Costa Rica Road from Montezuma

Coming back from Montezuma, Costa Rica, ran into quite a few birds feasting on iguanas. Cool Video, too bad that one of the iguanas was pregnant.

Im not really sure why such a relatively small area has three different names, but it does, so let me see if I can explain it. Most people enter the area coming from Cobano, which is the main road into the Malpais/Santa Teresa area. After descending a fairly rough and steep road (4-wheel drive is highly recommended for this area), it forms a T, and you either go left or right. This entrance is basically referred to as, Franks Place, because Frank obviously owns quite a bit of businesses on both sides of the road if his name is any indication.

If youtake a left, you are basically going into the Malpais area. Malpais is NOT a town per se, but an area of spread out hotels, resorts and restaurants. The beaches are more rocky and remote and theres no real surfing in this area, but the coastline is beautiful and a perfect place if you dont want many people around in order to enjoy the solitude. If you happen to book a hotel in this area, you could have quite a long and dusty walk into the main surfing beach (Playa Carmen), and the town itself. Santa Teresa is the right at the T, and is basically the town, but you really cant call it a town. It seems to be more of a conglomeration of shantys or simple structures made into little sodas, restaurants, surf shops and tour offices- they just happen to be close to each other. In Santa Teresa you will find most of the discos, bars and nightlife scene. There are plenty of resorts, hotels and services that become more remote as you venture out of town. Now to confuse even more, Playa Carmen, which is the main beach and directly in front of the T, began as merely the name of the beach, but is now becoming its own little town and is situated smack between what is loosely Malpais and Santa Teresa. Playa Carmen basically starts at Franks Place, and goes to the right, where it stops, Im not really sure. The only major information you need to know is that if you book a room in Malpais, youre basically a nice little walk away from the town, and if you book somewhere in Santa Teresa/Playa Carmen, youre pretty much in the middle of things. In the Malpais/Santa Teresa/Playa Carmen area you can either be beach side or book various B&Bs and hotels that are situated on a steep hill, but offer a spectacular ocean view of the entire area.

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[iCostaRica24]

@sattua14 Well, that's anywhere in the world. It doesn't take away that Costa Rica is a beautiful country with beautiful and friendly people.

[iCostaRica24]

@sattua14 Well, that's anywhere in the world. It doesn't take away that Costa Rica is a beautiful country with beautiful and friendly people.

[sattua14]

yeah i love my country but some things have to change, to be improved