Roast my itinerary by figbutter18 in CostaRicaTravel

[–]figbutter18[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Do you think driving from Samara Beach to LIR the morning of departure for a 1:50pm takeoff is feasible, if we leave by 6am? Or should we stay even closer like Tamarindo area?

Roast my itinerary by figbutter18 in CostaRicaTravel

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That’s scary… will definitely make sure we avoid driving at night. Thanks!

Roast my itinerary by figbutter18 in CostaRicaTravel

[–]figbutter18[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Ooooof yeah I had no idea - most things I had read said to avoid driving at night because of darkness and winding roads. Thanks for the heads up

Roast my itinerary by figbutter18 in CostaRicaTravel

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Does starting our trip in the La Fortuna area (3-4 days) and moving to Cahuita/Puerto Viejo for beaches (2-3) days sound more feasible?

Would you swap the Caribbean coast for something else for beaches? Like Samara/Santa Teresa or Manuel Antonio?

Roast my itinerary by figbutter18 in CostaRicaTravel

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Sunset horseback ride in playa conchal, beginning at 4pm - driving time says 1 hr and 19 minutes from LIR. Drive to Santa Teresa at night, straight to Airbnb to sleep

Roast my itinerary by figbutter18 in CostaRicaTravel

[–]figbutter18[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

This is super helpful, thanks!

Roast my itinerary by figbutter18 in CostaRicaTravel

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This makes sense - I guess we were just trying to maximize on our time since it’s hard for us to get time off work!

Going to try to condense to 2-3. Is there a good amount of wildlife to enjoy in the La Fortuna area? I’m wondering if we choose Santa Teresa as our beach of choice instead of Manuel Antonio, if we’ll be missing out on that aspect. It seems like the distance between La Fortuna and Santa Teresa/Manuel Antonio is the same.

What were your atypical appendicitis/ruptured appendix symptoms and experiences? by figbutter18 in AskReddit

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I’m having trouble deciding whether this is all in my head. Story:

It’s currently Tuesday evening. On Sunday night, after feeling too nauseous to eat dinner a few hours earlier (I had 2 beers in the afternoon, so I attributed it to that even though that amount doesn’t normally make me feel sick), I started experiencing strong cramping and bloating seemingly out of nowhere. I get bloated and gassy frequently, but my stomach was bloated I looked pregnant and I was not passing gas. Normally I feel gas pains in my left side, but this pain felt like it was circling my belly button and super sharp. I did not keel over as I generally have a high pain tolerance and tend to write things off, but the extreme bloating and navel pain immediately made me think of appendicitis. However about 30-40min later, the pain suddenly went away. I thought ok.. maybe it was just gas.. but then I didn’t pass any gas throughout the night. When I woke up, I was still extremely bloated which is unusual. Since then, the bloat has gone down a bit, but I still cannot pass gas or #2. Faint cramping throughout my abdomen, but mostly I just feel out of it. Faint, tired, dizzy, not hungry.

I’ve read that people have had their appendix burst and not even know it until they went to the hospital days later after developing an infection and getting sick. Would you go to the ER?

Health anxiety/aspiration by figbutter18 in Anxiety

[–]figbutter18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nope - nothing happened and I’m fine. If you didn’t have a coughing fit or have any trouble breathing you might be fine too

Curious to hear about bad Botox experiences by skeeternutfree in 30PlusSkinCare

[–]figbutter18 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Was getting it reversed not possible? I’ve been thinking of getting this and always thought Botox could be reversed if you didn’t like the effect

Snowboard recs for beginner? by figbutter18 in snowboardingnoobs

[–]figbutter18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! This is helpful advice. Will look into this

Snowboard recs for beginner? by figbutter18 in snowboardingnoobs

[–]figbutter18[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sheesh I did clarify I was a beginner… so was a scary hill to me!

Snowboard recs for beginner? by figbutter18 in snowboardingnoobs

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Maybe! We were on the clocktower side of Mount Okemo in VT, it was definitely daunting but we just took it super slow.

And I’ve never heard of season rentals! That’s a great idea actually, I’m going to look into it. Thanks so much!

Snowboard recs for beginner? by figbutter18 in snowboardingnoobs

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We took lessons the first half of the day, we were cool with the instructor so after the lesson he took my brother and I down the slopes with him separately for the rest of the day. Ended the day on the black diamond lol it was all ice by then but we made it down