Tuesday, April 29 - evening
The boat provided a hose so we could wash off the sand and salt. Thank goodness because otherwise, I think the boat ride back would've been really uncomfortable. We took SO many pictures of different pairs of people. Everyone wanted to make sure that they had pictures with everyone else. :P Ate fruit again and dried off. Went past a bird island where there were lots of birds circling around the area. The scene was actually a little creepy. It's a small island with a tall rounded hill covered with leafless trees. So many birds on the trees and in the air. This is all set against a cloud-filled grey sky, which I think enhanced the eeriness of it all.
Once we disembarked, all the little old ladies (whom we picked up from that first desolate island on the way back to Puntarenas) climbed onto their tour bus and left. We didn't find a van waiting for us so Sharon went to ask the tour director (who had boarded another bus) about our situation (I think). Next thing we know, we're climbing onto that big tour bus too. Heading back to San Jose. This wasn't our ride but we'd rather take this bus than be stranded in a little town waiting for our ride. The bus ride became extremely cold towards the end. Told the driver but I don't think he did much about this problem. It took a long time before we got dropped off near our hotel because the bus had to drop everyone off at their hotels - between two and give people per hotel - you can imagine how it was. And unlike the other guests, we weren't dropped off right in front of our hotel. We were dropped in front of a nearby hotel.
Tired and hungry, with luggage in tow, we walked back to our hotel...and it wasn't without incident. I didn't see this happen but apparently Shal did a slipped-on-a-banana-peel fall. No idea how this happened but it happened. And Nancy's luggage fell into a puddle. heehee.
Since it was late and most of the restaurants were closed at this time, we ordered Papa John's pizza. haha! I couldn't believe we were going to eat American fast food in Costa Rica. But fast food places were the only dining options available. Nancy and Shally got a large suite which had an extra room on the side. This is where we decided to convene and eat the pizza so no one's bed would get grease spots. Quite cozy-everyone sitting on a bed, gathered around two large pizzas. We wolfed it down.
The boat provided a hose so we could wash off the sand and salt. Thank goodness because otherwise, I think the boat ride back would've been really uncomfortable. We took SO many pictures of different pairs of people. Everyone wanted to make sure that they had pictures with everyone else. :P Ate fruit again and dried off. Went past a bird island where there were lots of birds circling around the area. The scene was actually a little creepy. It's a small island with a tall rounded hill covered with leafless trees. So many birds on the trees and in the air. This is all set against a cloud-filled grey sky, which I think enhanced the eeriness of it all.
Once we disembarked, all the little old ladies (whom we picked up from that first desolate island on the way back to Puntarenas) climbed onto their tour bus and left. We didn't find a van waiting for us so Sharon went to ask the tour director (who had boarded another bus) about our situation (I think). Next thing we know, we're climbing onto that big tour bus too. Heading back to San Jose. This wasn't our ride but we'd rather take this bus than be stranded in a little town waiting for our ride. The bus ride became extremely cold towards the end. Told the driver but I don't think he did much about this problem. It took a long time before we got dropped off near our hotel because the bus had to drop everyone off at their hotels - between two and give people per hotel - you can imagine how it was. And unlike the other guests, we weren't dropped off right in front of our hotel. We were dropped in front of a nearby hotel.
Tired and hungry, with luggage in tow, we walked back to our hotel...and it wasn't without incident. I didn't see this happen but apparently Shal did a slipped-on-a-banana-peel fall. No idea how this happened but it happened. And Nancy's luggage fell into a puddle. heehee.
Since it was late and most of the restaurants were closed at this time, we ordered Papa John's pizza. haha! I couldn't believe we were going to eat American fast food in Costa Rica. But fast food places were the only dining options available. Nancy and Shally got a large suite which had an extra room on the side. This is where we decided to convene and eat the pizza so no one's bed would get grease spots. Quite cozy-everyone sitting on a bed, gathered around two large pizzas. We wolfed it down.
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