We left playa Bejuco in Puntarenas early in the morning, car full to the brim. We first passed by Automercado Los Suenos to get some basics, just in case there is no supermarket close to the house we are staying in. After a bit of shopping we got in the car and headed towards Liberia. We estimated the trip to be just about 4 hours, but we got a few delays on the road and it took us like 5. The road to Liberia right now (March 21013) is on construction, and the road full of trucks. This mix made the trip a bit longer than expected.
We were on our way to Playa Ocotal Guanacaste. When we arrived we were surprised to see in Liberia a city that offers: a great hospital called Cima, an airport, many hotels and restaurants including yeah our beloved Mc.Donald's and Burgerking. On the other hand as we drove towards Playas del Coco and Ocotal we were kind of disappointed and missed Puntarenas. The reason is that we really like the "green" side of Costa Rica, but Guanacaste the province were Playa Ocotal is, is quite dry, it is still beautiful, don't get me wrong, but you feel more like as if you are in Africa.
So for the negatives in the Guanacaste area I would say it was: trash, too many fires burning hills and fields, abandoned construction sites, and huge gigantic bugs and poisonous snakes. Guanacaste is wild and so you find huge spiders, scorpions, gigantic ants and snakes. Although some will say that it is part of being in touch with nature, well lets just say I think it is important to mention. Specially if you are travelling with small children like we were.
Having said that... once we got settled and we had time to investigate our surroundings, we realized Ocotal is actually quite nice!
We were on our way to Playa Ocotal Guanacaste. When we arrived we were surprised to see in Liberia a city that offers: a great hospital called Cima, an airport, many hotels and restaurants including yeah our beloved Mc.Donald's and Burgerking. On the other hand as we drove towards Playas del Coco and Ocotal we were kind of disappointed and missed Puntarenas. The reason is that we really like the "green" side of Costa Rica, but Guanacaste the province were Playa Ocotal is, is quite dry, it is still beautiful, don't get me wrong, but you feel more like as if you are in Africa.
So much so that you see fires burning all along the hills. It takes time to get used to the dry panorama of Guanacaste, it is an acquired taste. To make things worse we needed to pass through Playas del Coco, to get to Ocotal, and there was a problem in that area with the municipality and trash collection. And well the problem was that they don't collect it on a regular basis, and so there are bags of trash galore! We were in this area in January, February and March 2014 and lets just say trash was a problem every time we were there. It not only looks bad, it smells terrible and it brings bugs and animals....more bugs and animals. The trash problem was so bad it was enough to ruin someones vacation, specially if you are coming for only a few days or weeks.
So for the negatives in the Guanacaste area I would say it was: trash, too many fires burning hills and fields, abandoned construction sites, and huge gigantic bugs and poisonous snakes. Guanacaste is wild and so you find huge spiders, scorpions, gigantic ants and snakes. Although some will say that it is part of being in touch with nature, well lets just say I think it is important to mention. Specially if you are travelling with small children like we were.
Having said that... once we got settled and we had time to investigate our surroundings, we realized Ocotal is actually quite nice!
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