Alright, so I'm back from Costa Rica.
- WTF midnight-into-afternoon connection flights still have terrible, terrible lines for customs and security and shit
- WTF Spirit Airlines is the fucking worst. Worth it for very short flights requiring very little luggage maybe, though.
- Surfing has never been so good, in my experience; Daytona is just not on that same level of excellence in my judgement
- There were a lot of advisories on taking extraordinary measures against mosquitoes and other biting insects in Costa Rica, but after many hours of rainforestry, I have to say that the insect concentrations and aggression levels there appear to be nowhere near as bad, overall, as they are in fuckin' Georgia
- TFW roads are bad enough that some trips just gotta be made on horseback, though (unless you wanna spend some extra couple days or so on 'em, that is)
- Apart from the duty-free rum and tequila in San Jose, surprisingly expensive food 'n' drinking for such a country; be advised
- Great scenery and such
- #laid yeeeeehboiiiiiiiii
Pretty good vacation overall; wouldn't do it again if I actually had to pay for it myself. Quite possibly worth paying for outright the first time, if beaches and hiking are among the things you're into. (Protip: using a credit card, where possible, will save you some 10% or more on buying stuff you gotta buy, because the conversion fees they charge are just that much better than the exchange rates anyone will tend to offer you.) Me, I hardly paid for any of it, and would recommend that kind of value to anybody for whom it becomes an option, for some reason, in the foreseeable future.
Gimme some time to pass right the fuck out after all of that, and I should end up having some pretty cool pics of sites and what not to put up. For those who appreciate that kind of thing.