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Originally Posted by YoungManCoffee
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Can confirm. Those urban shots do not represent the country. Best area to go is Jaco/Playa Hermosa on the Pacific side, IMO.
Funny, I've always considered Jaco itself, and its beach, to be a sh***ole. OTOH, if you drive there from San Jose via Puriscal, or head south from Jaco along the Pacific, the trip is gorgeous.
There are plenty of incredibly beautiful places in Costa Rica, you can get really great houses with ocean, mountain or jungle vistas, the temperature is seldom outside the 60 - 85 degree F range, the people are pretty friendly/ laidback, there is poker to be played, and the living is relatively easy. Plus there's Crocodile Bridge, active volcanos, hot springs, and chiliguaro for about $ .50 a shot
Heading down there next week.