Input/advice/guidance needed: I have a friend who is coming to visit in September and she wants to check out Malpais, Samara, and Nosara during her stay. I'm totally unfamiliar with any of those areas, so I'm looking for any and all input from other expats.
As I'm in Jacó, I was thinking we could take the water taxi from Herradura across the gulf and then travel up the coast hitting one spot at a time. That may or may not be a great idea but it seems reasonable. Do you have suggestions on must-see or must-do things? From lookout points to great places to kick back with a cerveza... anything at all. Or a point in the right direction. Also, if you have advice for inexpensive but boutique sort of lodgings in or near any of those three spots, that would be excellent.
Thanks, people.