Today is our 3 month anniversary. We left way back on Nov. 2nd of 2010, and already we have hit Feb. 2nd of 2011. Today marks:
- 3 months on the road
- 7 countries visited
- 1 count of food poisoning (each)
- 1 bus breakdown (unrepaired)
- 1 bus with flat tire (repaired)
- and 8 border crossings
Not too bad so far.
Mari and I are now in San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica. We are staying in a place called Hostel Pangea, and even though its costing us an arm and a leg, I have to say this place is well built for backpackers and tourists. Its got a bar and restaurant, lots of computers with internet, a swimming pool, a pool table, and tons and tons of rooms. It was definately built by someone who knew what they were doing and geared towards attracting a certain type of traveler. Our room is $32 for the night. I think it ranks as the 3rd most expensive room of our trip so far. But, its actually not too bad, as our norm in CR has been around $30 bucks or so a night. Its just hard cause the bus system here is expensive, the food is expensive, and the rooms are expensive. We do nothing all day but the essentials and we have already surpassed our budget. Its tough.
Plus, everywhere we go there are waterfalls, volcanoes, canopy tours, wildlife tours, city tours, river tours, hikes, rafting, hot springs etc etc etc, that range anywhere from $35 to $125 dollars per person. Its a beautiful place, and I am glad I came, but I just cant afford to stay here for too long. Its on par with being back in the states, financially, as well as with all the tourists we meet.
We left La Fortuna this morning after arriving yesterday to find Volcan Arenal dormant (we were told is has been for the last 3 months) and super shrouded in heavy cloud cover. Figuring there wasnt much to see, we bailed out after one day and headed here to the capital. We will be heading south, making our way towards Panama day by day.
Ciao
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