We’ve really enjoyed our trip so far, Costa Rica on the whole has been really friendly and we have both felt safe on our travels. We have noticed a lot of solo female travellers in the regions we have been in. Many more than I thought we would see.
Most of the earlier locations we have visited are quite touristy in nature, but having recently moved to Quepos, this seems very much an authentic Costa Rican town, so really interesting to explore.
We have been struggling with the heat and humidity in most of the places we have stayed, now having travelled to Drake Bay, the humidity has risen to a more extreme 96% – will we ever get break? I know, poor us, I might start a GoFundMe page!
Drake Bay is not much more than a fishing village, now catering for a few tourists (and I do mean a few) who arrive here mainly to explore Corcovada National Park (us too), the area is considered the most bio diverse on the planet. And (possibly) the most humid! Have I mentioned the humidity at all?
Things we have really noticed along our travels so far that other websites don’t seem to mention:
Hermit Crabs
There are literally thousands of them all over the beaches here, never seen anything like it. As you can see in the video below Rebecca tried to flirt with one, see how it races away as quickly as possible!
Vultures
The skies here are literally swarming with them, I was going to take some pictures on our last day at Quepos, but the heavens opened up and spoilt the opportunity for the rest of the day, they’re sooooo cute though…
Pterodactyl
Actually these are really a type of seagull, but look pretty scary in flight!
Mosquitos are more likely No-See-Ums
Having had chunks of our legs bitten off, we thought we were being attacked by either Mosquitos or some sort of Sharknado, having seen neither much, we have come to the conclusion that we have been viciously attacked by no-see-ums (generally one of the 20,000 different types of world wide midges)… awwww, they’re sooooo cute though….
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