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Except on remote beachesHere people refer to hitch-hiking as "ride", hitchhiking on the back of pick-up trucks like other Central American countries doesn't work in Costa Rica "hacer ride" and is illegal − the police give high fines for violations of this particular law. Your lifts will come with other sorts of vehicles"buscar un ride" are common expressions.
Like in all of Central America, === Specific information === == Borders ==The border between Costa Rica and Nicaragua has one particularity : the dirty-hippy look is not appreciated at all! People here wash every dayboarder authorities make it close to hell for any vehicle to cross from Costa Rica to Nicaragua, wear clean clothes and change trucks bearing a load often have to wait 3 days at the Peñas Blancas border before the paper work get's through to allow them as often as possiblepassage. Not doing so The cue of vehicles in Peñas Blancas is seen as a sign of at best several miles long. Entering Costa Rica from Nicaragua takes about 1 minute on the other hand. == Other locations ==For hitchhiking the [[Panamerican highway]], waiting times may be longer than on the utmost disrespect and beaches but are still not bad education. Except on remote beaches, and is not recommended if you hope to get anywhere hitchhitchhiking on the back of pick-hiking, however hard up trucks like other Central American countries doesn't work in Costa Rica as it might be to find a shower and some place to dry clothes every day!is illegal − the police give high fines for violations of this particular law. Your lifts will come with other sorts of vehicles.
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'''Costa Rica''' is a country in [[Central America]]. It borders to [[Panama]] in the South and [[Nicaragua]] in the North.
While hitchhiking isn't customary for long distance rides among the local population, it works pretty well in fact, especially close to beaches and in remote areas where there is almost no public transport. For hitchhiking the [[Panamerican highway]], waiting times may be longer than on the beaches but are still not bad.
If you are hitch-hiking through Cost Rica on the North-south or South-north rout, it is well worth while not going down the Panamerican (highway 2) all the way and instead taking the 34 along the pacific coast. A lot of truckers go that way anyhow as it is less hassle and not so mountainous, so if you are lucky enough to find a ride that is crossing the country you might just go that way without having to ask.
== General ==
Like in all of Central America, the dirty-hippy look is not appreciated at all! People here wash every day, wear clean clothes and change them as often as possible. Not doing so is seen as a sign of the utmost disrespect and bad education, and is not recommended if you hope to get anywhere hitch-hiking, however hard it might be to find a shower and some place to dry clothes every day!
Compared to the rest of Central America, life in Costa Rica is very very expensive! This is due to the fact that Costa Ricans pay very high taxes on all purchased goods, and in exchange have good social services and pay hardly no taxes on anything else, including their salaries. Of course, it's a pain for the tourist who never uses anything else than purchased goods...
