There is a reason why this country is known as the “rich coast”. It has everything from surfing, farming, volcanos, cloud forests, adventure activities and national parks home to 6% of the world’s total biodiversity. It is a small country and easily seen by car or public bus. Although the public bus system can seem a bit chaotic as there is no one local company or central station in San Jose.  Getting there from Nicaragua? There are lots of shuttles and the public ticobus going from the cities to San Jose or popular destination such as Tamarindo, Monteverde or La Fortuna. We are tight, broke backers so we opted to cross the border at Penas Blancas on the chicken bus and continue to La Fortuna by chicken bus. However the chicken buses in Costa Rica are nothing like the old school buses elsewhere in Central America and you will usually get a seat and I haven’t yet been sat between a breast feeding woman and a man holding a box of baby chickens. From Panama: buses go direct between Panama city and San Jose. If you’re coming from Bocas del Toro…