Costa Rican tourism is dominated by Americans, old Americans retire here, middle aged Americans bring their kids on holiday here and young Americans backpack or volunteer here. As such the country is heavily geared toward catering to demanding tourists, the restaurants serve fast food, the tours run seamlessly with English speaking guides and everything costs many times that of the neighbouring countries, I may be being harsh but I feel like Costa Rica has lost much of its authenticity and is now more like a tropical Disney Land. My first stop over the border was the town of La Fortuna, famous for its proximity to Volcán Arenal the town is geared toward adventure tourism; having gotten used to personal guided tours for $10 many of the available activities were well out of my price range, amusingly
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