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EP6: "I'm Sick Of Doing Stuff I Can't Do "
puddin:
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supsandalee:
Well we've got the locations of the roadblock and one detour down. I've looked all over for banana plantations. All I know is that there are plenty of them but I can't find a map or listing of any (especially in the Quepos area). Has anyone else had any luck?
puddin:
Manuel Antonio Park and its many hotels sits on the other side of a mountain ridge from the small town of Quepos, about two hours south of Jaco. Before the tourism boom, Quepos survived on fishing and agriculture. It began its life as a company town, built in the 1930s to support the United Fruit banana plantations that lined the coastal plain. By the 1950s, production of African palm oil became the main source of income, after Panama disease destroyed the banana crop. On the long drive in, you'll pass rows and rows of tightly packed palm oil trees, as well as some surviving banana plantations. A few small company towns live on, distinguished by the geometrical arrangement of the turquoise houses, some built on stilts, usually around a soggy soccer field. Other agro-industries have sprung up to break the mono-crop
http://www.travel-costarica.org/pacifica/quepos.php
charlierose:
Somewhere I also read that on the Dokas estate there is a hotel. Could this be the pitstop of the race?
puddin:
I was thinking that if Manuel Antonio is where the detours are perfomed , after the roadblock , then somewhere around this area might make a better pitstop . The park itself is historical ,charlierose ..do you know of any one place or structure /buliding that Phil might use as a pitstop?
Playa Manuel Antonio is one of the most beautiful beaches in Costa Rica and has been rated one of the top ten in the world. The beach is a half mile long, perfect white sand crescent bordered by deep green mangroves and palms. The park abounds with wildlife and in a days visit it is possible to see iguanas, monkeys, sloths agoutis, paccaries armadillos, pisotes, coatimundis and raccoons.
Camping, accommodations and almost any service can be found within walking distance of the park.
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