Jairo
I agree that he{s taking advantage of me (four of us were able to do the Pavones trip for $100-150 per day), but he{s a business owner and a married man with two kids, and he knows what things are worth and how much money Americans have because he works for the rich ones who have nice houses and gardens in Nosara.
My options are limited - I may or may not have a bicycle tomorrow (Cesar lent the one I was using to a friend but said he{d get it back today, I don{t see it here), but it{s too far to ride to the playa (60km each way), and there{s no place in Nicoya to rent a car or moto.
There are plenty of buses to Samara but that{s a pretty boring beach with lots of tourists, I wouldn{t want to spend all day there, especially not alone, how boring. I{d much rather take a trip to Islita, which is supposed to be beautiful coastline reached through beautiful, remote roads and which has - according to Lonely Planet - an open-air museum of contemporary local art organized by a local hotel. Odds are the art is mostly for tourists and not very interesting, but wouldn{t it be a quick if there were something wonderful?
The entire trip would include 4 hours of driving on some really bad roads and crossing a couple of rivers (assuming there{s no heavy rain and they{re passable), as many stops as I want to take pictures along the way in what Jairo says is beautiful and different countryside than the rest of Nicoya, and time on one or more beautiful playas and in the beautiful limpid water of Costa Rica for the last time this trip, and possibly for many years. Plus as much food and beer as I want. And Jairo knows the names of all the trees and birds because he{s a gardener.
What should I do?
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