What's your favorite beach town?

Costa Rica Beaches

I tell everyone, if you're going to go all the way to PV from San Jose, just keep going until you're in Bocas del Toro Panama, only another 1 1/2 hours. Beaches are 100 times better, food is better, the area is safer, the people are just as friendly (except the cops) and it's much safer than PV (not that it's exceptionally dangerous, but they do have their semi frequent bar shootings). There isn't a beach in Costa Rica that can hold a candle to Zapatilla, Star Beach or Crawl Caye in Bocas.

It's definitely not as touristy as the pacific, but you have these wanna be rainbow family kids there, that drive beemers back home, that annoys me.

Im in Bocas del Toro rigfht now, my first time!

and i agree with Imatraveljunkie!!!!

food is not just better but cheaper and the locals tell us that this is expensive by comparison with the rest of Panama!!
Costa Rica is crazy expensive now, so almost anywhere is cheaper!!