LOS ANGELES, California (X17online) - Britney Spears, her father Jamie Spears and Mel Gibson are on their way to Costa Rica, to stay at Gibson's ranch on the Guanacaste Peninsula in Samara.

Most celebrities stay at the Four Seasons Resort at Peninsula Papagayo, but Spears opted to stay at Gibson's estate instead. X17online also contacted several locals in the area, who said it was news to them that the pop star and actor were on their way.

Though the two seem like unlikely friends, they were spotted dining together back in March, and in December of 2006, Gibson even showed his support for Spears when he said:

"I feel compassion for someone like Britney, for instance. She never gets a moment. She's, like, dogged all the time and followed and she's trying to have a life. Your heart goes out to her because I'm positive that, at her core, she's a good woman."

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