Packing was the most stressful day of my journey so far. The plan was to fit my frame pack and everything else into one bag, which turned out to be impossible. So with countless packing and unpacking, trying to spread out the weight, I managed to stuff two suitcases full.
To my surprise, I met many fellow "studyabroaders" who were in the same study abroad program in the Phoenix airport. It turns out flight from Phoenix was a prefered (cheap?) connecting flight with San Jose.
On the airplane, I sat by an interesting character. He was a retired game and fish worker from Alaska who traveled multiple times to Central America. Now he was escaping the cold. He told me and another student many travel and biology stories. Our landing, delayed by 40 minutes, was quite bumpy and strange.
The weather was gorgeous, the jacket - unnecessary. We stuffed into an orange cab and arrived to hotel Balmoral with many comments about the roads without lanes and little shops. "Pedestrians do not have the right of way", our program assistant warned us before tomorrow's street adventures.
Pictures in next post...
To my surprise, I met many fellow "studyabroaders" who were in the same study abroad program in the Phoenix airport. It turns out flight from Phoenix was a prefered (cheap?) connecting flight with San Jose.
On the airplane, I sat by an interesting character. He was a retired game and fish worker from Alaska who traveled multiple times to Central America. Now he was escaping the cold. He told me and another student many travel and biology stories. Our landing, delayed by 40 minutes, was quite bumpy and strange.
The weather was gorgeous, the jacket - unnecessary. We stuffed into an orange cab and arrived to hotel Balmoral with many comments about the roads without lanes and little shops. "Pedestrians do not have the right of way", our program assistant warned us before tomorrow's street adventures.
Pictures in next post...
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