By the numbers – Costa Rica

Costa Rica 15 January – 22 February 2024

Days: 39
Travel days: 15* / 38%
Non-travel days: 24* / 62%
Total kms: 1935* km
Avg km/day: 50 km
Travel day kms: 1935 km
Avg km/travel day: 129 km
Fuel used: 55.79 L
Fuel economy: 2.88 L/100km
* Gloria and Adam came to visit us; we rented a car and toured with them for ten days. We didn’t count this as “travel” days, the mileage we logged isn’t included either.

Average cost / day:
Angela: CAD$87.36
Michael: CAD$133.07 (Michael eats more food, burns more fuel. Michael did a lot of scuba diving.)

Where we slept:
Airbnb – 18%
Bunk-a-Biker – 5%
Friend – 5%
Hotel – 72%

Weather:
Cold/dry – 0%
Cold/wet – 0%
Cool/dry – 3%
Cool/wet – 5%
Warm/dry – 5%
Warm/wet – 0%
Hot/dry – 80%
Hot/wet – 7%
(Wet defined as riding in rain enough to have put on rain gear; if it rained and we weren’t riding in it, the day is listed as dry)

Road surface:
Paved – 95%
Rock – 0%
Dirt/gravel – 5%
Sand – 0%