Pura Vida with a price tag Cahuita Costa Rica

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Pura Vida with a price tag Cahuita Costa Rica

Posted by Keyon 398 days ago (http://www.travelpod.com)

Yesterday we left San Jose for Cahuita, on the Caribbean coast, known for its hippy laid back vibe and afro Caribbean community, possible due to the fact that all the locals are immigrants from the Caribbean, Jamaica mainly. It had been advertised as not for everyone and certainly not paradise, and not on the 'Gringo Trail' so I thought I would love it. Unfortunately Cahuita is also on the 'Stuck-up Wanker Backpacker Trail'© (yes, I have coined and copy written that phrase) and I really don't like it at all. I've been to some amazing places where both the locals and tourists are so friendly and easy going (Koh Lanta) and I've been to some places where everyone (especially 'lifers'... Those that have been around for at least a month and view the place as their own backyard, getting extremely pissed off that you are in their line of sight and possibly breathing the same air as them... often found in dank dorm rooms) could not be any less pleased that you are there, and use rudeness and unfriendliness to show you just how much they wish you weren't there.

Also Cahuita is FULL of faltpackers© (Faux alternative backpackers... you know the type... want to go to somewhere different but then once they're there, are internally terrified that that perhaps one of the local rasta's will rape them or some such nonsense, so they walk around not talking to ANYONE and just glaring at you and blowing smoke in your face), and the town is a bit seedy so we'll leave tomorrow for Puerto Viejo, maybe we'll win that gamble. Such is travel I suppose...

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