Costa Rica

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Map of Costa Rica

Costa Rica is a country in Central America. It borders to Panama in the South and Nicaragua in the North.

Hitchhiking isn't that popular for long distance rides within the local population. However it works pretty well, especially close to beaches and in remote areas where there is almost no public transport. For hitchhiking the Panamerican highway you might wait a bit more then on the beaches but it s still not bad. Excepting on remote beaches the popular hitchiking with Pick-Up Trucks doesn t work in Costa Rica since its illegal and the police does really give high fines for violation of that law.

Cities

Maps

Fabzgy hitchhiking on the pacific costa of Costa Rica

You can get simple roadmaps with gas stations for free in the tourist information in San José. Other recommended maps: Reise Know-How "Costa Rica/Panama" scale: 1:550.000 (world mapping project). There are various maps in the Libreria Lehman in the pedestrian zone (Calle Central, in San José).

Regions