My Travel Optimizer

I have driven in Costa Rica from one end of the country to the other. Conditions have definitely improved over the years. Some highways are narrow and filled with potholes. Others are as roomy and well maintained as any we have in the States. Overall the driving experience is pleasant. Costa [...]

We plan to do a lot of biking while we are down in CR. I called one of the larger mountain bike tour companies. They are booked from December all the way through March. Obviously, there is a lot of mountain biking going down in Costa Rica. Its also obvious that people are still traveling. [...]

We bought our tickets last night.  I have an article about our ticket search here.  Spirit raised their prices on me. They went up two hundred bucks on the airfare. It actually turned out in our favor.  I ditched the idea of coming back the 31st and started looking at coming back on the 3rd [...]

Can’t wait till our trip in December. I’m starting to put it all together. One thing I know is that it is going to be very mountain bike oriented.   My wife and I went mountain biking around Arenal last year and it was awesome.  I bought a basic Garmin GPS handheld a couple of years [...]

San Jose is the capital of Costa Rica.  Its usually the cheapest place to fly into.  It is a fairly large city with a lot of modern conveniences. I always try to get out of there as fast as possible.  Forty years ago you could have walked down the streets of San Jose at night [...]