Costa Rica: day 14 - Back to San José

This last ride was pretty bumpy, like a rollercoaster. A bit scary.

In the Pavas airport, we said goodbye to the family from Plano, then took a taxi to Hotel Aranjuez ($18).

Later, we walked through el Parque Central and photographed the art cows.

We then walked towards the National Museum - cool building (the one below may or may not be the building) - ...

...and found a place to have lunch called Nuestro Tierra. It was good, though I should've had what Nick had - and everyone else in the restaurant - which was the almuercito , basically a casado. But no, I had to order half a roasted chicken with mashed beans, corn on the cob, a and salad. Needless to say, it was way too much chicken! Good, but WAY too much. (I'm not sure why I thought that was a good idea.) Also, we should've had the coffee. It looked really cozy in the wooden stand with the cloth bag. And it was rainy - it would've been perfect.

Next we went to the market to look for more gifts. We bought a pair of earrings and a soccer jersey - all we had money for. Then we went back to the hotel for showers. There I had a nap - I was exhausted. After that, we went to Soda Isabel again. We shared casado con pescado y empanada con papas (potato empanadas). Then we went to bed.

It was cold and noisy, and the room this time #28 just wasn't inspiring. It wasn't as charming as the first room we had. And the fact that I could pull out the burglar bars was none too inspiring. Ah, but then I noticed the area outside was protected by giant, looped barbed wire atop the fence, and I had one of those "is this a good thing or a bad thing moments." Yikes!

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