| There are many online companies that
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| | dollars. If an item says 5,000 colones,
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| offer romantic honeymoon getaways on both
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| | just drop the 3 zeros and multiply the
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| the Pacific and Caribbean coasts of Costa
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| | other number by 2. In other words, 5,000
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| Rica. Having just returned from Costa
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| | colones is equal to 10 American dollars.
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| Rica myself, I would like to offer some
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| | If you need to convert other currency
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| suggestions that you probably will not
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| | into colones, you can do that online at
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| find online or in a guidebook.
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| | (Universal Currency Converter).
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| When we planned our trip, we assumed that
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| | The rainy season in Costa Rica runs from
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| most people in Costa Rica would
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| | May through December. Hotels are cheaper
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| understand English fairly well. At
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| | and there are fewer people on the roads
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| several hotels, the front desk clerks
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| | and in the restaurants. My husband and I
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| spoke practically no English. The same
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| | traveled in September, and experienced
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| goes for bus drivers. The staff at the
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| | rain on only a few days of our trip. It
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| car rental agency spoke the best English.
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| | would rain heavily for about one hour and
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| They were able to give us needed
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| | then stop completely. We would spend the
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| recommendation for food and site seeing.
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| | time indoors having a lovely Costa Rican
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| I highly recommend translating some key
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| | lunch, and by the time we finished the
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| Spanish phrases before your trip, such as
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| | rain was gone.
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| "Where is the bank, bathroom, hotel?"
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| | Bring a good camera and lots of film.
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| The Pan American Highway runs through
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| | Because of the rain, you will see some of
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| Costa Rica and is a reliable, well-paved
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| | the most beautiful exotic plants and
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| road. However, many side roads in Costa
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| | flowers. The volcanoes are breathtaking
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| Rica are very bad and full of deep
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| | and you can even hear the rumbling. The
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| potholes. I recommend that when you rent
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| | waterfalls are located off of the side
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| a car, take out the full coverage
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| | roads, so drive slowly and allow more
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| (usually an additional $20 per day on top
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| | time. Even in the cities, you will want
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| of the regular fee). When you take the
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| | to photograph the ornate wrought iron
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| side roads, you need to allow more time
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| | that covers all the windows and patios in
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| to reach your destination. In some cases
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| | Costa Rica. After your honeymoon, you
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| you may be only going 25 miles per hour.
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| | will want to have some of these amazing
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| Colones are the national currency and are
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| | pictures enlarged to put in your new
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| very easy to translate into American
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| | home.
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