Province of San Jose

... and incredibly delicious coffee! :) We must have run around with a serious coffee buzz for 80% of the trip. We landed in San Jose and headed Weat through the endless hills and valleys through Alajuela, San Ramon, Puntarenas, Tambor, to Montezuma.

On a lark, my college friend Alex James and I decided that we would jump on a bus in Tegucigalpa and head out on a Central American tour for as long as our savings held out. We made it a month and a half before his incurable generosity (mostly in the form ...

... direction! he had to take a bus to get back home. At the end of the day, he was pooped! ========== Other notes on San Jose; Few mosquitos Pass times; Walks to Mega, Courthouse, and our favorite Soda w/ delish daily specials. San Jose has high sidewalks ...

OUr second night in San Jose. Louise is completely exhausted , she fell asleep the moment she smelled her bed. This morning we visited the Irazu vocano: Wonderful; But when I tried to go higher up the hill to get a better view, i was stopped by....yes ...

... - then we had a 5 hour layover (lots of drinks, foods and pedicures ... Connor's first pedicure ever!) - then another 3.5 hours to San Jose, the capitol of Costa Rica. When we arrived in Costa Rica and exited the airport we were soon accosted by a number ...

... than the hotel, since Jens couldn't remember the name of the hotel (Barceló something) and there are 4 hotels "Barceló something" in San Jose... Eventually we found the hotel as well as a cash machine.  As usual we try to escape those big cities as ...

San Jose is a great city but a little polluted.  We arrived in San Jose (my first international trip) and I knew, as we made the bus ride to our hotel, that the travel bug would be a constant distraction for me for many years to come.  After ...