Thursday, May 1 - evening
At the end of the trip, there were a group of local kids playing on the river banks and two of the kids were on a bridge that spanned the river. After the guide told us that these kids can jump off the bridge into the river our entire rafting group, except for our guide, watched those two kids intently, waiting for one of them to jump into the river. Didn't happen. Landed at our starting point. We used the showers at their facilities to get rid of the earthy river water smell and the grimy plastic smell from the helmets and vests. Dried off and piled back into the van to head back to San Jose.
While the seven of us were chatting in the back of the van, our guide and the med student were drinking beer in the front. haha!! I think they were pretty tipsy by the end of the ride.
For dinner, we decided to go to a nice restaurant because it would be our last dinner all together. Took a while to find a restaurant that was open. Settled on an Asian restaurant - "Asian" meaning that they have a variety of Asian cuisines. We decided to walk there...and it took us to some pretty sketchy areas in San Jose. Good thing we were a big group of girls! Otherwise, I think it would've been dangerous. We decided that on the way back, taxi was definitely the way to go. The food was mediocre, which was expected, but the decor was nice! =)
The taxi ride back was in interesting experience. We told the driver to go the Hemingway Inn. He didn't know where that was so we told him the street address. That didn't help either because they (Ticas-Costa Ricans) give directions using landmarks instead of streets such as "100 meters west of the National Theater". Fortunately we caught ourselves and asked him if he knew where the Don Carlos Hotel was, which he did, so we got home all right. :p
At the end of the trip, there were a group of local kids playing on the river banks and two of the kids were on a bridge that spanned the river. After the guide told us that these kids can jump off the bridge into the river our entire rafting group, except for our guide, watched those two kids intently, waiting for one of them to jump into the river. Didn't happen. Landed at our starting point. We used the showers at their facilities to get rid of the earthy river water smell and the grimy plastic smell from the helmets and vests. Dried off and piled back into the van to head back to San Jose.
While the seven of us were chatting in the back of the van, our guide and the med student were drinking beer in the front. haha!! I think they were pretty tipsy by the end of the ride.
For dinner, we decided to go to a nice restaurant because it would be our last dinner all together. Took a while to find a restaurant that was open. Settled on an Asian restaurant - "Asian" meaning that they have a variety of Asian cuisines. We decided to walk there...and it took us to some pretty sketchy areas in San Jose. Good thing we were a big group of girls! Otherwise, I think it would've been dangerous. We decided that on the way back, taxi was definitely the way to go. The food was mediocre, which was expected, but the decor was nice! =)
The taxi ride back was in interesting experience. We told the driver to go the Hemingway Inn. He didn't know where that was so we told him the street address. That didn't help either because they (Ticas-Costa Ricans) give directions using landmarks instead of streets such as "100 meters west of the National Theater". Fortunately we caught ourselves and asked him if he knew where the Don Carlos Hotel was, which he did, so we got home all right. :p
posted by pc at
10:45 AM
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