About a six hours drive from San José, there there is a city known for it’s beaches and nightlife called Tamarindo. The city is right on the Pacific Ocean, and has great waves and is a popular destination for people who like to surf. Renting surfboards vary in price, but is usually around 15 to for 24 hours, and sunscreen and all you need can be bought from a small grocery store in the city. The city is also a busy place at night, where a lot of tourists go out to restaurants and the many clubs there are there. The prices in most places are in dollars, and almost everyone speaks English. There is also a national wild life park that costs to enter, and has different animals such as howling monkeys, alligators, turtles, iguanas, crabs, geckos and lots of colorful birds and butterflies. This is a sight worth seeing, as a lot of these animals are hardly seen around tourist places and you get to see them in their natural habitat.