Living in stle in Costa Rica

Chuck and I have been living "in style" on this trip but we returned to "60's style" traveling yesterday, leaving our "bubble" for a beach town. We had three choices of traveling and chose the cheap one which turned out to be a large open air truck with wooden benches called a "collectivo" for $8 each. We boarded withl5 young backpackers. I thought Chuck was disappointed after our week of luxury living so I looked over at him. He was grinning from ear to ear. Across from him were 5 busty young French girls in tight tank tops bouncing up and down. Ah ha! Chuck always did love sightseeing!
After that we took a shuttle to the sleepy coastal town of Uvita, where we scored a small cabin for just $50, owned by a sweet Tico family named Perez. They loaned us silverware, coffee pot, and cups. Today Papa Citor drove us to the beach for free in his pickup. It is fun to live in a real Tico community for 4 days.