Coffee plantations, Corcovado National Park, and Puerto Jiminez were all on the visit plan. We also accidentally meandered up a mountain in our rented Hyandai which for SURE was not built for that. There was kayaking to see bioluminescence and mangroves, beach time, a night hike looking for frogs, and many little “What’s over here?” type excursions.

In what is likely not a surprise to anyone, I ate room temperature cheese from a roadside shop and lived to tell the tale. Costa Rica is now officially my second favorite place on this planet. Thus far.