While Supplies Last: Pura Vida Costa Rica!

Costa Rica is the second to the last country that I am supposed to visit and it definitely did not disappoint. Although I only had Four days in a huge country, I definitely picked the cities to visit and went on an adventure for sure to remember.

I left Bocas Del Toro, Panama on June 24th and took a day of travelling to San Jose, Costa Rica. I heard a lot of things about San Jose and I decided to just stay one night to recupérate and prepare myself for an adventure. Right the next day, I went to the mountains and explored Monte Verde. There are so much things you can do in Monte Verde including hikes, coffee and cheese tours, canyoning, horse back riding, canopying, and my most favourite, bungee jumping. Oh boy would I ever miss that opportunity to bungee jump. NOPE! I did it with five other brave people which made the whole jump much more easy. The company that we did the bungee jump with held the highest point where we could jump across Latin America, and yes I completed it. It definitely made up for the adrenaline that I have been looking for. I can still feel the rush that I felt thinking what if the cord broke, or the instructors forgot to tie something. All in all, I definitely recommend doing the jump. Scared or not scared of heights, try it for the sake of trying.

From the jump, I met these Americans and travelled with three of them to Manuel Antonio. I was not really planning to go to Manuel Antonio as I do not know what to see there but heck, I needed to take a 6am bus to get to my next destination in Nicaragua. So I chose to drive with them to Manuel Antonio because why not? I spent a night there but still had to take a 6am bus to Nicaragua. Manuel Antonio is where you go to really explore nature. We saw small monkeys within ten minutes of landing into our destination. It was quite expensive though. Costa Rica in general was quite expensive.

It was quite a stretch crossing the border from Costa Rica to Nicaragua. You can pay $27 USD for a convenient ride from San Jose to Managua, or take chicken buses from San Jose to Liberia, then to the Nicaraguan Frontera, then take a taxi or bus to your next destination. Everything is pretty close to each other and you can probably go around with a taxi for $25 per hour. I took the easier route.

I am currently in Nicaragua but this is a whole different story. I will write about it when I get to Costa Rica and wait for my flight back to graduate.