When I landed in Costa Rica, I had a car waiting for me at the airport. We were staying at a hotel on the Papagayo Peninsula, so everything was set up for me in advance and I didn't have to do a thing. Turns out, this hid some of the harder parts of getting around Costa Rica that I didn't think about. See, it's October right now--the end of the rainy season.
Costa Rica doesn't have four seasons like we do in the United States. There's no Spring, Summer, Fall, or Winter. It's just dry and rainy seasons. In one, the weather is constantly around 80 degrees, and it's quite dry and the sky is always blue. In the other, the weather is still 80 degrees, but it's humid and it rains every day. That's where I'm at right now. It rains a LOT.
That much rain is bad for roads, especially in a country like Costa Rica that has less money to maintain the roads than countries like America. There are giant potholes everywhere, and in areas where the road dips down into a valley, big rivers can flow across unexpectedly.
This means you really have to be prepared if you're trying to get around!
