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Day 37: Arriving into La Fortuna & Hot Pools!

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May 13th 2013
We said our fond farewells to San Jose (even though we'll be unfortunately back next week) and jumped into some waiting cabs at 8am. We arrived at the bus station and found our public bus that would take us the 4.5 hour journey north to La Fortuna. Looking at the map, its unfortunate that we even had to go all the way down to San Jose, to just turn around and hike back up from where we came fr ... read more

Central America Caribbean » Costa Rica » Alajuela » La Fortuna

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Costa Rica is a Central American success story: since the late 19th century, only two brief periods of violence have marred its democratic development. Although still a largely agricultural country, it has expanded its economy to include strong techn... ... read more