A New Adventure!

Woo hoo!  We made it to Costa Rica!  It was a VERY long flight here and I'm not talking about the 7 hours we were on the plane.  It may have been the worst flight ever.  Between Risa's seat not being able to recline and a 2 year old kicking the back of my chair the whole flight, not my favorite...  BUT we are here now and it was worth the flight!

We flew out of LAX to Panama and then into San Jose and were greeted by some very helpful people.  We took a shuttle to pick up our rental car and that's when we discovered we must be sure to think "Hawaiian time."  It took us probably about hour to finally get our car even though we were 2nd in line.  Meh, who cares?  We're in Costa Rica!

(A glimpse of all of the white bulls we drove by.  Gorgeous farmlands!)

The adventure began there because from here on out, we were on our own!  Jen and Kat drove us all the way to Playa del Coco, which is just minutes from Liberia (a 3-4 hour drive for those of you wanting to know).  THAT was an adventure!  The most challenging part was the very beginning when we directed poor Jen the wrong way on the highway after making her go through this insane 13 way traffic intersection!  Ok, it wasn't that big but close enough!  After all that, without even a scratch from the crazy Central American drivers, we were able to turn around and go the correct way.

The whole drive was just amazing!  It actually felt like we were back on Hawaii with the different terrains.  At first it was like driving by jungles.  Then it turned into farmland and then into more desert-ish places.  Just gorgeous!  So far the main wildlife we've encountered is dogs, cats, birds and heaps of cows and bulls!

(Time to email the parents to let them know we are alive!)

We found our hotel after pre-check in at the dive shop for the morning, and were very happy with our choice.  It's not crowed at all, we can walk to the dive shop from here, and it's nice and small with an Italian owner.  We went for pizza at a recommended place and it was just delicious!  You can never go wrong with 3 Cheese and Garlic!  Lol!

We made it back by 8pm and pretty much went to bed after that!  After all, traveling takes A LOT out of you!  And so begins the dive trip of 2011!  Stay tuned!

(First night we had to check out the beach!  Kat, Jen, Risa and I)