Liv woke up with what we presume was food poisoning, so our plans changed. We had intended to go to the Mayan ruins but instead we had a day in organising and resting, after a trip to Starbucks. I went out for a while by myself into the historic district, to discover that Liv and I had actually covered pretty much everything the day before! I went to some galleries that were now running in some buildings of historical relevance and admired the art, although I c...

We got a taxi to the airport at 3.45 am and it cost more than the Costa Rican money we had left. I went to find a cash point to discover that none of them would dispense money until 5 am. Stuck with what to do I remembered that I had a £20 note in my purse (the equivalent to what it had cost), and the reaction I got from the taxi driver when I handed that over was hilarious. I had never ever seen one man look so happy or excited - I may have made that the best d...