Wed. January 11, 2012
Our first day of this journey has come off without any mishap. At least not any that weren’t easily remedied. Our ride to the airport this morning discovered that his truck wouldn’t start. Fortunately we are blessed with wonderful friends and one of them stepped in to deliver us in plenty of time. Next hurdle was the checking of our bags. I wasn’t sure if the airline would allow me to check a boogie board as a second piece of baggage. If you measured, it was a little too big for the maximum total dimensions. However, they took it without even a blink and didn’t even charge Michael the full fare for his surfboard bag. Gotta love small town airports! So at this point we’re ahead of the game. During our layover in Dallas I had assumed I could get WiFi and take care of a few things online. Not so! At least I wasn’t able to find a free WiFi network in the airport. I really thought an airport as big as Dallas would have that! I mean little old Durango has free WiFi and they only have 4 gates. I’m a little new to this “find the WiFi” game as my laptop is new to me. I am suspicious that perhaps I don’t know enough about the proper settings to make it work. Hopefully the WiFi at the house in Nosara will be easy. Right now I’m writing offline with the intention of posting tomorrow.
Arrival in San Jose was pretty easy. We sailed through immigration and customs, picked up some Nicaraguan rum at the duty free, and were helped into a taxi. 10 minutes later we were dropped off at our B&B, Los Volcanes, in Alajuela. The B&B has a nice little courtyard with a fountain where we’ll have breakfast in the morning. Our room is simple but totally adequate. A few slugs on the rum and a hot shower later, we are relaxing before an early bed. Tomorrow morning we’ll take a taxi to the rental car company and start our drive to Nosara. Hooray! We are officially in Costa Rica.
Until later,
Sojourner Sarah
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