Driving in Costa Rica

We rented a car and drove around the central valley for three days and it was crazy. We had maps, but you never know where you are on the map, so don't know where you're doing. Scott drove the whole time (thanks, Scott!) and I navigated. It was a pretty stressful experience. Luckily, most of the roads that we drove on were pretty good, but the drivers are crazy and we kept getting lost. At one point, we tried to take a shortcut and you can see that 'road' here. It was CRAZY! Talk about backroading - that's what we were doing. We had to go so slow and passed horses and cows along the way. We ended up taking a lot longer to get to our destination, but it was a great story to have. I don't think it's so bad in other places, but around San Jose is quite difficult.