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Originally Posted by squid face
thx brotha - bin planning a surf trip to CR for a while and love hearing others views!!
Sorry, I don't surf .... but I do know a bit about CR. People WILL steal stuff sitting on the beach in Jaco.
CR is a great place to visit and even a better place to live. It is NOT Paradise, but it is pretty nice. The cost of living is low if you manage it correctly. The people are pretty nice by and large, so long as you are not acting the gringo a-hole.
You are heading out of the dry season and into the rainy season. Dry season starts again in late November. Elsewhere in this thread are some surf-specific tis re the seasons ...
Definitely try out Chiliguaro as a drink of choice. It is very cheap, based on guaro a national liquor, and strong.
Seafood is fresh and so is produce. Both are cheaper than Las Vegas.
It is worth a couple of bucks to buy Travel Accident Insurance, get one which covers all your accident-related medicals without deductible. (Have an annual policy for less than $20/mo, but I travel a lot. Had a mishap a couple of months ago and ended up in an emergency room, sh*t happens. Recommend CIMA or Clinica Biblica if you are in San Jose.)
The "low level debauchery" is 10x better than Las Vegas and much, much cheaper. to indulge. Just don't be an a-hole and you will have a great time.
Also, a friend of mine lives in Tamarindo full-time and says the poker games are pretty soft.
Last edited by Gzesh; 04-13-2019 at 08:13 PM.