Day 54 - Liberia, Costa Rica

Day 54 - Rig 2
5 March 2010 – Liberia Costa Rica
I love leisurely mornings. We convinced WM Bob to delay the Travel Brief until 10:30am so we could enjoy the wonderful beachside town of Jaco, Costa Rica. What a treat! Started with breakfast in the restaurant right next door to our campground (yes I did say campground – we actually had electricity) – This restaurant was really a happening spot in town – people lined up at the bar (cafeteria style) to pick their favorites and then paid at the cashier. We both ate for about 6 bucks including GREAT coffee (of course we had the obligatory rice and beans to accompany our breakfast). Brian then headed back to make sure the move out would be organized later that morning. I checked out the town, waited for the grocery store to open to pick up a couple of things for a Caravan party later next week, and ogled the pastries (too bad I just had a good breakfast). Well enough of this temptation - I decided to do some laundry since the campground actually had ‘laundry sinks’. The weather was perfect – not to hot or humid yet and the sunshine actually felt pretty good (maybe cuz I had my arms wet up to the elbows).
After the travel brief - and it was brief since we only had a map and some loose directions to go by; as this is the first time Adventure Caravans has traveled this route in many years. The groups reluctantly left our little beach town oasis of Jaco only to discover more beautiful coastlines and beach towns along the way up Highway 27. Spectacular vistas and even a bridge that overlooked a lagoon full of crocodiles (thanks Rita for the travel tidbit) made for a really fun and relaxing travel day.
Well we were in no hurry to get to Liberia – a truck stop fuel station for our overnight before the Nicaragua border. Seems like most of us came in to the station and fueled up with whatever Colones we had left in our wallet. And then some of us STILL had Colones left and had to hit the convenience store for junk food, beer and other “essentials”. Off to the border tomorrow – I wonder who will win this border pool??
Hoping for another great border (since most have been good) and another good day of ‘border weather’ – you know the slight overcast, cool mountain (or ocean breeze), and simple paper work… ooops that would be a Canadian Border.
Happy travels.