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Great place to cool down and refresh after Lut. Big trees, water, shade. Parking 100k, entrance 1 million per person.

we contacted Fransisco via Whatsapp and he replied in ok English. The price for a private your for 2 people was ridiculous: 1700R$ for 8 hours. Even though the country knows quite some inflation and fuel prices went up big time compared to previous check-ins below, this is way above the average that is asked by other companies. It seems like Fransisco himself is actually working at another place, and this is the price for a friend of his. Too much for us at least.

Nice national forest campground with some first in first serve sites. Check with the Ranger at the entrance. Without reservation or first in first serve. It is not possible to drive the road and park for hikes at maroon lake between 8am and 5pm. Shuttle bus is operating.

The ATM of the Banco de Costa Rica charges no fees upon withdrawal. You can get dollars and colones. Next to the road, convenient to park in front and access (big rig friendly).
We got the dollars here we need in Panama and for the container shipping, as its cheaper than to withdraw at the ATMs charging fees in Panama.

Grandes salles de toilettes adaptées aux personnes à mobilité réduite.

Accidental and wonderful find. We met Eduardo in town, and he invited us to camp on his property. It’s a place with cabanas, a really good restaurant, and a boat launch. We camped right by the launch, but to the side so people could still pass. We were here Monday and Tuesday nights and it was so peaceful. I’m guessing it’s not as peaceful on the weekend. There is a bathroom to use closer to the restaurant, and a water spigot there (it’s hiding between the restroom and event room). No shower that we know of. At the restaurant, we recommend the pizza (after 2 pm), burger, Buffalo chicken sandwich, and poboy sandwich. Free to camp if you eat at the restaurant. Decent WiFi at restaurant. Lots of flies one of the two days we were there, but no mosquitos. Excellent place for bird watching and listening. We camped in our Jeep Gladiator.

Kinda odd but beautiful. I was uncomfortable because I have no idea what this land is or who owns it. No private property or no trespassing signs. People obviously come up here (,glass,spend shotgun shells, fire rings). Got through the night peacefully. Definitely not for big rigs. However my 21' class B+ is 25' at least with bikes and front hitch and I managed.

this place has the potential to establish itself as a nice overlander meeting point. nice hosts [speaking only turkish], green pasture to park a rig or pitch a tent under trees, directly lake side, swimm in the lake, have a meal at the restaurant. prices low. recommended

small quiet village square to spend the night

petite place du village tranquille pour passer la nuit

Parking of a community center and ice hockey center.

Nice flat place. We felt safe. In night only barking of dongs and some sounds from frogs. No bugs.

Beautiful campground 5 stars with pool, services and activities. Near 200 sites. Pets allowed.

Large parking area on a hilltop overlooking Truckee. View from some points. No parking signs. We parked about 100m away from Cottonwood Restaurant. Very peaceful except for the train at 7am (I think the whole of Truckee can hear it). Would recommend 👍

On the way to Andorra la Vella, at 2400m. Nice view from the mountains.

beautiful location 4 bars of 4g T-Mobile. easy to get to for any vehicle. No noise but the wind at night. very pleasant

This seems to be the only office in Jaen that can issue insurance to foreigners. They used to be able to issue insurance right away, but the lady is telling us that now it takes 2 days. Since the pandemic, all policies are completed in the larger cities. We arrived at the office at 8am on Wednesday and we will get our insurance documents on Thursday at 4:00. The price is $279sol for three months (2018 Mercedes sprinter 170 extended). The office is right on the main highway with easy parking... even for bigger rigs.

Spent a quite night here, only a few cars, cows and sheeps passed by. You can stay more or less weherever you want on this road. Lots of space also for big rigs and some grassy areas for tents. Felt very safe, locals waved when passing by. Simple but good and not so high in altitude as the spot in laguna Quilotoa. Recommendable

They don’t refill gas bottles anymore. No where in the city according the guy here

Rather large gravel strip next to the road, very level and also silent at night with nice view of the countryside.

June 1st. Still closed. No one knows when it will open.

There is a nice spot up the hill on "Little Desert Road", but the road is very "BLM chiqe". There's a little flat spot to your left just after you go over the cattle grate that would be fine for a night

We drive a big rig, my husband stayed in the car during I went shopping because of all the comments but he said it was really safe. Two securityguards guarded our car as well.

This is state park / campground property…
There is an old sign at the front that says non-camper dump fee $5.

It is a wonderful place, incredibly close to the city to encounter such a peaceful place in pure nature. Lots of flowers attracting birds of many kinds. For me it is about sitting in the garden and enjoy some coffe and relax. Gloria Patricia is a great host and makes you feel very welcomed from the beginning.
The facility have everything you need for a relaxed stay. And if you have any qestions about making a tour and visit places, Gloria can help you organize it.

Small laundromat - $2.50 for 20lb wash, $.25 for 7 or 5 minutes depending on size of dryer. Internet here too and pizzeria next door.

Stayed here two nights. Nice and quiet, beautiful view, better than paid campsites, heaps of fire wood. A few other campers in the others spots but they are not close together. Not too steep to get into but wouldn’t come here in a bus sized vehicle.

This seems to be one of very few insurances where you can buy the SOAT with foreign plate. Not much traffic, so easy to park in there.
We have a Chilean plate and it was really easy and friendly staff. We paid 26 SOL for 1 month.

Went there for dumping and a shower, paid 10$ for the daypass.
It is 20$ on weekends and public holidays.
Staff confirmed to me that the water spigot on the dump station supplies normal potable tap water, the sign is only there because of the installed hose line, it would not be legal then to call it potable with a permanent rubber hose line installed...told me to remove the hose and install my own one and then it is fine

Still a very cool place to stay and 10.000pP per night. You can do a few short loops and not much going on during the week, but can get crazy busy on the weekend or during public holidays. Public toilets are a bit run down, but ok. Good 4G Claro reception

There are two workshops here that belong together. The owner is the same. "Hard Auto" is for quick, small things. "TSS" is for slightly bigger repairs. They did the oil change and filter change in 20 minutes. A second time I had the rubber seals of the windows changed there, which took two days. I saw two Defender.