ilene13
TUG Member
To answer previous questions--We went last month in November. Still a LOT of rain, but it is the shoulder for rainy season in November. Would not complain about that! However, having everything leafy and green prevented me from seeing any monkeys or toucans despite paying a "guide." I did get to HEAR a toucan. Smile. I too would have enjoyed seeing turtles hatch, or certainly would have appreciated renting a house from an expat. Again, different strokes for different folks. Dirty Hiltons, constant panhandling, Montezuma's revenge, and extremely dangerous driving pretty much exclude a place from my planning a return trip. Those four are all deal breakers for me. Have traded for St. Lucia for next November. Hoping that is a better fit--at least for me!
If you stayed at Marriotts Los Suenos I agree with you. We stayed there in 2006. We stayed there on Marriott points, which they gave back to me. We did not like t there at all--lots of prostitues etc. my favorite part of Costa Rica were the monkeys in the rain forest.