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A small gathering of farms and houses, not really a town in any sense, Uvita has an excellent beach, the Marina Ballena National Park (as name indicates mostly under water, apparently good for snorkelling), quite a few guesthouses and cabinas and some decent restaurants and sodas.
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The beach inside the national park. Long, wide, plenty of palms, waves but not too many of them and space, space, space...had like five miles to ourselves.
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Swimming, rainforesthiking, the local waterfall la Catarata, although not really impressive as a waterfall, its beautiful up there and excellent for swimming.
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Waterfall, beach and rainforest. Thatīs about it. There are horse tours offered, which will take you further up the mountains and into the forrests.
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Stayed at Tucan Hotel, run by an American, www.tucanhotel.com I think, was $12 for a double with shared bath (only with like five other people though)...was conveniently located for bus stop, restaurants and rainforesthiking, about half an hour walk to the beach itself. Access to kitchen, laundry machine, hammocks etc. Saw several places offering cabinas and rooms in the area, some right on the beach, but as that would involve half an hour walk with huge backpacks we didnt really check it out.
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Non-existing.
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Sodas...like small cafes with beer as well...exist, no pubs in the traditional sense.
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Saw three of them, tried only one - El Viajero, right by the bus stop, very good, inexpensive food, nice people, extremely slow service.
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To get there from San Jose, either bus through Quepos and Dominical, about seven hours, two or three times a day each way. Or via San Isidro and Dominical, about 5-6 hours, more difficult to connect.
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Published on Wednesday November 13th, 2002 by kirikou
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