Episode 14 takes us south from the Marriot Herradura through Jaco, one of Costa Rica’s busiest beach towns. Jaco is only a few hours from San Jose and draws a large amount of tourist all times of the year. We stopped shortly to fly the drone and watch some surfers, before getting back on the road to Quepos and Manuel Antonio.
Quepos was our next stop as it is the gateway to Manuel Antonio National Park. We grabbed a quick bit to eat, finally splurging on a Subway, while grabbing some more provisions at the store and money at the bank. Quepos was a little on the sketchy side, but a nice stop before heading up the hill to Manuel Antonio.
We were a bit early for checkin at our Hotel Si Como No, so we did a drive by down by the national park to check out parking and the beach. This section of Costa Rica was filled with 50-100 parking agents trying to charge everyone for parking, even on the street. We arrived back at our hotel to the amazing view of the Pacific Ocean and relaxed a little bit before getting our room sorted.
The afternoon was filled with a relaxing sesh by the pool and dinner at the hotel. We realized very quickly that this area of Costa Rica was not our style and promptly changed our nights to 2, in preparation of getting further south. Next episode, we hit the park and see the monkey mafia.