Yesterday we had our longest travel day of the trip (besides flying). We took the 5:20am boat up the river from El Castillo to San Carlos, managed to run out of gas right near another boat that sold us a barrel. Along the way we met three female British physicians who work in rural Cornwall, and hung out a bit in San Carlos, after we found out the first Sunday boat to Costa Rica leaves at noon.
From San Carlos, we took another river boat up the Río Frío which drains into Colcibolca from Costa Rica. This was an hour trip to Los Chiles, Costa Rica, where we went through immigration and customs. Fortunately we made the 2:30 pm bus for San Jose which followed a fairly winding road and got us to the airport in Alajuela about 7:30. We found there was not much open on Sunday night in Alajuela after 8pm, and ate at a restaurant run by a Chinese couple who really enjoyed watching Cantonese language television.
Alajuela was delightfully cool and we used blankets for the first time since arriving in Central America. Also the hotel (Hostel Trotamundos) was totally on top of it, arranging a taxi to pick us up at 5:30. Funny enough, we road to the Costa Rican airport with a couple who lives about a half-mile from us in Portland.
RIght now, we are heading home along the western edge of Nicaragua, Guatemala, & Mexico to Phoenix, watching the ring of fire as we fly over. I have put together a brief slide show for anyone interested.
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