Arriving at SJO at noon then driving to Puerto Viejo

I wonder if jardin tropical B&B is in Alajuela by any lucky chance?.....

Thanks for everybody's opinions - I think I'm going to just go for it and do the drive. I plan on getting lots of sleep before we leave and a nap while on the plane. I'm pretty experienced driving in CR and I'll be doing the drive with my wife. If I get tired, we can always stop somewhere along the way. The car doesnt have to be turned into Hone Creek until the next day.

hey sean it,s not like you havn,t been there before just go for it . don

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<hr>As usual, I'll disagree with Ticotim. Living here, everyone knows 3 things. 1) Traffic fatalities are the one of the number one killers in Costa Rica. 2) The highway between San Jose and Limon is the most dangerous stretch of highway in CR for accidents. 3) It's the rainy season, and you'll be driving in the afternoon, so it will be pouring and visibility will be low.<hr></blockquote>

Who is this guy? Travel Junkie? And lives in this much fear? Not sure where he gets his statistics or is this just yet another myth-half truth about the Caribbean? Ok... people drown at Cocles beach. Should I tell everyone not to go to Cocles?

Anyway, I disagree with Travel Junkie and I live in the Caribbean and drive the highway all the time (and am still living last time I had a check up).

1) the whole mountain stretch has been redone and is very good. It has been widened and clear lines are painted on most of the highway.
2) I drive it all the time and see no more accidents on that stretch then I do anywhere else.
3) Yeah, it can be raining but big deal.... In 3 years of driving it was only once I feared for my life because of fog (Yes I am still in therapy. My therapist says I am close to a break through)
4) That time of the year is not rainy season for the Caribbean and is quite dry. As for whether it will be raining on the highway at that perticular time at that time of the day, who the hell knows?

Is this one of those hostel/guesthouse owners that gets bitter because not many people want to spend a valuable day of their vacation listening to all the noise and breathing all the smog of San Jose? .... Just putting it out there....