Thread: "That's it? ?"--Disappointing destinations

But keep in mind that you are really not flying to SJO. (SAN JOSE) You fly into ALAJUELA. SJO is another 12 miles, or 30 dollar cab ride to San Jose. (Bus is like a buck and they stop in front of the airport outside the terminal area.) I like COSTA RICA. It's definately a paradise to me. I highly recommend you make the trip. If you like nature and backpacking through beautiful rain forest trails, viewing volcano's, it's a definate winner. I find it hard to talk bad about that place. But like Randy mentioned. Don't expect SJO to look like state of the art Europe or Buenos Aires per say. But you will definately feel laid back, wear your sandals and Indian Jones hat. You will definately need an umbrella this time of year since it's rainy season, and if you leave yours at home, you may buy them on the street stores for a buck or two.

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San Juan - stayed in the downtown area once. It was busy and dirty and everyone wanted to gouge me with their prices. </div></BLOCKQUOTE>

Do you mean SAN JUAN PUERTO RICO? Great place. Did you stay in OLD SAN JUAN? Probably not. That place is for tourist, but very beautiful and kept up nice. You must have stayed in a rough section of town. OLD SAN JUAN is very beautiful. It used to be enclosed with defensively placed walls and had two major forts there. CRISTOBAL and MORRO so the towns folk could hide during sea raids.