Cycling from Jaco to Quepos - Bike Touring Costa Rica
My bike touring blog post from cycling between Jaco and Quepos in Costa Rica. Part of my larger bike tour from Alaska to Argentina.
Cycling after a rainy night
Blog post written: April 12th, 2010
It did rain during the night, but it wasn't a heavy torrential downpour, and the tent stayed nice and dry.
My clothes were still a bit damp from the previous day though, so I decided to have breakfast in a restaurant and give them an extra hour to dry.
A lot of people don't seem to rate Costa Rican food, but a breakfast of pintos (rice and beans), with scrambled eggs and some fruit on the side does just the job.
On the road, and I initially passed some stunning coastline, which in some way explains why so many Americans are choosing to retire here.
They seem to be a younger crowd than the ones in Mexico. Late forties and on. I still don't quite see the appeal of living in a condo, crammed on an estate with other condos though.
The road was agreeably unstrenuous, and I pulled into the town of Quepos where I soon found a hotel.
5000 Colones (10 dollars) is the going rate for a single room in both Costa Rica and most of central america.
In the evening, I fixed a puncture in the Bob tyre - Do I know how to live or what !!
Read more about cycling from Alaska to Argentina
Related: Rainy Day Captions
Dave is a UK travel writer living in Athens since 2015. With 20 years of firsthand travel experience and over 80,000 km of bicycle touring across six continents, he's been blogging at Dave's Travel Pages since 2005. Every guide is based on places he's actually been.
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