The only issue with dorms is the risk of who you're going to be sharing with. The risk of staying in dorms - sharing with morons She made the stay so much easier by also helping us sort our day trip the next day. The dorms were big and the manager Claudia was amazing. The hostel was nice (a recommendation from another backpacker), clean with good facilities. We were staying in a good area, a student town known for being a bit more upmarket than the rest of the city. We were on high alert as we walked through the city to find out actual hostel. We'd heard it was unsafe, dirty and generally not a nice place to be. After what we'd heard about San Jose we didn't want to go (it was only because of our day trip tomorrow we had to stay.). We saw one raft go over and a few people drop in but nothing major.Īt the end of the day we were driven to San Jose, where annoyingly we were dropped at the wrong Hostel Urbano. It was good to see so much safety in place, with kayakers following the group in case anyone fell in and all the rafts looking out for each other. Near the end of the day Rainer asked if we could play games, by this he meant everyone turning around so that we we facing backwards then going down a rapid! He was making scared faces and trying to make us nervous, everyone was laughing though and we all managed to stay in the raft, was pretty daunting though losing your sight!
The rafting was amazing fun, at times I didn't know how I managed to stay in the raft, being bounced around all over the place, luckily I fell into the raft and not outside it. The scenery was amazing, surrounded by dense jungle, we passed canyons and Waterfalls here Rainer would tell us about 'his office', he was really knowledgeable about the environment (in between his crazy spurts). Rainer the guide was crazy, constantly whooping and shouting at other guides, laughing at nothing but really friendly and great fun to be around. There are 40 rapids on the Pacuare river, up to Grade IV. We were put with an English family, with our guide being Rainer. We had a great buffet style breakkie, then driven to start point where we were put into raft teams. Loads of tourists, all on slightly different packages, but all centralised in this one spot where the various tours left from. We were first driven to the exploration centre where we realised what a slick operation it was. $70 included 4 hours rafting, breakfast, lunch and a shuttle to San Jose. It was great value, and they had a promotion so cheaper than normal. I'd researched the company and they had 500 amazing TripAdvisor reviews. We had an early 6.45am pickup to go on a white water rafting tour. Shame!Īpart from Max cringing another highlight was seeing a huge Rhino beetle the size of a mans palm, pretty cool. luckily it was near the end of the game and I had worked out that I wouldn't be at risk! Max obviously had also worked it out as a look of panic came over his face, along with Annie and an English guy playing! When it got to Max's go I got my camera ready to hit record, his face dropped and he started quietly pleading with me not to film!! I was cracking up already but unfortunately he was safe and he didn't have to do it. At one point Danny made up a drinking rule where if someone picked up a certain number card they'd have to do a lap dance on the table for everyone. We were exhausted but knew there would be no chance of a quiet one with the guys around so we finished off our rum pre mix from Bocas while playing a couple of games. As we were checking in Adam yells "Danny!".
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But the owner was really welcoming and the atmosphere was warm and friendly, with a big chill out area full of hammocks and a big outdoor kitchen. We thought it was on the main drag but it was down a load of back streets, a bit out the way. So we went with them to see if there was room for us (we were a bit behind with our planning). We had bumped into Annie and Adam at the border queue and they'd made friends with another traveller who'd booked a hostel already in Puerto Viejo.
For us it was just a stopping point to catch a white water rafting tour which included transport to San Jose. Puerto Viejo is a small surf town, the kind of place where there's more holiday-makers than backpackers so it's well equipped with restaurants, shops and tour companies. Zip-lining through cloud forests and amazing wildlife!
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