Howdy All - we went to costa rica planning on spending a ton of time on the beaches only to find LOTS of sewage and waste flowing into every place we went. We were fine with all the rain but between the horrible air pollution and nasty beaches were made a last ditch effort and headed for the mountains. It was awesome!!! We headed to towards Parque Nacional Chirripó, Costa Rica's highest point (3820). We took one of the big read busses that spit out of San Jose negotiating the close dirty streets like a drunkard. We swayed back and forth for hours and finally got dropped off, I think, in San Isidro de El General. Not a good place to be at night - I was offered the services of a prostitute within 2 minutes.
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