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Alajuela and San Jose

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

We knew were weren’t going to be seeing the best of Costa Rica, but we can come back here from home fairly easily.  However we weren’t prepared to have to spend two days in the pouring rain.  We decided not to stay in San Jose, but in Alajuela which is only 2.5kms from the airport.  There isn’t much to Alajuela, even finding a restaurant proved difficult!  However, we had hoped to visit a volcano nearby, but with the weather as it was it seemed pointless. 

Alajuela in the rainAlajuela in the rain 

Instead we headed into San Jose, which is another dump and generally felt we were wasting the last two days before Madrid and the last weekend away before heading homewards and back to reality.

 

Isabela

Saturday, September 1st, 2007

It was a very bumpy 3 hour boat ride, in what felt like a very small boat in amongst the very large waves.  Wouldn’t call it relaxing, more a case of cling on to, what felt like a plank, and hope!  However, we arrived in Isabela (Puerto Villamil) safely and without being ill, which was fortunate.

Straight away Isabela felt very different to Santa Cruz, sandy streets and laid back, much more desert island.  [read on]