{"id":1695,"date":"2022-03-30T23:42:43","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T23:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jybe.fr\/?p=1695"},"modified":"2022-03-30T23:51:52","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T23:51:52","slug":"cote-est-du-costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jybe.fr\/en\/cote-est-du-costa-rica\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting the East Coast of Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"

After working for a good ten days at Christopher and Lorena's place, it was time for Lucas and I to get a change of scenery. So we packed our backpacks and took the first bus to San Jos\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the spot, we put our things in a youth hostel. Here, the atmosphere is special: there are many Germans and the manager is not particularly friendly. It doesn't matter, we only stay two nights and we intend to visit the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The city of San Jos\u00e9 is not very beautiful; it is really what you can call: a concrete city. Louanne (LouanneManShow<\/a>) and Antoine (AntoinevsScience<\/a>) had already warned us but we did not expect this. Fast-foods are present in every street. I think that I had never seen such a concentration of McDonald's...<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then the buildings are not very high, color: grey concrete. There is a lot of traffic and the city is not really thought for the pedestrians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Monday, we meet my grandparents and my aunt and uncle who have come here to visit Costa Rica. We visit with them the central market where we eat and walk through the pedestrian streets of downtown. It's good to see them; I'm very happy and they are too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The next day, we leave at 6am direction Tortuguero.<\/strong> There, we will find my family but first we have to take two buses and then a boat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unfortunately the second bus is cancelled<\/strong> and we take a private driver that we share with two other French women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We finally arrive at La Pavona, the place where we have to return the boat. We take advantage of this stop to discuss with the office of the guides of the natural park of Tortuguero. We explain them that we are a French association and they seem very interested. So much that everything will accelerate!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Within an hour, everyone seems to know us. The driver of the boat too; when he arrives, he takes us aside and we get on last. We are the only ones with Lucas who don't have life jackets and he is our guide during the trip. The boat is very long and it flows on the small river: the pilot knows by heart the shallows and we are impressed by the trip.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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