Texas is hot...Austin has had 84 days over 100 this summer.
Austin is hot and dry, big difference...
Costa Rica is beautiful, the fishing is GREAT, my brothers go down and spend several weeks every year in the green days (some rain) Oct/Nov. and the fishing days are long and the critters are colorful and interesting. Went with them twice, so far. They can fresh water or sea fish. And the flora is fabulous. The food is very spicy and flavorful, but not gut wrenchingly hot. There’s plenty of clean pure water, but of course you don’t drink it. American drinks are always available, as well as bottled American fruit drinks. And the coffee is great, demand grano de oro, otherwise you get the second class brand as they export the good stuff. THEIR house was reasonable, really open with nice guest house and not huge. It just depends on where you want to buy, they’re rural. There is a full staff that goes along with the property you buy.
And they don’t go in the high season Dec/May, because there’s no Superbowl coverage, and it gets crowded with foreigners. They can both speak Spanish, so communicate well with the natives, but the place gets FULL of people trying to converse in other languages which can get frustrating for guys that aren’t looking for the social life.
I loved it down there, but I’m American, all that beauty and jungle after awhile starts making me yearn for the wide open spaces, Duck & Loons Hamburgers, and my favorite Chinese buffet after awhile, and of course, sans the bug spray.