San Jose

We were all exited to reach Costa Rica and explore. Zach and I bought machetes in the mercado central, mine has a wooden handle shaped like a boot.

During our layover hour to drop off Ryan and pick up Matt and Hannah, Allegra and I went back to the main pedestrian avenue. We got helado, mine was guanabana (saursop).

Returning to San Jose for the last time before flying out, Matt took us out for dinner. The challenge was that he gave us the address of the cantina and a few thousand colones for taxis each way, then sent us out into the night to find our own way there. Zach and I teamed up, then proceeded to be given a scenic tour of the city by the taxi driver and were swindled out of the entirety of the cash Matt gave us, arriving at the cantina after everyone else had decided on their orders. The food was great though, and we told the waiter it was Matt’s birthday (and were within a few weeks, to our surprise), so it was quite a successful farewell dinner. That last night we were up late packing, then left the hotel at 4 am to catch the flights to Miami, then to the Caymans.