If you want to see animals, go during the rainy season.
Aside from it being the off-season (and likely cheaper), youll see the forests full of life.
You dont need to buy plastic water bottles while traveling there.
Like, everyone has a maid.
Bosque del Cabo is an amazing lodge down there.
Great food and comfortable bungalows.
It is a bit warmer that San Jose typically.
Here youll find the volcano Poas.
The national park around it was closed for a while last year due to the volcano being active.
But it has been reopened recently and the place is well maintained.
you might get the largest strawberries in this area.GMYoW
Hire a guide for Manuel Antonio National Park.
The guides swarm you in the parking lot, which is off-putting, but they are well worth it.
Landed in Manauga and worked our way south by chicken bus.
Nicaraguas beaches are awesome, and everything was much cheaper than Costa Rica.
Look up this little gem if youre interested in Heaven on Earth:Apoyo Lagoon.Pedro_de_Pacas
Stay away from Tortuguero.
Eco-tourism does not always equal eco-friendly.
The night time turtle watching experience was a nightmare.
People running around scaring the turtles with no regard.
Be considerate, let faster drivers go around you.
Avoid driving at night unless you know exactly where you are going.
The roads are not marked like they are in your home country.
DO NOT drive through moving water.
Also, look out for animals when you are driving.
Numerous creatures can and will run across the road.seaprozac
NO paper at all in toilets, NOTHING.
Excepting high end hotels in SOME places.
The law requires public toilets in most all stores including grocery stores.
They are on the American continent as well and dont appreciate us taking ownership of the entire continent.
you might say you are from the United States.
Dont get offended if someone calls you a gringo; they dont mean anything by it.
There are fire ants and other nasty stuff in the jungle.
Come back next week when were hacking Bama.
