23/12/09 - day 14. up at 5am, taxi to the coca-cola bus station - i had been told and had read that walking there at that time wasnt safe - and waited for the 6am bus to Santa Teresa. there were LOADS of people queueing for the bus and they had to get a 2nd one to take all the people. bus left at half 6 and after a couple hours we got to puntarenas which is where i had to get a ferry across to paquera before getting back on the bus for a futher 2 hours to compl...

22/12/09 - day 13. up at 7. shared a taxi with 2 others, who were also going to the bus station, to catch the 8.30 bus to costa rica's capital, san jose. this was 8 hours of bus journey i was not looking forward to. it took 11 hours. got to the panama - costa rica border around half 9, got herded off the bus and had to get an exit stamp on the passport for panama and get the bags checked out. this menay everyone piling into a little room, laying all bags on the...