Visiting Costa Rica

Photo title: Lava Obelisk
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Driving is pretty easy in Costa Rica but not like you’d expect in the US. First off, drivers drive very fast and are not as courteous as you would expect. There are few guardrails and other protections for drivers, so teens and other less experienced drivers should not test their skills here (like most latin countries).

If you do get pulled over by the police, they will usually want a small bribe. You can play dumb and get off with giving them a tip (or “propina”) of 5 or 10 US dollars. Similar to the states, they use RADAR guns and other tricks to catch speeders.

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Photo title: Sunset at Jaco Beach III
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Costa Rica (in March 2008) changed their phone numbers to add an extra digit.

The country code stays +506

But mobile numbers now get an extra ‘8′ and landlines get a ‘2′ before them.

So 255-5555 would become 2255-5555

Calling from the US, you’d dial 00-506-2255-5555

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Cascade in Costa Rica
Originally uploaded by thombo2

Google Maps is now available for Costa Rica!

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