Lots of People and No Waves in JACO

Not really sure what to say about Jaco other than it is a very busy place with lots of tourist both gringos and ticos. We were actually surprised to see the town wasn't filled with abandoned buildings, prostitutes, drugs and just plain dirty. Basically everything we had heard up to this point involved one of the above things mainly for the bad.  Yes it was busy, very busy, but other than that we felt comfortable, safe and actually in some weird way liked the town.

We rolled into Jaco mid day on Friday made one pass through town in search of the camping area and had no luck. Ok we need to find the gas station to fill up the propane tank, easily found headed back into town. Second time rolling through town and the eagles eyes were scanning heavy for the camp site. We found it no sweat and pulled into a nice flat area with showers, electricity and toilets. To our surprise there was only a few tents spread out so we found the best spot possible. Here is a view of neighboring tents and the with the massive condo complex in the background.

Sweet we have this whole camping area basically to ourselves. Just as we were getting settled in we here a bus in the background which pulls right up the the entrance gates. Herds of people unload with everything you can imagine, tents, bags, stoves, giant rice cooker, balls, radios just about everything from the house made the trip with them on the bus. Two hours and three buses later this is what the camping area had turned into.

Needless to say we lost our quite camping spots and now were walking carefully not to trip on any tent strings. Thankfully a nice family set up camp right behind us and Marco the six year old son wanted to work so we traded cookies for cleaning.

It was a fun place to stay but when the time came we were definitely ready to leave. Funny how as quick as everyone showed up the left the same way. Around 2:30 Sunday afternoon it looked liked ant working hard and fast to make it to the bus head for San Jose. And just like that it was empty again. We both appreciate that fact that the whole family came to the beach and tent camped, by the whole family we mean everyone the family behind us had the grandma who had to be 80 with them and yes she slept in a tent. Very family oriented!

Here are a bunch of random pics from our days in Jaco.



Who found the cookies??



This chair has been slightly modified. Sit at your own risk.

AHHHH empty campsite

Chair works well!!!

The face says it all.. NO swell on the Pacific Coast. You say wave, what waves.