Journal

Monday, 3 March, 2003

I was thinking I forgot something…

We are going to Nicaragua for 3 days!  The reason for this is to get a stamp on our passports which will allow us to drive in Costa Rica for 90 days, during which time we will get our Costa Rican licenses.  because we don’t have our work permits yet we are in limbo and our allowed to stay in the country but not have the benefits that come with the 90 day tourist visa.

I took the 5 o’clock bus in to Port to get stuff ready at work so we could go on the trip.  We didn’t even decide until last night to go.  Alaine stayed home and got stuff ready on that end, then came in on the 8:30 bus.  We caught the 11 o’clock bus to San José.  When we got to the checkpoint, I realized I didn’t have my passport.  Alaine stayed on the bus but I got off and started trying to hitch back to town (about 20 miles).  Nobody picked me up, but eventually a bus came and I got back around 12:30.  My passport was sitting on the desk in the office.  I had been making a copy of the document that gives me permission to stay in the country, which I keep in the Ziplock with my passport, and I forgot to put it back in my bag.  the next bus for Limón was at 1:45 so I got to the bus stop at 1:30 to be sure.  The bus didn’t show until 2:45; it had gotten a flat.  By that time people were already waiting for the next bus to Limón and we ended up picking up everyone until we were crammed full.  With all our stopping, the other bus overtook us.

I reached Limón at 4:20 and got a ticket on the 4:30 direct to San José.  I called ATEC to leave a message for Alaine and Ivette said she would try to call her at the hostel. I got to San José at 7:15 and called Ivette again to make sure Alaine was at the same hostel, then got a taxi there.  We had dinner at the Turkish restaurant near the hotel and didn’t get to bed until after 10.

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