[Fred27]

I drove round Costa Rica on holiday for 2 weeks. Google Maps worked just fine with destinations (usually hotels/lodges) and I didn't notice anything different about addresses. The roads seemed OK too - apart from some crazy truck drivers. Weird how we had such a different experience.

[scatterhead]

> I didn't notice anything different about addresses

I mean.. they don't have any. So maybe you didn't pay attention. Sure, if you're typing in the name of a tourist destination, that's fine. But how do you find a person's house?

In CR the addresses are referential. So you might live "300 meters south of the retirement home, 100 East, red door".

[CydeWeys]

Yeah same. Went there, rented a car, drove from San Juan down to some national park in the south, stayed at a resort a few days, drove back. Nothing particularly notable, and no things did not seem expensive. Yeah there were some touts, but I've seen worse. I will say it was funny how beat to hell my rental car came. The check out sheet had multiple Xs drawn on every single panel for pre-existing damage.

For someone who's widely traveled I can't imagine you'd have any trouble with Costa Rica at all. It felt safe at least.

[sidlls]

Do you live in a place with no addresses? In CR they literally don’t have street addresses like “123 Main St”. Or at least not that people actually use.