Costa Rica

My husband and I want to go somewhere exotic this summer. I have been looking at Costa Rica and it looks beautiful and very interesting. Do any of you know where I can get a good package deal? We want to stay 6-8 days for as inexpensive as possible.
Thank you!
I forgot to add that I will be 6 months pregnant at the end of June… That kind of limits what activities we are able to take advantage of.
I have been looking at vacation rentals there, also. After reading the advice from you all, I am leaning more that way. We may take another couple with us and get a NICE house and go where we want.
Thanks for all your help! I can’t wait to go!

There are so many hotels that are open and waiting for business, there are more open rooms than you can imagine. I would just fly here and not get a "package deal" It helps if you speak some spanish. Go to San Jose for one day.. stay at a place in the Central area, you can take a taxi to the central part from the airport for about 15 USD.. from there stay at a place called Morazon.. this is a seedy joint, but it is clean and about 35 bucks a night. They have a web site and you may need to make a reservation for this. From there I would head south. You can take a bus (MUSOC) you can ask any taxi driver to take you to the station. It will cost you about 4 bucks per person to go to a town called San Isidro de General. The bus leaves every hour on the half hour starting from 5:30 in the morning to 5:30 at night.. somtimes they have a bus at 6:30 on Sunday) this bus goes back and forth between these two towns. You go over a really high mountian pass, and it is quite beautiful to look out the windows, it is safe and you are with local people so you see alot of things you would not normaly see. You get to San Isidro in about 3 hours.. the town is nice, growing, but still quaint. There are shops, bars and things to see and do.. I would stay there one day and one night, from there go to Dominical Beach, you can take a bus from San Isidro to Dominical. It should cost you about 1.50 USD for a ticket. They leave (i think) at 7, 11 and 4:30 this bus can be crowded and hot, so it is best to get a ticket early so you have a seat. It is about 25k to Dominical. Somtimes it takes 1.5 hours, sometimes it can take 3, but you also go over another mountian pass, pass through some nice towns and end up on the Pacific Coast. Stay a few days in Dominical. It is cheap (can find rooms for 10 bucks a night) just ask around. From there go North to a city caled Quepos. You can leave Dominical and go to Quepos. I warn you on this bus, it is safe, but it is 35k or so of pure dirt road, passing through Palm Oil farms, stuff like that. It is hot and a hard ride, but it can also be fun if you are adventerous. I think that bus leaves at 5:30 in the morning… I would take that bus becasue it is cooler and you get into Quepos early. Get a room in Quepos… Again there are lots of places to stay for cheap…ask around. The same place the bus drops you off (the end of the line so you wont get confused) you can walk aound Quepos for a day then take a bus (from the same station you got off of) to Manual Antonio, this is about a 30 minute ride from Quepos. They have lots of thigs to see there, a National Park, nice beach and lots of people to watch. It is a tourist trap, but it is very beautiful. From Quepos, take a bus to San Jose…or to Jaco… It is on the way back to San Jose …Jaco of you have more time.. another beach town, more touristy than Domical but fun…lots of shops, beach and people to see. Then head back to San Jose. This is a nice trip, easy to do, safe and it shoud take you 6 to 8 days…good luck..

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