Costa Rica Cost Of Living Update: San Jose Airport Departure Tax- $26 a person
30 Degrees…that’s the temperature where I’m heading for Christmas. And people wonder why I try to convince my family to visit me for the holiday.
Leaving Costa Rica requires one to pay an exit tax of $26. It’s always sad to say goodbye to this country even though I’ll be back shortly. This place brings me great happiness; a country that has taught me to be kinder, have more patience, and to understand that a two hour siesta might possibly be the key to peace on earth. All the things you do not want to be while standing at a US airport baggage carousel during one of the busiest times of the year.
I’m certain this is Dante’s tenth circle of hell, a place where abrasiveness is the preferred survival method when rescuing your luggage off the congested conveyor belt. I’ll stand back, visualizing blue skies and cute kinkajous, while my husband bravely fights his way through the crowd. I’ll eventually snap out of it…30 degrees has a way of doing that.
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Wow! 2 hour siesta? You must be living on a different Costa Rica hehe, because in the one I’m right now I have to work 8-5 with 1 hour for lunch 🙂
And looking at the bright side, at least you’re not flying to Europe, people sleeping in the airports and most flights delayed … I don’t think anyone would like that.
Happy Holidays!
You’re right. I should look on the bright side. Sleeping on an airport floor is much worse than the baggage carousal.