Dominical Dot Biz

Its funny how when you live in the country, or jungle as the case may be in Costa Rica, when it comes time for a vacation or a change of scene, one often looks to the city. The thought of going to New York or Chicago sounds wonderful. So here I am in San Jose Costa Rica. What a city!

I drove my client Ruthie to her hotel so that she would be near the airport for her early morning flight. Now, don’t go getting any ideas people. I am not normally available for the 4 1/2 hour drive to San Jose to transport real estate clients around. In this case, well… 71 year young Ruthie was a little bit unique (in a very nice way), and the timing worked out, so I went.

I decided this time to go right into the heart of the city and find myself a simple place where I could cruise the city and get to know the place a little bit better. We have always kind of avoided the “centro” of San Jose, and so even after 8 years of living here, I can’t say that I know the city very well. I can drive through the thing, which is a major accomplishment in itself. In fact, I think that a person could probably make a business leading people through the city so that they can get from one side to the other.

When you are coming to Dominical, you land at the Juan Santamaria Airport on the North West side of San Jose. To get to Dominical, you generally need to drive through the city before getting to the main highway going down to San Isidro de Perez Zeledon, then over to Dominical. Of course, a person could opt to go directly over to the coast through Atenas and pass by Jaco, Quepos / Manuel Antonio and then down the bumpy road, but my choice is usually to go through San Jose. It seems that you get to pick your poison. You can drive the bumpy road between Quepos and Dominical, or you can brave the maze of San Jose and go the other way, which is a bit faster.

Anyway, the point being, I’m not totally inept in the ways of San Jose Costa Rica, but I thought that it’d be nice to get to know the place a little bit better.

I found a small hotel that charges $20.00 a night, has a Soda attached that serves a complementary typical breakfast, and is OLD… really cool. (more…)