Sunday, February 16, 2014

I know I was lame for going to bed before 10:00 on a Saturday night, but I was up at the crack of dawn again so I got to go to the beach for the morning.  I read some of my book and got my tan on.  I managed to burn the front of my legs, which I don’t think I have ever done.  The tide was really low and the surfers were in full force.  The girls got to the beach at about 9:15 or so and got to enjoy at least an hour of morning sun.  After showering and checking out of our hostel we made our way to the bus stop.  Naturally, the bus was not running until 12:00, so we had an hour to kill.  I walked back towards a grocery store and bought a 2 liter of water.  It was gone by 2:00.  Then we all got some delicious smoothies.  Don’t Mess with Texas is about littering.  Don’t Mess with Costa Rica should be about its fruit.  Finally, the bus got there and we hit the dusty trail.  Literally.  Miraculously, we also made it just in time for the 12:30 bus out of Cobano and hit that crazy road, too.  By the time we got to Paquera, we were cutting it close to catching the 2:00 ferry.  And there were a bunch of cars parked on the side of the road that the bus couldn’t pass.  Eventually, everyone realized that bus>car, so we made it to the dock.  They held the ferry as our bus-full of people bought tickets and embarked on the ship.  It was nice and toasty onboard the ship, so Zoe and I found the inside part of the ship that had a café.  I had a burrito and my first carbonated beverage since entering the country.  After disembarking the ship, we walked towards the bus stop.  After a quick bite to eat, we got on a bus home to San Jose.  The kid that sat next to me on the bus was this teenager who was dressed like he was too cool for school.  He definitely kept putting his head on my shoulder.  It was awkward.  When we got back to San Jose, Zoe and I walked a couple of blocks to the bus that took us back to Santa Ana.  Zoe has a baby phone, so she called ahead to Lillyana to hook us up with some dinner when we got home.  We got off the bus in Santa Ana at about 7:45, a little under an 8 hour journey.  Good thing the journey’s half the fun!  I came back a little bit tanner and a lot ready for bed!