Si Como No

On nights 2, 3, & 4, we stayed in Manuel Antonio at a super nice resort called Si Como No (which in English means, Yes Why Not). Manuel Antonio was my favorite town we visited in Costa Rica. It has idyllic views of  the Pacific Ocean and a great climate (sunny and high 70′s/low 80′s).

We left San Jose for Manuel Antonio early Saturday morning; we had booked a Gray Line shuttle to the resort. The shuttle was very nice, but the trip unfortunately took about 4 hours. Like Guatemala, Costa Rica does not have the best roadways (though theirs are much better in comparison).

We knew we had picked a great resort the moment we pulled up. Immediately someone came out to help us with our bags and they upgraded our room at check-in. The resort was well worth the drive.

We had booked a great deal at Si Como No that included 3 nights for the price of 2, free buffet breakfast for two daily, and 2 for 1 drinks throughout our stay. Since they upgraded our room at check-in, we ended up with this view on top of it all:

View at sunset

The room came with everything we had been missing our entire trip plus more. It was luxurious. We had a hot shower with no drainage problems, a big bed with extra(!) pillows, air conditioning, and a ceiling fan. We even had a fancy stained glass window in our shower.

We also had our own private balcony with seating for two and since our resort was surrounded by trees, monkeys, birds, iguanas, and lizards would come and visit us. We could animal watch from our balcony. It was awesome.

I caught these two birds talking/yelling at one another on our porch!

White faced monkey with her baby on her back outside our room

We were constantly seeing animals on the premises and while we were eating lunch on our first day there, this guy came walking up to us:

Jeff was a little bit freaked out...

We also spotted a lot of monkeys, a raccoon like animal, and tons of geckos. It was definitely a very animal friendly stay.

When we weren’t vising with the animals, most of our time at the resort we spent in either of the two pools (they had an adult pool and a family pool with a slide), at the hot tub, or at the swim-up bar(!).

Cool mushroom shaped hot tub

 

At the bar

 

The weather was great almost the entire time we were in Manuel Antonio and Jeff managed to leave the resort without getting burned!

I’d call that a successful trip.

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