{"id":48425,"date":"2026-05-22T08:42:33","date_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/?p=48425"},"modified":"2026-05-22T08:42:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-22T07:42:45","slug":"costa-rica-coast-to-coast-into-the-interior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alananna.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/05\/costa-rica-coast-to-coast-into-the-interior\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica Coast to Coast – Into the Interior"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Early Morning Stroll<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

After a fairly relaxing night at the Rio Perlas Resort, I was up early for a wander through the grounds. Oropendola birds could be heard and seen in the trees, and the vegetation was amazing. I checked out the pools, hot tubs, and little natural lake, simply strolling around marvelling at the bromeliads growing on almost every tree. It\u2019s a lovely spot, although the resort itself could probably do with a little updating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Bananas\"<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Lake\"<\/a><\/figure>
\"Hot<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div>
\"Hotel<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Tropical<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Towards the Tapanti National Park<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It was then off to breakfast in the restaurant before getting back onto the bikes once again for a climb up through the town of Orosi, where we stopped to look at the Iglesia Colonial de San Jos\u00e9 de Orosi, a beautifully preserved Spanish mission built in 1743. Remarkably, it is the oldest still-functioning church in Costa Rica and one of the few colonial-era structures to survive the country\u2019s frequent earthquakes.<\/p>\n\n\n

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\"Church<\/a>
Church in Orosi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We then continued climbing into Tapant\u00ed National Park and onto a track lined with huge Alocasia plants. I\u2019ve tried, somewhat unsuccessfully, to grow Alocasia as houseplants at home, but here they were enormous and growing like weeds. We descended along the track beneath huge trees to another transition point at a bridge crossing the Orosi River.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Cycling<\/a><\/figure><\/div>
\"Bridge<\/a><\/figure><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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