Sunday and we're off. Booked out of our place in Quepos and bought our tickets to San Jose ($5.40 ea. for a 200km trip). The bus left at 12:30 and everyone got a seat. (They were reserved). We keep our backpacks w/ us on the bus and squeeze them in between our legs and the seat in front of us. It's tight but at least secure. Our ride was a 1st class Mercedes bus with a helluva lot of power! We also had Mario Andretti behind the wheel. You don't need to go ziptrekking for a thrill ride. Just get on a bus that's 20 minutes late! We passed everything on the road by twice the speed they were going! There was one accident I saw where a car had gone end over end. We were going too fast to see but it looked very recent as there were people milling about.
The bus trip took 4 hours and dropped us off at the Coca Cola bus stop which is the main terminal in San Jose. It was only a block and a half to the B&B. This place is very secure and you have to ring a doorbell by the gate at the street and someone buzzes you in. They have internet so I may see if I can hook their cable up to my mac. After checking in we walked over near the bus station to inquire about catching the next bus to Limon and found out we need to go to a different terminal by cab.
The scenery from Quepos to here was out of site! We went from sea level and climbed forever up steep winding roads. Cars were pulled over at every wide spot with boiling radiators. These busses live a hard life! There was a 15 minute break about halfway here at a Soda where you could go to the banyo, get a pop and a bite to eat. We stayed with our bags on the bus and had our water, gator aide, and two bananas each along with a granola bar.
Supper last night consisted of 2 cokes, and a loaf of bread and 5 pieces of bbq'd chicken. We brought it back here to eat. The chicken (5 pcs) came to under $3.00 and was great.
We have a huge room with 2 dble beds, a/c,fan,t.v. and private bathroom w/ hot water (most are cold water down here but it's not cold). The temp here is quite a bit cooler and I'd guess in the high 70's so we didn't need the a/c. The only downside to this place is we're in a front room and the street noise is very loud. Something to remember in the future. Seems like everyone in San Jose is glad we're here as they all greet us as they pass by with their horns or if that doesn't work with their Jake brakes (although there's no hill).
Well time to call a cab to get to the bus stn. Next stop the Caribbean side where we're hoping to get some beach and exploring time in. We've got a mask and snorkel and there's a reef there. I also realized that now my camera is on the fritz it's stuck in high definition mode so the pictures are elongated. Hope it doesn't interfere with adding them to facebook. Paul if you read this can the h.d. be converted on the mac to standard format?
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Al & Jo
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