Phideaux Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 My friend and I visited Costa Rica last week and I thought I would do a trip report. We have been there several times and always enjoy our trip there. We visited the little amusement park simply known as: Parque de Diversiones. Most people will tell you when you visit Costa Rica do not waste your time by going to the amusement park and there are a lot of other things to do. I could not pass up a trip to the amusement park. The park is very nice and clean. The proceeds of the park go to the Children's hospital so we do not mind spending time and money there. Entrance to the small park is about $15. They have two big coasters at the park, two water type rides, several flat rides, a drop tower, two small coasters for kids, and some shows. If I go back to Costa Rica I would not mind spending another day at the park. Costa Rica is a great country with many things to do and see. Here are a few things you can do in Costa Rica: rain forest canopy tour (cloud forest), white water rafting, kayaking, mountain biking, hiking, surfing, fishing, nature tour (birds, monkeys, sloths, frogs, and lizards), waterfall tour, butterfly garden, volcanoes, hot springs, hanging bridges, and the most important thing to do in Costa Rica: relax. We spent most of our time on the Pacific coast in Jaco and Tamarindo. Surfing in Tamarindo is very good for beginners and the canopy tour in Jaco was one of the best. The nightlife in Jaco is the best and there are very nice places to eat. I do not know any spanish and I had no problems. My friend Ted knows a little spanish and that does help. We have been to the volcanoes before and we will go back when we decide to take a special female friend. Costa Rica is a great country to visit and we have noticed a slight increase in prices in the last year. I am looking forward to returning soon. I will be out of town for the next two weeks, if you have any questions or comments I will check them when I get back! Enjoy the pictures (sorry not many pictures of the coasters) Time to go surf, later! Hey a monkey! No, it is just Ted on the canopy tour. Biggest slice of Tuna. Pacific Bistro in Jaco. I think it was a $6 slice of tuna, it was huge! here lizard, lizard, lizard A game you will find in any soccer loving country Ted found Burger Park. Sounds like a good theme to me hmmm donut supreme the chicken was pretty good and the prices were very good for an amusement park there are the fish, a bunch of fish a sign about fish, I think. I did not see fish water ride had spray nozzles to make sure you got some mist queue is jungle theme, less than an hour away is a real jungle and awesome waterfalls the ride sign looks fun watch out for the train, it is off the tracks the other coaster noon parade thing, we missed most of it flat spinny ride thing coaster entrance. We were not ready for the picture, poor Ted. Snake is going to eat us! hmmm Vekoma goodness nice little drop tower, good view of the city from the tower. Sorry it is blurry. The signs are in spanish and I cannot read them anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nrthwnd Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Great photoTR! Thanks for sharing your day at the park there. Altho - seeing a HUGE FRIGGIN LIZARD ambling along the road there... Makes the day kinda special, huh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGreatOne Posted June 8, 2006 Share Posted June 8, 2006 Nice to see that Knoebel's old Whirlwind got a much-needed (bright) paint job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phideaux Posted June 24, 2006 Author Share Posted June 24, 2006 Lizards and Iguanas were all over the place in the beach towns. After the rain a lot of lizards would get on the road to warm themselves. At one hotel the iguanas would get on the roofs of the bungalows. It was pretty neat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeemerBoy Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Mmmmm, surfing in Jaco. I'm jealous now. My wife and I honeymooned in Quepos, which is a small fishing town/village on the pacific side near Manuel Antonio National Park. Absolutely gorgeous country. I wish I had known about the park before we went. It would've been worth hitting while we were there. Oh well. Anyway, great report. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParkTrips Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Curious, what did you think of the canopy tour? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niiicolaaah Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Dude, so did you go like right from Costa Rica to the UK? I'm so jealous! Back of the bus crew 4evah! \m/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shesaidboom Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Nice TR. I really want to do a canopy tour, they look awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phideaux Posted June 26, 2006 Author Share Posted June 26, 2006 As soon as I got back from Costa Rica it was off to the UK and the back of the bus. The canopy tour in Jaco was really neat, the waterfall tour is lower to the ground and more informative, the other one was very high and had very long zip lines. There were awesome views of the ocean from the top of the trees and along the lines. Next time I go I am going to go again. They are going to add more elements and it should be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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