COSTA RICA BEACHES

COSTA RICA BEACHES

Once you've seen the city, and are ready to chill beach side there is so many beautiful beaches on both sides of the country. If you are staying at most places in San Jose there will be shuttles and taxis to the beach but are very expensive running you up to $100 depending which beach you chose. If your driving your own car or a rental then your stoked and there's a good chance people looking for rides will pay your gas all the way there, especially if your staying at a hostel. The best and cheapest route is the main bus station located in downtown San Jose called the Coca Cola bus station. It's well known and easy to get to. There you'll find a bus to every location. With the buses lined in a row and big signs hanging over each bus to where the buses destination is , it's pretty simple to catch the right one. The bus drivers usually charge a couple bucks to put your surf board below in the luggage so don't be alarmed. All the bus schedules and locations are available at just about every hostel or hotel you stay at. The tickets can be brought right across the street in the office or you can just pay the bus driver. There are so many tropical beaches to choose from all through out Costa Rica! Usually you start out on the Caribbean side. Puerto Viejo! where it's bomb mellow with some perfect waves and Rastafarian love blazing through the air!! It's one of the best spots on the Caribbean, definitely check it out! To get there you grab a ten dollar taxi to a different bus station called the Tico bus station which is in central San Jose. All taxis are accustomed to lugging surfboards, I always pack a few bungee cords to make it fast and easy strapping to the taxi. In Puerto viejo the main wave and heart of this town is Salsa Bravo. It's a bomb reef break when conditions are good. Further down the beach there is tons of reef breaks that go off when the swells hit right. During the day along the main strip there is vender's set up selling tons of jewelry, pipes , Bob Marley memorabilia and everything else you could ever want. At night the town livens up with reggae parties till the break of dawn and then the beauty just continues all over again! Once you raged some of the best reggae party in Costa Rica boogie back to San Jose for a night of disco and cooling down in the city breeze. The next stop is the west coast of Costa Rica starting at Jaco and working you're way up to Tamarindo where the famous Witch's Rock and Ollies point are.!