Yesterday we left Panama for Costa Rica. So our journey towards Mexico beings. We made the 7 hour bus ride from David, Panama to San José, Costa Rica in a big charter bus with only 6 other people!! Score!!! We were able to stretch out and sleep as much as we wanted. And….because there were so few of us, we made it through the border in record time!
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| If you never thought of it....Panama is very close to the equator which means when we aren't in the mountains, it's hot. Like hot. Hot becomes hotter when your 25lb life is on your back. Fun. |
Luckily, Kyle is a horse...he's lugging aver 50 lbs around. He is carrying things like the computer, but don't feel bad for him though, he has books and coffee in there.
We are stopping in San José for 2 reasons….Kyle’s Dad was able to get us a hotel for 2 nights to regroup and re-plan for the rest of the trip. We have only 5 weeks to make it to Mexico. This will involve lots of planning.
Stephanie Lisciandrello is reason number 2. Remember this girl?
Stephanie was my student teaching roommate in India in 2007 (this was before Kyle and I were married). We had such an adventure those 4 months in Kodaikanal. From arriving in India with none of Stephanie’s luggage, to monkeys wearing and eating our underwear, to horrible food poisoning, to many many laughs with our Kodia friends. It was wonderful and wouldn’t have been the same without her.
She happens to be in language school here in San José until December when she will then work with King’s Castle Ministries (Castillo Del Rey) in El Salvador for 2 years running an after school program for teens in a heavily gang ridden area. It’s been great catching up with her (we haven’t seen her since our wedding) and hearing all she has learned and how she has grown.
After spending the night at her place, we took a few buses and a long walk to the hotel. We'll hang out here for the next few days and then head to Nicaragua on Saturday.
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