so left la fortuna to head to monteverde......... took a jeep ride and then crossed the lake and then another jeep ride which took about an hour but felt sooo much more because the roads arent paved and it was so bumpy!! has taken me a little while to get used to the roads and driving here, most of them arent paved, the ticos (costa ricans) drive crazily and there are loads of hairpin bends and sheer drops!! got to monteverde and got dropped at a hostel called l...

hello..... so am now in costa rica!! had a bit of a nightmare getting here, took about 32 hours to get from cancun to san jose with flights being screwed up etc but am here now. got into san jose quite late and then went to the hostel. was sooo tired so just crashed out. when i got up i started talking to a german woman and we spent the day together just shopping and wandering. was good because san jose is a pretty intimidating place so i would not have felt comf...