My Travel Optimizer

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 [...]

I notice that people in forums frequently ask about their safety in Costa Rica. I’ve been going to CR for over twenty years so let me give you the low down.  The first thing to do for your safety in Costa Rica is to get out of San Jose.  Its a large city, with a [...]

There are some things you should do before you leave to assure the best travel experience possible. I’m going to list them in a numbered format and then I will expand on each below the list.

Set up web mail account for trip
Email yourself important phone numbers, directions, contacts.
Reconfirm all reservations one week before leaving.
Make photocopies [...]