San Jose Downtown Hotels

... lost eye contact with me as they beckoned me thru the maze of desperate drivers.  It was about a 20 minute drive into downtown San Jose.  I felt very foreign at this point... it was about 10:30 pm, not a business open.  Dirty ...

... rather explore than study. Costa Rica is a lot like Oaxaca, but much more developed, at least in San Jose. There are a lot of fast food restaurants, large hotels, and tall buildings in the city. The roads are nicer in most areas. The driving is a little ...

... problem finding a place to eat dinner (the steak).  I had no problem, however, finding the heart of downtown San Jose, a grouping of a dozen or so hotels, casinos, bars, taxis, cigar hawkers, and hookers - male and female.  The epicenter of this ...

... of town. The hotels were all posh looking, the street in front of them was clean and shiny (according to San Jose standards anyway) and all the bars and restaurants were occupied by what appeared to be English speaking only patrons. ...

... I finished a book and a cup of coffee with my new friends I grabbed another cab (not a good idea to even walk 2 blocks in downtown San Jose, sola in the middle of the night) to the Tica Bus station. Come to find out the Tica Bus station is open 24 hours ...

... to contribute alot of his monthly pension in this club. So,  I went on an self guided tour of several of San Jose's finest casinos, slowly pissing away green backs on beer while being propositioned by he/shes and women. I know I ...

... but he was a begger, but I don't exactly why he wanted to help me so much but he gave me a tour of the downtown area and took me to 3 hotels to check monthly rates, it was more than I want to pay, about $180 per month.  He showed me second had stores ...

... double on 2 motorcycles) in riot gear. The rest of the journey to San Jose goes smoothly. We met up with our van driver who was to ...

... to by a ticket for the San Antonio City Trolley Tour with the hop on/hop off option. This tour makes stops at Mission San Jose and Mission Concepcion in addition to other points of interest around the city. The first stop I got off at was Mission San ...

... disappointing, as I expected more. I thought the state capital rather bland, and uninspiring. Time did not allow me to visit Oakland or San Jose, two of the many places which were actually on my lists. But I did manage to have a look at Alcatraz. The ...

Hi from Honduras!  The last 24 hours have been traveling hours.  We left Panama late Tuesday afternoon, changed planes in San Jose, Costa Rica, and arrived in El Salvador and rode 30 minutes on the bus to our hotel in San Salvador, right at the ...

... ; We started our tour with an 8:00 am pick up right here at the RV park, made the rounds to several other hotels downtown then off and running.  First stop was Brackenridge Park at the Japanese Tea Gardens, AKA Sunken Gardens or Chinese Tea ...

... in a Brooklyn accent. Tomorrow we have to wake up super early once again for the three hour ride back to San Jose. Already Thinking About Coming Back I want to return here and truly experience Pura Vida (pure life), the ...