Shepherds Pie and Rancho Garibaldi! This morning Mau had to go out early to do some work on a project for uni, so after instructions and lots of drawing on maps for buses and places to visit he left at 8.45 leaving us with his parents and little brother. We were going to get the bus into town, but they decided to take us instead as they could show us where Andy could buy a second hand raincoat instead of paying a fortune in one of the American Import clothes ...

Mauricio and Sonambulo We got up this morning, not in time for breakfast (that would be weird!) but in time to pack ready to meet Mauricio in the nearby park at 12.20. However, we didnt get that far, he was out of university earlier than expected and so came to our hostel to meet us! After friendly introductions he asked if we'd like to get some lunch at a nearby place with some of his friends. We hadnt eaten yet so agreed to this idea and followed him to a l...

Catch up day Again not much to say about today, we spent most of it on the phone or e-mailing various people. Mae talked to her dad for about 2 hours in the morning on skype, then we booked our flights out of Cuba and cancelled our car insurance finally. We also tried to book some flights with Spirit air but were informed that the schedule is not yet available and to try again in November or December!! We made another rice dish for dinner and some chocolate r...

Back to San Jose After finalising our packing and checking out we walked the mile or so into town, and arrived about an hour early for our bus back to San Jose. This was good as it allowed us a well needed rest from carrying our rather heavy bags. We boarded the bus around 11 and set off on another 4 ½ hour journey (Mae managed to read a whole book) through the stunning mountains and rainforests of Costa Rica finally arriving back in San Jose at around 4 o'c...

Tasty Waves We had a bit of a lie in today after the exertions of the day before and ended up rising at about 10ish. We took a gentle stroll into town to buy our bus tickets for the next day back to San Jose and to find something for dinner that night. We came across a little fruit & veg shop tucked away in a corner and managed to buy an onion, a pepper, a large mango, a huge tomato as big as my 2 fists and some cheese croissant type things to eat on the ...