Ups and Downs of Costa Rica
Photo by Bee I mean, really, there are no downs. None that have ruined our experience, anyway. I think that DW's and my first time visiting Costa Rica, in 2024, was the best one, though not by much. On our first trip, we covered a lot of ground and saw so many varying aspects of the country. And even though we were in new territory, this time, there was a little bit of a been-there, done-that feeling. But only a bit. The first up on this trip started in Ottawa, with a direct flight to Liberia, which was in the heart of the regions where we were staying. It took as long to get to Bijagua from the airport as it took to get from Playa Potrero to the airport: they were on opposite ends and you couldn't go from one to the other without passing the airport. The reason that this direct flight (offered by Porter Airlines) was so great was that DW and I have become used to booking "direct flights" with Air Canada, only to have that flight end up being non-existent, and t...
