#costa rica san jose

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Costa Rica Day One: A Scenic Drive Through The Cloud Mountains To The Arenal Observatory Lodge

My flight from Newark to San Jose Costa Rica  arrived about a half hour early. After my unexpectedly quick  exist through immigration at the  airport   I was a little  worried my driver to the Arenal Observatory Lodge and Trails may not have arrived.  I walked past the long line of drivers and tour companies holding signs for their  passengers. I was glad to  see  one with my name on it. It was…

[fashionlouist]

Louis is wearing a Saul Nash Knitted Mesh Vest in Turquoise on stage tonight for FITFWT San José.

Bringing luxe sophistication, it’s crafted from a premium organic cotton knit, decorated in a solid block colour with contrasting trims and a logo on the back.

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Keel-billed toucan

By Christian Sanchez, San José, Costa Rica

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Epidendrum lacustre is an interesting species of Central and South American orchid. It's found in the mountains at elevations of 1,200 to 2,500 meters. It's typically found growing on trees or rocks (as an epiphyte or lithophyte), although I found this one growing on the ground beneath a wind turbine. The scientific name gives it the common name "lake orchid", and refers to the fact that the type was found on a half-submerged log. They do tend to prefer wet, cloud forest environments, although this one was nowhere near a lake.

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By Giulio_Dng

San José, Costa Rica

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"Adictors a la Lujuria" by San José, Costa Rica-based deathrock group Angustia Espiritual off of their 2024 demo, to be released on cassette by Costa Rican DIY record label Espasmo Nervioso Records

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Unseens from LTWT22: San José [11 Jun 2022, via wornoutlouie]

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“Arte pl​á​stico” by San José, Costa Rica-based post-punk and darkwave act MOLT off of their upcoming 2024 album Estados Latentes, to be released this June

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Population: 342,188

Urban population: 1,543,000

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Song of the Day | 11.11.2023: DUBppler Inverso (Dub Version) by Lentamente, I Keys Dub

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A warbler bird eats fruit in the La Selva biological reserve in the Sarapiqui area, north-east of San José, Costa Rica. The country is home to around 5% of the world’s biodiversity, and is one of the few that has managed to reverse deforestation in the last 30 years and expand its forest cover

Photograph: Jeffrey Arguedas/EPA

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Rafting in La Fortuna

I decided the other cafe nearby wasn't worth the super early morning so I slept in and took my time to pack up my things. It took about an hour for us to drive out to the Sarapiqui river where we would start our rafting adventure. On the drive out we were feeling half asleep until the driver hit a massive eagle that rolled over the bus and on to the side of the road, then we were all sitting up in horror. They just kept driving knowing it wouldn't have survived that collision. Once we arrived at the changing area to sign a waiver, they offered us free water shoes. Super annoying because Dennis our guide has told us all to go out and buy them from the supermarket which we had done! Everyone had signed the waiver and was waiting on the bus ready to go except for Charlie who left his shoes, hadn't signed the waiver, and then kept us all waiting while he went to the toilet. We were given a safety briefing on the ride from the changing area to the river and then we unloaded the rafts. They were an assortment of sizes so Tyrza, Georgi, and I teamed up together with our guide Gabriel in one of the 4 man rafts. He wasn't quite our guardian angel, but instead made sure all of us fell out at least one time during the ride! This was a level 3-4 rapid river so a bit more intense than the one in Niseko! Gabriel had us sitting on the front of the raft with our legs in the water going straight through the rapids, and he would instruct us to paddle or move to the wrong side that would cause us to capsize. It was fun for me though, Georgi was hungover as usual so she wasn't enjoying it quite as much. It didn't rain as forecast, plus the cold water was actually nice and refreshing on such a hot day. There was one point when we went over a rapid directly into a rock and i hit my bad knee really hard. It sent a jolt of pain through me but then I switched sides on the boat and felt better. We took a break about halfway down the river for some freshly cut pineapple and watermelon, then after the rafting we were taken back to the changing area for a shower, and big lunch. It included rice, beans, chicken, spaghetti, and coleslaw. There was no way I or anyone else could finish it all. There had been a slideshow of photos playing during lunch for us to watch, and then came the sales pitch. They were asking $50 per boat for the photos as I don't think the photographers realised we were all one big group. Now it made sense to their strategy that we had been split into smaller boats. We could've fit into less larger ones, but then they wouldn't be able to squeeze as much out of us on photos. I wanted the photos but Tyrza didn't want to pay and Georgi didn't like her hungover face in them. So why would I want to pay $50 on my own. The other groups were also annoyed about the price of the photos. Charlie had gone in the 3 man raft with Dennis and the guide, and of course Dennis didn't need the photos but Charlie wanted them. We'd already established that Dennis was not a very good tour guide so when we asked him to negotiate the price in Spanish for us he just shrugged and said we should pay it. I took over the leader role to try to hustle the hustlers and said we would pay $5 each minus Georgi and Tyrza who didn't want them. That left about 11 of us who wanted the photos so I offered him $55. He then tried to make us pay $70 but realised we were backpackers who were not going to pay these extortionate amounts for photos that frankly weren't that great anyway, and that $55 would be better than nothing. He reluctantly agreed and took our $5 each and we were later emailed all of the photos. I paid in full and then spent the remainder of our last day trying to get them all to pay me back which was so annoying.

We had a misty drive through the mountains to our final destination - the Costa Rican capital, San Jose. It was lashing rain when we pulled up to our hotel Le Bergerac and Georgie took a spectacular slip. Once we'd unpacked in our rooms and had some time to plan for tomorrow's departure, and shower, we all went out for our last group dinner at Olio, an expensive tapas restaurant. I chose a chicken quesadilla as everything else on the menu was super expensive - another place Dennis would eat free when bringing in all the gringos. After dinner we all gave Dennis a tip (I gave him $20 which was the same I'd given Walter for half the amount of time) and then headed to the Fallen Stag pub for a final drink together.

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New photo | Shakira was seen leaving the Real Intercontinental Hotel in San Jose, Costa Rica. (Jun 21, 2023)