Is it safe to drive AT NIGHT from san jose' [costa rica] to lafortuna?
I just realized my flight coming in, we'll arrive @8:35pm, & probably around 9pm til we get into our rental car to drive from San Jose' airport to Lafortuna. We've never been to Costa RIca before and really do not want to risk being hijacked on the highway somehow along the way to lafortuna. Also, are the roads to lafortuna really like a highway? OR are they jungly- type dirt roads with wild plants everywhere? I am getting scared. Should I order brass knuckes and mace on Ebay b4 our trip? I'm just concerned about the nightly drive upon arrival, that's it.
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If you have never been to CR before, you are taking a huge gamble driving to La Fortuna late night. I would bet you will get lost!!! even with a GPS. That area gets very rural, and is very dark at night even with a full moon. I have driven that road many of times, and I still hate driving at night. It is not the hijacking etc, but the mountain and general road conditions. No you do not need brass knuckes or mace. Arrive, spend the night in a hotel, rent your car and cruise to La Fortuna the next day. And on the way enjoy the awesome landscape, and the pretty cool towns. Take your time and not be paranoid about being hijacked and you will enjoy your trip a 100 times more...
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Your biggest worry driving at night is crashing head on with a speeding truck or falling off a cliff. There are no street lamps so it's pitch black on the roads at night. It's dangerous for people familiar with the roads, but for somebody new to the road, it's EXTREMELY dangerous. There are some nasty curves along the way. I've been to CR about 40 times (family) and I never drive outside of the city at night. Too risky. There is virtually no chance of being hijacked, but there is of getting into an accident or getting lost in the middle of nowhere.
