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On To Jaco (or Hugo, or Jake-O, or Jacko)
Travel Log: Day 24 (7/21), Costa Rica As we wind down our time here in La Fortuna, our interest in doing any tourist activities in the area has ended. The main activity of the day was a family workout. Everyone did my workout routine which was sort of fun to get some feedback on what…
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Becoming The Amish Of La Fortuna
This is a combination of a few day’s worth of logs that weren’t substantial enough to stand on their own. Travel Log: Day 21 (7/18), Costa Rica I barely went outside today. At one point I took a single step outside and realized how muggy it was and came back in. That was after I…
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Kalambu Hot Springs
Travel Log: Day 20 (7/17), Costa Rica The police were being less oppressive to the Uber drivers today, and we successfully made it to the hot springs. We paid something like $53 total for all four of us plus a locker rental. We paid around $10 for Ubers, including a larger tip on the return…
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You’re The Uber Driver Now & Night Hike
Travel Log: Day 18 (7/15), Costa Rica I’m rolling this day together with others because after our eventful day yesterday, we did nothing noteworthy today. It was kind of awesome. The day consisted of coffee, meals at home, a nap, trips to the far and near grocery store, and that’s about it. Researched paid hot…
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Frugal Musts In Costa Rica
Travel Log: Day 17 (7/14), Costa Rica We are continuing to discover more low or no cost things to do in La Fortuna. One of the benefits of a long stay is that we have time to research and try these various options. If we were on even a week long trip I’m sure we…
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Japan Locked In
Travel Log: Day16 (7/13), Costa Rica The prime objective for the day was to book our Japan lodging. Before doing that we made some modifications to our flight to Japan since we now know our bags are over the 15ish pound limit for a carry-on. We purchased the upgraded 30ish pounds of carry-on for $152,…
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La Parada Lift Us Up Where We Belong
Travel Log: Day 15 (7/12), Costa Rica The main event today was going out to lunch at a restaurant that is either owned by, or worked at by our Airbnb host. Following the let down of sober fast food stand trip #2, La Parada was refreshing, delicious, and by comparison world ranked. We had dishes…
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Local Minimart and FAC
Travel Log: Day 14 (7/11), Costa Rica This was a pretty quiet day, and I barely left the house. In the morning all of us except BC worked out. BC doesn’t need that because his daily activity level is through the roof. The Japan search continued and my mind was much more clear on how…
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Alcohol The Taste Enhancer
Travel Log: Day 13 (7/10), Costa Rica Japan Search We are getting to the point that we need to book our first Japan Airbnb. I spent a couple hours today searching for places and it’s turning into a lot of effort like it always does. We are working within a desired range of $2500-$3500 per…
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The Best Things In Life Are Free
Travel Log: Day 12 (7/9), Costa Rica Today was the undisputed best day so far in Costa Rica, thanks to a completely free activity (aside from a $3 Uber ride). This is exactly the antidote to yesterday’s failures. The place we went to is called “El Salto” or “The Jump”. It’s a small waterfall with…
Traveling Toward Fire
A Premature FI Experiment
