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The Honeymoon Begins!
... lane bridge where you had to hope there wasn't an oncoming car, and there were places that had clearly experienced landslides from the earthquake last week. Other than that, it was a piece of cake compared to the last hour and a half.
Once we hit Paraiso, the road went to gravel, which was what we expected the roads in Costa Rica to be like. We did not expect, however, for the gravel to turn to potholes sprinkled with dirt. The road outside Paraiso ...
What happened next and my future plans
... were only looking for part time so I was happy to accept but also still a little bit stressed about hours and making enough money to be able to live on here in Costa Rica...its way more expensive than people think! So anyways, after I accepted the part time position, the director emailed me back and she was like actually a full time position just opened up and asked if I would be interested. So of course I was ecstatic and I accepted. The only thing is, for part ...
Welcome to the jungle
... my new amigo waved to me, we got off and continued by foot. Once roaming the crowded streets of the capital, I could only conclude one thing: what a **** hole. I had a different image in my head of what this place would be. The woman in the bus advised me not to walk the streets alone with all my luggage, especially not after dark. I kind of laughed her off, and pointed out that this big guy can take care of himself. But as I sanded pavement after pavement, an uncomfortable chill rose ...
The Chicken Race
... But jsut as we got to the back another bus pulled right up directly behind it. So i jumped on the second bus and the others got the first one.
Once i got on, i figured the two buses were racing. This made for an interesting trip. Both buses took off in a massive puff of black smoke. On my bus the Norweegian blokes who were coming home from a morning surf and they confirmed my suspicions ...
Plumbing!!!!!!!!!!
... looked around the town centre and a few shops. I´m sure had we have stayed longer we would have took in some museums nad had a proper look around. But we were really loking forward to Mexico so San Jose really didn´t take our interest.
One of the fun litle fact of our trip will be that we headed off to Mexico on the Centinary Anniversary of the sinking of the Titancic. A fun little fact but that is about all. We ...
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