Just got my tickets!!!
Went there 5 yrs ago and surfed my brains out. Came back and needed surgery to repair sunburn damage
WEAR SUNSCREEN!!! DB is right, the place is great, Ticas are absolutely gorgeous. Very freindly, you can get around w/o spanish. Very diverse groups on holiday or working while passing thru. We met Brazilians, English, Kiwi's, Swedes...and you couldn't swing a dead cat w/o hitting someone from SoCal. money goes quite a ways. My son and I are going down Tgiving week for surf, fish and golf. I stayed on the Pacific side in Tamarindo. This time we're gonna split it up between Tam and Jaco. I'll keep DB's advice in the back of my mind. Their old saying is they're a "country of thieves and not murderers." They WILL take anything not bolted down...don't leave anything in view in a rental car. From our room we had howler monkeys outside, about 3-4 different types of parrots and a pair of peacocks that would stroll the grounds looking for food. They even came in our room a couple of times. Also geckos and iguanas. Great place to get yourself right!