arnieincostarica: JACO!!! Surfers paradise.....

Jaco is a very interesing beach town. We were lucky enough to get invited along by Matt, John, and John's mother, Joan who is visiting from Boise, Idaho. Jaco is the closest beach town to San Jose and a surfer's paradise. The town runs for about a mile or so along the beach and is typical of such a place. There are the usual souvenir shops, day trip offers, surfboards and apparel and amazingly a great variety of good restaurants. When I first started coming to Jaco, it was a very small, un-developed place and I loved it. It has been a couple of years since being in Jaco and it has changed with high rises, KFC's, Subway, and lots of other "imported" crap. But to my surprise, it has not lost it's origianl charm-yet. Hopefully it won't.

This weekend was cooler, a bit drier and quiet - tourist season has not begun yet, but look out December when they arrive by the plane loads...it gets B-U-S-Y and prices go way up. Anyway, great place to check out and maybe spent a night, but if you are visiting Costa Rica and want to experience alot of variety and more authentic Costa Rican culture, then there are other places with just as much or more to offer.

This is actually Punta Leona....beautiful beach!!