what to do with today but both of us were having concerns over the state of the SUV.  We are dragging the ...

My last day in Costa Rica was spent white water rafting. A bus took us about three hours away to the river.   On the way there they stopped at a restaurant for breakfast.  It was a beautiful place where we sat out in the open air (again) ...

... nbsp; Lo siento  mi amor pero   I am spoken for . After I picked up my luggage, I was outside and officially in Costa Rica! The school sent someone to get me. She stood over to the side with a sign that said "Abigail" (the Spanish spelling ...