It’s disproportionately expensive here and I’m not sure why that should be.
There are somewhere in the region of 550 colones to the dollar, however this varies. It’s just when I pay $10 I expect a flea infested bed, a tv that won’t work and a fan that sounds like ajet turbine and blows what little paint is left hanging forlornly to the wall off it. I expect towels you can see through like finest gossamer, yet mysteriously have a texture of hedge. For $20 the tv will work with three channels visible, the shower while still only offering cold will have a spray rather than just being a pipe, the bed will have a pillow that doesn’t smell of wee and the curtains will not be nmailed to the window frame.
$30 and I’m expecting air con, two pillows, towels that absorb, a warm shower, a tv with a remote, to find the three channels that work and an electrical socket.
Anything above that is a bonus. Anything cost-wise above $30 and I need a view and wi fi.
I don’t think I’ve found a Costa Rica bargain yet. Last night’s place was good, just not a bargain and tonights cabin is $10 too much. At $30, but I am back on the coast and the touristy bit.
I’d have spent longer looking, but after three deluges during the day, the last coming as I was looking for somewhere to stay, I’d had enough for the day.
The glimpses of spectacular scenery that I caught when the mist lifted, convinces me that there is a very attractive country here, it just didn’t want to share itself with me today, or yesterday, but it should, as I am funding its economy by staying here.