Alajuela We almost got up in time for breakfast today!! I had to make a skype call to our bank in England to try and set up a joint account, the cheque we had gotten for Bertha was in both our names and therefore my dad couldnt put it in either of our accounts!! With some quick thinking on the bank's manager's part we came up with a solution and she emailed me the paperwork for us to print out, sign and return to her....a job for the day!! Anyway, due to the ...

A day too soon So we got up, got our bags together and put them in the locker room and headed out the door for our last day in San Jose. We got some bits to eat in the airport as our plan was to spend the night there instead of booking another night at the hostel. It seemed sensible as we have to check in at 6.30am anyway and would have to hope there was a really early bus to get us there plus it saves us a few quid and its not like we havent done it before.....

Central Market We all had a bit of a lay in this morning, not getting up until after 9, we've had a busy few days but well worth it...we've seen so many things, learnt loads about Costa Rica and my Spanish has improved no end! After some traditional breakfast of eggs, red beans and rice we had a shower and packed our bags ready to go. Mau started Uni at 1 so after more chatting over coffee (so much better than the bitter crap you get in England) and saying go...

Salsa at El Observatorio We got up late the next day, just in time for lunch in fact. Today was corn tortillas and sour cream, yum!! We had planned to go back to the hostel tonight as Mau has uni tomorrow but his mum kindly said we could stay another night. After talking about various things, but primarily about where to go dancing that night, Mau took us out to go and look for a reasonably priced mosquito net as we hadnt been able to find one in America. We ...

Poas Volcano & Eton Mess We got up around 9 today as we were headed out with the family on a trip to a nearby Volcano (of course everything is nearby in CR) They had organised for the whole family to go, along with Andrea, so there were 7 of us in total, the reason for the big excursion was to disguise Mae and I as residents of the country so all 7 of paid $14, which is $6 less than Mae and I would have been charged by ourselves!! We walked up to look at ...