Thursday, October 25, 2007
Memoirs of San Jose
As we left Laguardia airport there was joy and fear in every one's eyes, not knowing what lay ahead everyone was in good spirits and looking forward to the upcoming months. Several hours later we finally laid foot in San Jose, and began our lives as a illegal migrant workers. After a friendly cab ride we arrived at our hostel and explored San Jose for 2 days. When i first asked Storm (rugged Americano who owns the hostel) what's there to do in San Jose he replied with "nothing", "this city has nothing to offer, and its a f**king dump", after the initial pessimistic vibe we decided to wonder the city on our own. After 2 days of exploring we have already come up with some interesting observations. 1) All the roads are filled with booby traps be it large holes on the sidewalk, large groups of fire ants, or your casual turd. 2) We reference all Costa Rican money as gold mainly because most of the coins look like gold, as a matter of fact Tonto carries with him a sack of gold wherever he goes. 3) There are lots of sketchy areas where you don't want to be at night, especially the park that's filled with transvestites. Not that sweet. On a side note we did find a cool looking gecko in our shower today, which was pretty neat. Overall team moral is high as we prepare for our move to Nosara, everyone seems to be ALL SET WITH SAN JOSE, and looking forward to the beach and the jungle. As we get farther away from civilization we will unleash our inner Tico and become one with nature.
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