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we just got back from an amazing trip in Costa Rica and we're gonna talk to you
about the don'ts because there's a lot of things that we didn't know that we
wish we did know we're here to look out for you right so we're gonna be some
lessons we're gonna be nine of them the first one is do not leave your bags and
suitcases open on the floor oh you probably have read about that we did
too but we got there and you kind of get settled and then a few days goes by and
you're like meh forget about it we did leave our bags in suitcases open
and then Marco went to do the laundry and what dropped out of the dryer Oh a
scorpion so we think that he was in the laundry he was still alive when he fell out right
by my bare foot I looked down and I was like holy smokes and then then he
flipped over and died and I scooped him up and threw him outside well maybe he
didn't die yeah did you leave your suitcases closed because spiders
scorpions whatever can get in I swear to god it was probably in our laundry or
suitcase and we washed him and dried him number eight don't eat at the chain
restaurants you're in a Central American country go to the sodas they think they
taste so much better the food is great and it's inexpensive they're off the
beaten path a lot of them and that's where the locals eat yeah and if you
can't find one just ask one of the locals they are so friendly there yeah you don't have to
speak the language either you kind of figure it out it's a cultural experience
as well and it's food that you likely wouldn't cook at home so really good I
think good tip really good another one is don't go
off to the marked paths or trails there's a couple of reasons
one is the environmental they're trying to keep everything to the trail as you
have too many people going all over the place that wrecks the trails over time
but the other I don't know more important one to me is you may step on
like a snake or a spider something like that we got to one of the trails and
there was a sleeping snake in a tree that we were shown but he was off the
trail and you know had he been on the trail
and you probably wouldn't see it so we never know so they're not usually like
on the pathways so it's better to like just stick to those and that snake thaw we saw
was one of the most deadliest snakes in the world they told us they said two hours after a
bite you would be long gone but they tend to sleep they're nocturnal
I guess the snakes are so if you just stay on the path they won't bother you
number six yeah number six make sure you pay in local currency so pay in that's
the colones you can pay in US dollars there as well but what happens is you
won't get a favorable exchange rate when you pay in US dollars they'll say oh one
clone is two US dollars you actually look it up on the exchange rate it's
usually like 1.6 US dollars not 2 US dollars for one clone so you're losing
about twenty percent there so what you do is you go to a bank if you don't have
any clones there and wait and get the clones currency or bring some
with you is what we did and in some places you have to pay in u.s. dollars
that's all they take so in that case that's all you gotta pay what yeah I
think we got ripped off a couple of times I'm sure number five number
travelers always get ripped off number five don't stay in one spot so we
went to three places we went to Arenal rainforest we went to the cloud forest
in Monteverde and then we went to the beach for the
last week and we did go on a two-week trip but some people go and they stay in
like one area but Costa Rica has a really varied terrain so it's really
worth it to check out more than one place like it was awesome and it
almost felt like at the end that we were there longer because we were on the move
and seeing different things that's like kind of two holidays and you went to
different countries almost yeah so different highly recommended yeah number four don't go to
Tamarindo during spring break at least if you're not a college student yeah we're
not college students or you want to have a little open space not a good time to
go if you like the busyness and not being able to park and really take
corners and about a thousand people on the beach then it's a good time to go but
when we got there on Friday night and by Sunday were all gone they all flew back
and it was like peaceful it was like there was probably maybe 20 people on
the beach every day so we had the beach to ourselves and the whole town
ourselves really it was great so if you want to go around that time just go
right after Spring Break unless you're partier which we used to be we're not anymore
don't use Apple Maps does not work there and don't use Google Maps because it is
not great it kept like we took forever to get to places we kept going on the
wrong roads we were going on like they have highways but the ones we were like
we're like dirt roads well if you missed the turn with Google Maps yeah it
doesn't correct properly it takes you miles away and then we had one time where it
just kept taking this in the opposite direction like this can't be right I
think yeah took us like seven hours from the airport and I think we've probably
added on like two hours so apparently the locals use Waze there we have
here so just download that yeah and we found that out from somebody that lives
there good to know I wish we would have known that in advance
but we know it now so now we're telling you number two don't expect
Costa Rica to be inexpensive it used to be years ago from what I hear but
it's similar going into some place like Hawaii everything is quite expensive
they're not quite expensive but it's normal North American pricing or like
rental of an air BBB the same as rate if you go to another place groceries were a
bit more expensive gasoline was way more expensive than here and then the car
rental don't expect that to be inexpensive
you'll look online and you may get this wonderful deal but we thought but we got
like $450 for two weeks for a seven passenger SUV and we thought wow that's
a great deal but the Costa Rican government has implemented a law where
they have to force you to get third-party liability insurance and you
cannot get that from any insurance in North America that we found you also
have to bring papers with you proving what you have or they'll charge you for
other stuff as well okay the best one the best don't? number one best
don't the best don't absolutely do not forget to see the amazing sunrises oh
yeah you have to get up at like 5:00 5:30 AM which is super early especially
on a holiday I think it took us several days to be able to do that we wish we
would have done it every day but they're so beautiful and I like that better than
the sunsets the sunsets are amazing as well but there is hardly anybody
especially on the beach and all the surfers are coming out you see them all
walking to catch the waves of like 5:30 a.m.
so do not forget to miss that highly recommend
setting one alarms letting to setting your phone's setting everything and just
make yourself get up and do it because it so worth it and make yourself your own coffee because
you're not gonna find any coffee shop open until about 9:00 a.m. so if you like
coffee like we do get your own coffee yeah I think that's about it yeah thank
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