Monday, October 22, 2007

Day 1 - San Francisco to San Jose, Costa Rica

It was a long, tiring trip to get here but it's been worth it - We took an uncomfortable and packed red eye flight from San Francisco to Houston where we had a 3 hour lay over. Because it was raining in Houston, we were stuck on the tarmac for about an hour before we could take off. We arrived at SJO an hour late at 1pm and made it though immigration and customs in about 20 minutes. The guy from the Interbus shuttle was waiting just outside to take us to the Dunn Inn in San Jose.

On previous trips to Costa Rica we have spent our first night in Alajuela at Orquideas Inn but since we were not renting a car on this trip we needed to stay in San Jose so we could be picked up by Interbus in the morning. We selected the Dunn Inn based on good reviews along with it's price and location. Check in was fast and friendly. Our room was on the second floor and while very small, it was comfortable with a good bed and cable tv. Our room also had a small balcony that looked over the street.

After checking in we were pretty hungry so we hit the hotel bar for a snack and few Pilsens and tequila shots to wash it all down. Originally we wanted to spend the afternoon walking around San Jose but since we had minimal sleep on the airplane we went back to our room and crashed out until later that evening when we got up and had some dinner in the restaurant and then went back to bed.

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