Route

On this map is drawn the route that was followed. Purple for land transportations, blue for boat and black for air.

San José

Tortuguero

San José

Carrara

Monteverde

Arenal

Rincon De La Vieja

Tamarindo

Quépos / Manuel Antionio

San José

Generally speaking, roads in Costa Rica are in poor condition. Only 15% of the roads are paved (the asphalt is as rule of thumb ueven, damaged and full of craters) and elsewhere you have to travel on dirt tracks of even worse quality. The good thing travelling in the dry season is that moast roads should be passable, but on the other hand they are often dusty... Do not expect an average speed of more than 50 km/h on asphalt, and 30 km/h on tracks. Whenever possible and the distance "as the crow flies" is more than 100 km I would recommend flying (Costa Rica has a good network of airstrips and reliable domestic flights).

The pictures are posted in rough chronological order, i.e. the blog should be visited in bottom-to-top order.