Day 13 & 14

Two travel days so John is allowing me to write about them. Since nothing dramatic happened, he thinks my work will look boring and his work will look better.

We got the bus to San Jose with incident. Our hotel was perfectly fine except of course for the train that roared by blasting its horn twice an hour. We went to t he Gold museum which according to tripadvisor  is the number one thing to do in San Jose. The preColumbian gold in Costa Rica can’t compare to Peru or Mexico but the museum was nicely done--lots of video and interactivity. John’s knowledge gained in his anthropology class was quite useful. Who would think that anthropology could be useful!

I bought a new pair of sunglasses for $4--craftily bargaining a street vendor down from $8. I lost my Job Lot glasses somewhere.

Sunset at Drake's Bay

We got the 6:30 am bus to Palmar Norte and surprising arrived in time for the 11:30 boat. There are no roads open to Drake Bay so the only way in is by boat or plane. The boat ride was through a mangrove swamp and then out into the open ocean--Very exciting. Our hotel is cheap but there was someone waiting for us when we waded ashore. (There is no dock) After we settled in we took a walk along a path with the rain forest on one side and the Pacific Ocean on the other. As usual we acquired a dog guide. She accompanied us for a couple of hours. When she left us, John wanted to give him a tip but I said no. On the walk we saw a palm tree so big that it would take five people to circle it. There was a sorts of exotic fruit fallen from the trees and we saw spider monkeys as usual. Monkeys are becoming such a bore. (not really)
I like this place better than any of the others. It’s authentic. I think we will have a good time here. Even the dinner was interesting. We had whole fish, eyes and all. John said the eyes didn’t taste like anything but you will just have to take his word on that.