Costa Rica, Part I

Well, our trip was relaxing and wonderful to say the least. I'll give you a highlight recap:

Our flight to Costa Rica left Detroit at 6:30 in the AM. As in the sweaty, stinky ass crack of dawn Eastern Standard Time. We decided to save a couple of hours and sleep at the nearby HoJo's. They also offer a long term parking deal, which was attractive when you're gone 2 weeks.

Staying (or God forbid, living) near an airport is a noisy experience. In the five minutes it took for Mr. Gravity to check in, I counted 3 planes zooming overhead. This didn't cause me a moments pause, because I sleep under any circumstances. Bouncy bus? Check. Hot, crowded airplane ride? Check. Car alarm? Check. Nudists playing the bongos? Got that one, too. Mr. Gravity, however, isn't so lucky. Unless there is perfect silence, he is AWAKE. So, I got plenty of rest, while my husband counted the ceiling tiles 'til about midnight until the 4:45am wake-up call.

Once we were on the plane, all was good. We got into Atlanta on time, and boarded the plane to Liberia. Our fellow inmates included a group of thirty-something men and women in the midst of arrested development. The guys sat together apart from their womenfolk and proceeded to drink most of the way down. The ladies just clucked like chickens until the landing. Thankfully, we drove off in the opposite direction when we got our cab.

The hotel was located on the beach in a nice calm bay. Weather was hot, but breezy, so it definately was an improvement over the cold weather of the Midwest. We got in around 2pm, so we grabbed a bite and a beer and relaxed for the afternoon.

We went to bed kinda early to sleep off some jet lag. One problem, though. A critter decided to occupy the wall space in our bathroom and proceeded to have a dance party in there for the first 20 minutes. Of course, Mr. Gravity wasn't having any of that, so he went to the desk and had our room switched. So, after a few minutes of repacking and re-clothing we were in a more quiet room.

The next 5 days we were vegetables baking in the sun and swimming in a salt bath. Ahhh...I actually stopped chewing my nails after the second day!

Next post: Arenal Volcano, howling monkeys and The General

-K