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Costa Rica is one of the most popular tourist destinations in the world. With its tropical climate, incredible nature, great surf, and magical sunsets it has enamored travelers for decades.
This week on the show we are breaking down our trip to Costa Rica. Costa Rica has a lot to offer and a lot of places to visit so this will be the first of two episodes with a focus on the first half of our trip and specifically our time staying in Nosara and Santa Teresa (next week we’ll cover Monteverde, La Fortuna, and San Jose).
We’ll talk about what we did and where we went, how we planned and (tried to) budgeted for our trip there, our adventures driving a rental car in Costa Rica, and the pros and cons and cons of traveling in the coastal region of the country.
Discussed in this episode:
- Basic overview of Costa Rica and our trip there
- Where we went in Costa Rica
- The challenges of planning your transportation in Costa Rica
- Our experience renting a car in Costa Rica and what it was like driving from San Jose to Nosara
- What it’s like to spend a week at a yoga retreat in Nosara, Costa Rica
- Hiking to the Mala Noche waterfall
- Restaurants we loved in Nosara:
- Organico Deli Market,
- La Luna
- Beach Dog Cafe
- Driving from Nosara to Santa Teresa
- Activities and adventures you can do/take in Santa Teresa
- Restaurants, cafes, etc. from Santa Teresa
- Vermu
- Earth Cafe
- Pizza Tomate
- Cafe Social
- Satori Sushi
- Banana Beach Club
- Deciding to change to to an SUV rental car
- What we’ll talk about in part two
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