- This topic has 1 reply, 10 voices, and was last updated 16 years, 8 months ago by
.
-
Posts
-
Here is a tricky one… How do you get to Costa Rica if you do not fly? Is there a ship or boat that someone could take? The only thing I have found are cruise ships but you only have a day or two and you have to go on to other ports of call. Driving is not an option either. I want my sister to go there with me but she can’t fly. Any suggestions?
Hi there Kellyact…I can say that I personally went from Austin Texas to
San Jose by bus and it really was no big deal. It did take 3 days but the buses were good and the service was very good. It is a little on the “loose” side as the bus system is different connections but all in all I had no real problem and did it without incident.
Terry from TexasI realize this is off topic for this thread but I’m wondering if you could either say more about your bus trip here or start a new thread. It sounds like an adventure! Do you speak Spanish very well? 3 days for the entire trip? I would have thought 3 days to get through Mexico. How about at the borders? Was it smooth? Did you switch buses a lot?
I’ve been wanting to drive from Canada to Costa Rica so that I could see that part of the planet from a different perspective but I was put off by some of the risks. Would you say the bus was fairly safe?
Hope to hear more. Thanks.
Scott, Fear is keeping her from flying. She just won’t do it. The bus trip does sound like an adventure. Maybe at some point in the future, but she lives in Florida and it would be quite a long trip. I’m surprised I haven’t been able to find a way to get there by ship. I’m going to keep looking into it though and see what I can find.
Thanks guys!My girlfriend who works for Cruise Ship Centers tells me that they still have freighters who take guests. Some have guest rooms for 6-18 people. You eat with the crew and yes, its very cheap. There must be many freighters going to/from Costa Rica and Miami ?? Check it out and good luck.
Get her a copy of “Full Catastophe Living” by Jon Kabat Zinn. This is the companion book for his well known stress reduction program at Mass. General Hospital. She has become a prisoner of her thoughts she can overcome this. Maybe not for this trip but through the practice of Mindfulness she should be able to get control of this thought process that is causing her all this fear. Her phobia is of course misguided as the reality is automobile travel is much less safe, let alone taking a bus through Central America! I had a pretty serious fear of flying, before I retrained my brain with meditation and mindfulness practice, a thorough understanding of the physics involved in flight helped put my mind at ease a bit.
Dole Corporation has a fleet of freighters that sail between Costa Rica and Florida, carrying bananas to Florida and various pieces of privately consigned freight, such as vehicles, coming back to Costa Rica. I would check with them, to see if they have a few rooms for passengers as well.
Thank you for all of your ideas. The book and the freighters. I will look into this, travel on a banana boat sounds like an adventure in itself. Thanks all.
My husband and I have considered driving from Texas to Costa Rica. We don’t speak much Spanish, which has been one of the deterring factors to us. We thought if we could get a convoy together, we might consider driving. We want to take our dog by vehicle and would have to check on all the various country’s restrictions on animals. If you’re interested in convoying, please reply on this discussion board.
hi there My name is Jose’Ilive in Florida,moving soon back to CR,maybe we could form some kind ofconvey?
We don’t speak Spanish. Do you? From the other post about the people who drove from Illinois to CR, they said that is the most important thing. From the fact that you say you are “moving back” to CR, I would infer that you do speak fluent Spanish. When are you intending to go? Do you know about taking pets across all the borders? We would be taking our boxer dog.
yes Ido speak spanish,was born in San Jose’recently purchased acreage in Puriscal,build a2bedroom house and presently clearing for main house,will be there april 24th to april 27 to sign some papers,already sent down 1 container.before the year is finish we plan on probally driving down have a nice f150 that I want to take there.
hello snakeman. My wife and i will be back in puriscal april 22 through 24 looking at some more land. we were on george lundquist’s tour in jan. and are coming back to incorporate and possibly buy something. Where is your place ? Any chance we could buy your dinner and pick your brain? thanks mike peace tulsa okla
- You must be logged in to reply to this topic.
