{"id":2300,"date":"2004-06-01T12:26:42","date_gmt":"2004-06-01T17:26:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?p=2300"},"modified":"2018-11-26T12:27:44","modified_gmt":"2018-11-26T17:27:44","slug":"costa-rica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/?p=2300","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica"},"content":{"rendered":"

Departure is approaching\u2026In case you have not figured it out yet, I am off to Costa Rica. This is not a place for all inclusive beach resorts. People go there to see the rain forest and the cloud forest and the volcanoes and the birds and butterflies and monkeys\u2026to do the canopy rides, to go horseback riding and river rafting. We shall see how much of that I can cram in one week.<\/p>\n

But my first concern is packing. This is the rainy season and I am going into the rain forest\u2026static electricity and dry skin should not be a concern\u2026but keeping mildew and yeast infections in check might be.<\/p>\n

I have gone to heavy duty sporting goods stores to get my gear, no designer ponchos or strappy sandals for this gal! I bought the ugliest rain costume! It ties at the face, neck, wrists, waist and ankles. It is said to be totally waterproof yet it breathes! (but very quietly\u2026I have yet to hear it). As for footwear, I have chosen a pair of shoes that are like kayaks (they are almost the same size too!). They have an inner skirt that ties around the foot and, should water penetrate nonetheless, they are perforated with holes to let the water drain out. So although they are not waterproof, I am assured of a circulation of fresh water between my toes at all times.<\/p>\n

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I am told the Costa Rican fashion patrol is very understanding\u2026
\nI did remember to pack insect repellent and after bite lotion\u2026
\nLook out for the whole story in the travel section around mid June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Departure is approaching\u2026In case you have not figured it out yet, I am off to Costa Rica. This is not a place for all inclusive beach resorts. People go there […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2300"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2303,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2300\/revisions\/2303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flyingplates.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}