Jacó

After leaving Uvita, we were headed further up the coast to Jacó, a town that Lonely Planet warned was either loved or hated by those who visited it. Bob from Arizona winced and said "why are you going there?" when he learned of our plans.

We ended up really hating Jacó. The town was so busy and SO Americanized, it felt more like Miami than Costa Rica! We were not impressed.

However, as much as we disliked the town itself, we absolutely loved the hotel we stayed in. We chose the Vista Pacifico Hotel literally because the guide book noted it was Canadian-run. The owners, Jan and Greg, are originally from the GTA (just like us!) and are amazing people. We had a wonderful time! (Funny though, that we have so few pictures of a place we enjoyed so much!)

We booked the cheapest, smallest room they had but when we arrived we found out that the person in the room before us hadn't left yet. Greg simply said "No problem!" and upgraded us to the biggest room they had at no extra charge! It was really more of an apartment, with a kitchen and separate bedroom. Jan and Greg later said they were happy to upgrade us and that it was their wedding gift to us!
Just up the stairs from our room was the pool, BBQ (both of which we took full advantage of) and common area where everyone hung out.

There were a few animals running around the place - This is one of their dogs, Rubio (which means "blonde" in English).

Jan suggested we go out to a nearby resort that night to watch the sunset. They've built a huge amphitheatre into the side of the cliff and anyone - guest or not - can come for free. We got a couple of drinks from the bar and enjoyed the beautiful sunset.