9th Arrive 1:30pm Travel to our place to stay in atena (20 min drive from airport) sleep: Local Atenas rental
10th Jaco Beach/San Jose(1 of the 2) (Beach 1 hour drive from atena) sleep: Local Atenas rental*1

11th hike -Drive to hiking in Vereh (3 hour drive from atena), hike all day, drive back to turrialba (1hr drive)sleep: Local hostel in Turrialba*2

12th rafting -Drive to rafting place (X hr drive), raft san pacuare river, ends early around 3pm. Drive to Jaco (3.5 hr drive) sleep: Local rental in Jaco*3

13th manuel antonio park -Drive to M.A. (1 hr drive) see park and do canopy tour sleep: Local hostel*4

14th TBD If there wasn’t enough time to do canopy, do this in the morning and head to Jaco, or else just head to Jaco and hang out at the beach. (1hr drive) sleep: Local rental in Jaco*3

15th TBD Go on a volcano tour??? Biking??? Horse riding??? Sleeping??? Snorkel??? sleep: Local rental in Jaco

16th Depart 2:00pm Drive to SJ and cry


EXPENSES (prices are per person)
Airfare $550 <-- bro and friends from WA
$613<--- my airfare from CA
1 day hiking $13.75
http://www.costaricabackpacker.com/Dayhikes.html
1 day rafting $95
http://www.adventurecostarica.com/ri.../pacuare1.html
1 day Manuel Antonio Park $6
1 canopy zip line tour $55
Rental Car $70/$57
http://www.vacationcity.com/costa-ri...-rental/cheap/ (regular SUV/compact SUV)

Local Atenas rental*1 $30
http://www.vrbo.com/19334
Local hostel in Turrialba*2 $21
Local rental in Jaco*3 $62.50
Local hostel*4 $15.50

*1 Renting from 9th – 10th http://www.vrbo.com/19334
*2 Renting for the 11th- http://www.turrialtico.com/roomsrates.htm
*3 Renting from 12th – 15th. http://www.alvacations.com/Central-A...co/p219908.htm *4 Renting for the 13th http://www.hostelz.com/hostel/30640-Hostel-Vista-Serena


Grand Total (minus food (many of the places provide one or two meals also) /gas/souvenirs)

For them (cheaper flight) 883.75
For me 946.75


Lastly I am considering these shoes, ne one have ne advice on that: http://www.onlineshoes.com/productpa...amp;pcid=19885

So tell me what u guys think


p.s. Im trying to make them stay at MA for the 13th and 14th!

Seems to me that you are doing alot of driving around for being there for 8 days- 2 of which are flying days.

I don't understand the 11th. . .are you staying the night in Jaco on the 10th? And where is Vereh? And Turrialba? That's HOURS from Jaco--you'll find that the drives will take you WAY longer than you anticipate.

Then back to Jaco? Please clarify. I think most of us are a little confused. Definitely too much driving. That's all you'll be doing!

Do you have a map to look at?

I'm totally confused......as Shillmac said, get yourself a map and do some research on travel times.

Yikes! My head is spinning.... LOL

Jerry

Known travel times ¡¦
Atenas ¡æ Airport=20 mins
Jaco ¡æ M.A. =1 hour
Atenas ¡æ San Jose =45 mins
San Jose ¡æ Turrialba=1 hour
Atenas ¡æ Jaco=1 hour
San Jose ¡æ Hiking place =2 ¨ö hours
Atenas ¡æ M.A.=2 hours

The 10th is Jaco Beach then drive back to Atenas for the night.
the 11th is hiking in Verah which is a 3 hour drive from Atenas. We'll do the hiking ting then drive to Turriablba which is an hour drive from Verah.

its alot of driving but they all did the driving thing in Guatemala and Beliz last summer and everyone told them it was too much and theres no real roads etc,but they did and they loved it so I can't really talk em out of it And please don't be so harsh... i have looked up drive times, i have a map i've asked my father in law (travel agent) and I've researched the drive times. Did I mention me and my brother speak spanish so we can ask for directions w/o making the use of just hand motions like other people who get lost