We left SFO airport at about 9 pm in the evening on a totally full flight bound for Miami where we had a 5 hr. layover. The only adverse problem was in not having a credit card for use in getting gasoline at Costco. I only packed one credit card for security reasons, in case of pick pockets.
After boarding in Miami, at about 10:30 am, the flight to Costa >Rica was about 2.5 hours. The time zone is equivalent to Central time in the USA. I had difficulty telling what time it is in relation to California since I changed my watch too many times. We were off by an hour when we walked around San Jose.
We walked around the town for a period of time but there was really little of interest. We saw a display of cow sculpture art but otherwise, stores sold imported goods at prices higher than we can obtain them in the USA. We have not seen any real Costa Rican goods yet.
Back to the hotel for rest before dinner and the pretour meeting at 8 pm. Our guide, Tatiana and there are 41 people on the tour.
Earline and I went to hear a 7 piece salsa band for about a half hour but they sound mix was terrible. We drank a brand of dark beer called Bavaria that was quite good at $3.00 US per bottle.
It is funny paying thousands of colones for things. The exchange rate is about 540 colones per dollar. The taxi back from town to the hotel Palacio San JOse was about $6 US.
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Your departure day is listed as Thursday, August 7 and your next entry (Day 1) is listed as Wednesday August 13. What happened to the Aug. 8th through the Aug. 12? Did it take 5 days travel to get to Costa Rica? Did you swim from Miami?
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