Our first day in San Jose Costa Rica. I landed about midnight last night (ugh) and somehow found my way to the hotel. From the taxi I could see that the “working girls” were busy on the corners of San Jose. (Another ugh!). It was a challenge to unwind and settle down, and don’t think I had a lot of sleep, but oh well. As we often say on trips: “you can sleep when you get home.”
I met up with Merle at breakfast in the hotel. How fun it was to finally see each other after all this time (years) stuck at home! Our last trip finished in Nov. 2019…..a lifetime ago. After breakfast, we had the day to ourselves, so we walked around town and visited the museum of Costa Rica, focusing on the history and gold from pre-Colombian time on. Interesting, but a very hard time the back—angry at myself for not bringing back brace. We had a nice lunch at a different hotel—the lovely hotel of Costa Rica—a Hilton property. Restaurant was on top floor with a view of the city. Weather is cooler than I expected and already I regret not bringing warmer clothes. Guess I’ll have to buy something…😉
I had a siesta before we met up with the whole group at 6 pm. Our tour guide, Raphael, is delightful. There are only 15 people in our group! Excellent! Two married couples and all the rest women alone. He gave us an orientation and we met the group. Seems like a very congenial group! Que bueno!
We’ll start the tour early tomorrow and leave San Jose late morning bound for Sarapiqui.
Off to a good start!
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