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MotoAdventures "Best of Both Worlds" Costa Rica tour Pacific coast of this Central American country, and the trails - while similar to ones used in "usual" Quepos rides - do have a unique character. After all, there aren't as many mountains, and you spend most of the time much closer to the ocean. That means more humidity, but it also gives you more time in the jungle, where you have a greater chance to see things like iguanas or howler monkeys. We also ran into a farmer on a trail in the middle of nowhere with a pair of huge bulls pulling a very large and old wooden cart that could've carried one or two of our XR400Rs - easily. It's not the sort of thing you're likely to come across in, say, the rocky trails of Colorado or the single-tracks in Massachusetts forests. Then there are the people you see. Most Costa Ricans actually seem to accept motorcyclists, if not embrace them. It's unlike the reception you almost grow used to in the United States. Especially in small Costa Rican villages, kids who hear you in time love to run to the edge of the road to get a closer look and wave. It's the closest many of us will ever get to being rock stars. Though we didn't have the luxury of lots of free time, we did get to sample a couple of "other activities:" a canopy tour and deep-sea fishing. The canopy tour is definitely an adrenaline jolt. Some crafty Costa STORY AND PHOTOS BY MARK KARIYA OOou've got a week of vacation, two V max. How do you spend them? Decisions, decisions. If you love to ride in exotic places, try Costa Rica. Not only does it qualify as exotic, it's a riding paradise as well - and not just for dirt bikes. Tour operator MotoAdventures now offers both dirt-bike and street-bike tours. If you're the sort of motorcyclist who thrives on diversity, you know that this sort of offer is just the sort of thing that will make for lifelong memories. After all, few tours, if any, offer the chance to combine both sides of your two-wheeled personality in one grand week. (MotoAdventures still offers dedicated dirt tours as well as its new strictly street rides, plus the chance to enjoy a host of other activities.) As part of a press introduction, we spent a little more than a week in Costa Rica. The real selling points: revisit the trails (this time in a different area that MotoAdventures dubs "the peninsula tour"), sample some of the previously mentioned other activities, and tryout Costa Rican twisties on the company's new Triumph RS955is. The Nicoya Peninsula is on the Costa Rica is a country with much to offer the motorcycle rider, whether you like exploring little-used, fun trails or winding ribbons of asphalt. Of course, if you like to do both, you'll want to sign up for the Best of Both Worlds tour offered by MotoAdventures. (Below) Loose translation: Dangerous curves ahead, slow down. But that's probably just for cars and trucks. 34 NOVEMBER 13, 2002' cue I e n e _ s