{"id":699,"date":"2022-11-17T15:24:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T20:24:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/?p=699"},"modified":"2022-11-17T15:27:13","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T20:27:13","slug":"costa-rica-december-26-31-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/2022\/11\/17\/costa-rica-december-26-31-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica, December 26-31, 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

Basically got a good last-minute package deal to Guanacaste, Costa Rica between Christmas and New Year’s. Easy flight down direct to the airport in Liberia<\/a> and fun mix of warm beach\/relaxation and cool stuff to see. The country’s motto is “pura vida,” “pure life,” a sort of an optimistic affirmation (that apparently comes from a 1950s Mexican film featuring an unflappable happy-go-lucky protagonist) and the warm, dry desert-y vibe of Guanacaste certainly feels that way:
\n\"La<\/p>\n

\"La<\/p>\n

December 27, 2021<\/strong>
\nBeachside pool (access via the residence club<\/a> we spent the week at) at Coco Beach<\/a> in Playas del Coco, a lovely spot:<\/p>\n

\"Coco<\/p>\n

\"Coco<\/p>\n

\"Coco<\/p>\n

December 28, 2021<\/strong>
\nHacienda El Viejo<\/a> combination cultural tasting (sugar cane products and tortillas, etc.) and boat tour along the Tempisque River, where you see monkeys, birds and crocodiles:<\/p>\n

\"Sugar<\/p>\n

\"Tempisque<\/p>\n

\"Capuchin<\/p>\n

\"Crocodile,<\/p>\n

December 29, 2021<\/strong>
\nThe charming Llanos del Cort\u00e9s Waterfall<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\"Llanos<\/p>\n

\"Llanos<\/p>\n

Looking at their official Facebook page<\/a>, it seems that you can’t always swim there if there’s too much rain but we were there on a nice day.<\/p>\n

December 30, 2021<\/strong>
\nJust over the border Alajuela Province in the rain forest region near the Volc\u00e1n Tenorio is Spring Paradise Bijagua<\/a>, a private reserve where you can see sloths up in the trees:<\/p>\n

\"Spring<\/p>\n

\"Spring<\/p>\n

\"Sleeping<\/p>\n

Costa Rica is known for its birding and there are lots of birds to see around the country, including at Spring Paradise Bijagua:<\/p>\n

\"Spring<\/p>\n

This overpass in Liberia is part of the Pan-American Highway, which we drove back and forth on:<\/p>\n

\"Ruta<\/p>\n

We didn’t eat out a lot in Costa Rica but did have a nice seafood meal at Restaurante Mar Azul<\/a> in Coco:<\/p>\n

\"Restaurante<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Basically got a good last-minute package deal to Guanacaste, Costa Rica between Christmas and New Year’s. Easy flight down direct to the airport in Liberia and fun mix of warm beach\/relaxation and cool stuff to see. The country’s motto is “pura vida,” “pure life,” a sort of an optimistic affirmation (that apparently comes from a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-699","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-out_of_town"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":703,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699\/revisions\/703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bridgeandtunnelclub.com\/bigmap\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}