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Posted: **Mon Nov 06, 2006 3:48 pm**

I am heading to CR around Christmas for 2 weeks and was wondering if it would be possible to camp out at all? I am going for a low budget trip, so anything I can do to save money, I will (and 35$+ a night adds up quick). Is it safe? Any other money saving ideas? How necesarry is it to rent a car?

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 3:12 am**

Check out the string started by Zizo below.

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 1:16 pm**

Hey Formosan'! How's it going? Aren't you in the U.S?

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:57 pm**

Dec wrote:Hey Formosan'! How's it going? Aren't you in the U.S?

Yup, back in the old US of A's. I am land locked though and its killing me. I've had to take up mountain biking, and let me tell you, the ground is a lot less forgiving than the white water.

Hows Thailland? I'd love to make it back out there. Cool country.

Posted: **Tue Nov 07, 2006 2:59 pm**

jethrodog wrote:Check out the string started by Zizo below.

Thanks, I've read a lot of good things about Mal Pais - its on my itinerary.

Posted: **Sat Nov 11, 2006 9:31 am**

The campingdays in Mal Pais are over.

Posted: **Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:20 pm**

oslo wrote:The campingdays in Mal Pais are over.

Thats too bad. Is there crime preventing it? Laws?

How much can I get by paying for a night close to the beach?

Posted: **Sat Nov 11, 2006 5:33 pm**

FormosanSurfer wrote:
oslo wrote:The campingdays in Mal Pais are over.

Thats too bad. Is there crime preventing it? Laws?

How much can I get by paying for a night close to the beach?

Not so much the crime I think. I was involved in xxxxx getting stolen from my camp twice, and that's in close to a hundred days of camping in Mal Pais.

Back in '99 pretty much everyone camped on the beach, but when I came back in '03 there was a few signs around saying that camping was illegal. I suspect this is a result of the pressure from the new people moving in. They really want you to stay at their places and eat their food.

They even built a mall in Mal Pais now. Skip the place, that's my advice.

Posted: **Sun Nov 12, 2006 4:25 am**

oslo wrote:
FormosanSurfer wrote:
oslo wrote:The campingdays in Mal Pais are over.

Thats too bad. Is there crime preventing it? Laws?

How much can I get by paying for a night close to the beach?

Not so much the crime I think. I was involved in xxxxx getting stolen from my camp twice, and that's in close to a hundred days of camping in Mal Pais.

Back in '99 pretty much everyone camped on the beach, but when I came back in '03 there was a few signs around saying that camping was illegal. I suspect this is a result of the pressure from the new people moving in. They really want you to stay at their places and eat their food.

They even built a mall in Mal Pais now. Skip the place, that's my advice.

Really? I've heard it wasn't that developed. Thats a damn shame. Where would you recommend going if I want to avoid crowds, prices, and would like to get a beautiful view? Witches Rock?

Posted: **Sun Nov 12, 2006 10:15 am**

Cross the border to the north.

Posted: **Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:52 pm**

FormosanSurfer wrote:Hows Thailland? I'd love to make it back out there. Cool country.

Ahh lovely..tourists have started coming in and I finally have some money so I am off to hawaii pretty shortly! Surf is flat though..its going to be like that for another 7 months

Have you surfed in America yet? Traveled to the coast?

Posted: **Sun Nov 12, 2006 1:25 pm**

Dec wrote:
FormosanSurfer wrote:Hows Thailland? I'd love to make it back out there. Cool country.

Ahh lovely..tourists have started coming in and I finally have some money so I am off to hawaii pretty shortly! Surf is flat though..its going to be like that for another 7 months

Have you surfed in America yet? Traveled to the coast?

Yeah, i've surfed in Cali and Florida before. Florida sucks and Cali is good but overcrowded. I may be in San Diego for the summer, so I need to check out the waves there.

Posted: **Mon Nov 13, 2006 8:32 am**

Sweet..have fun! Are you going to head back to Taiwan?

Posted: **Mon Nov 13, 2006 12:00 pm**

Dec wrote:Sweet..have fun! Are you going to head back to Taiwan?

nope, i'll be here for the next 3.5 years - then probably move to Hawaii or CA.

Posted: **Sat Nov 25, 2006 2:04 am**

Ok, so tell me what you think. What if I rented an SUV and slept in it half time?

Posted: **Sat Nov 25, 2006 7:30 am**

Sounds good to me! Wash in the ocean, sleep by the ocean.

I don't know on laws or safety there though.

Posted: **Wed Jan 24, 2007 8:29 pm**

oslo wrote:The campingdays in Mal Pais are over.

It is crazy How fast they have developed there! I have lived nearby since the 90's. I still love it, but its not the place it used to be!

Posted: **Mon Jan 29, 2007 10:07 pm**

cabuyarider wrote:
oslo wrote:The campingdays in Mal Pais are over.

It is crazy How fast they have developed there! I have lived nearby since the 90's. I still love it, but its not the place it used to be!

Yes.

You knew trouble was coming when they brought a freaking trapeze to the little place.

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