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Originally Posted by georgeyw
Border crossings are worse  Took a bus from Caracas to Catagena and that was an experience in itself. Shit hole after shit hole all protected with 17 different check points....
I'm not a fan of cities either(live in a small town) - never made it to Costa Rica but a mate said it was a beautiful place. |
I've never taken a bus in Latin America (or dammit - never been on a bus for decades in any country) - can imagine!
Costa Rica is fine.. but it's the same here - the capital city, San Jose is an utter shithole!
But the rest of the country is an amazing place and the people are genuinely friendly - even cops don't have an attitude. CR has amazing wildlife - a couple of weeks back was near the coast checking out land and came across a 9 foot boa crawling under the car (he's harmless). There were about 17 dolphins swimming around a humpback whale in the bay - this was the place Jacque Costeau used to film a lot of his underwater movies.
And the roads are crap... but the girls are kinda nice!