Costa Rica!

We arrive into San Jose airport and are immediately confronted by hourds of locals outside hustling to give you a ride into town. It wasn't too bad though, they were still surprisingly friendly about it. We are quite surprised by how well most people speak English. It ties in with what we had heard about Costa Rica being quite commercialised now by the tourism industry and consequently things are quite expensive.

We pick up our hire car (a nifty Toyoto Corolla) and head to Monteverde.. a 3 hour drive up to the 1200m elevation cloud forest! Once we get out of the city the landscape becomes beautifully green and lush. We check into our hostel, find our bearings and settle in for an early night after a long travel day, ready for a big day tomorrow!Les mer