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San Joaquin de Flores, Costa Rica
... usually a lovely, gentle place but we just weren't feeling it.
Transformations: Going to bed aware of where the kids are in relation to windows or heavy objects and moving things around.
New foods: gallo pinto (very good traditional breakfast with rice & beans), Costa Rican corn bread (a milky, creamy cornbread that has a thick pudding texture), hot sugar cane ...
Welcome to the jungle
... 2 hours, seemed to last forever, and I felt I was caught in a time loop of infinitive curving roads.
Just when I thought it couldn't get more rural...it got more rural. The concrete road rudely got swallowed by a ruthless black dirt road which made the remainder of the ride a lot bumpier. A stubborn stream just decided to cross the road. I had no clue my destination for the coming months would be so desolate and remote. Feeling at the outskirts of the world and society, I ...
Making our way around town!
... people from CPI! We all loaded up and were on our way, we were first dropped off at the Rosti Pollo, the name makes me laugh for some reason! There we had to wait for another bus to take us to the restaurant we were going to, they kinda just dropped us off and we had no idea what to do, but the other bus came in about 10 minutes and it was all good from there. We had quite a long drive through San Jose, but it was all new, so it was nice to ...
The first few days
It's true what everyone says, there isn't that much to see in San Jose however, it's been a nice place to acclimatise. San Jose and the outskirts remind me of a run down part of California, although the vibe is totally different. If I was in any town in the US that looked like this place then I would be ******** myself as it would probably be incredibly dodgy. But this place isn't. It's warm and safe* and I feel pretty good here :-) The In&Basic hostel ...
Waiting.for.Grace
... the plane had landed on time yesterday...the airport website had no info, so I called the airline office in San Jose, I knew I was in for a long wait.....eventually I got through, and was advised it landed at 10am, it was now 1030am... SHIIIIIIIITTTTTT...I jumped into a cab and told the taxi driver MUY RAPIDO to the airport, and my god I almost went through the back window he put his foot down so hard (good man).
At last my Gracie appeared ...