Footnotes
Vital statistics
Capital: San José
Population: 5.1 million
Language(s): Spanish with English widespread
Time: GMT-6
International dialling code: +506
Visas: Not required for stays of up to 90 days but you willl require insurance covering COVID-19 and complete an advance epidemiological information form.
Money: Costa Rican Colon (CRC); £1=772CRC. Ideally travel with US$
When to go
The author travelled in wet season, typically May-December; low season is September-early November when turtles nest on the Pacific beaches. Antarctic humpback whales show July-November.
