Cerveza Cara

We couldn't see that there is much to do in San Jose, so after a free pancake breakfast at the hotel (which we cooked to perfection ourselves), we walked a few blocks to one of the many bus stations and got a bus northeast to La Fortuna. It took about 5 hours, but we were happy to pay the incredibly low price to take the local bus rather than the outrageously priced tourismo minivans that go direct. Since we were quickly learning that Costa Rica is not very cheap, we are happy that at least buses are.

In La Fortuna, we walked around in the humidity trying to find an affordable place to stay, and finally settled on Cabinas Adriana, dumping our gear in our room just before the skies opened up and bucketed down. We donned our rain jackets and set out to find some cheap beer...(and it's now 12 days later as I type this and we're still searching). Disappointed, we finally settled on buying some beer at the supermarket and headed back to our hotel where we sat at a table on 2nd storey deck outside our room, where we played cards, drank our beer and watched the rain pour down.

For dinner, we tried to find a cheap place, but unfortunately we didn't. We had an okay casado, a set meal consisting of rice, black beans (my favourite!!!), salad, and the meat of our choice (chicken). Then we went to bed.