If you go to Costa Rica, and if you are on a budget, can I recommend a little place to stay in La Fortuna? Last night we stayed at Cabanas Del Rio. Nicest guys in the world. Clean cabana that sleeps six and has a kitchenette. $60. And included a night tour into their gardens to find poison dart frogs and red-eyes tree frogs. I tried to tip the guy and he wouldn't accept. Instead brought us a pineapple and a bunch of bananas.
This morning he set bananas out on the fence and tons of colorful tropical birds came down to eat. Saw so many varieties including two types of toucans. Easily the best $60 I ever spent and the nicest most pleasant hosts you could ever ask for