San Jose

Pam/ February 16, 2013/ Travel, Uncategorized

Our first stop was the ATM. We used our bank cards to get colones. It took a couple of tries to figure out the exchange rate but we managed. There are about 500 colones to the dollar, and we just didn’t get the decimal in the right place the first time.  The sidewalks are narrow, not always even, and occasionally

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Detroit to San Jose, Costa Rica

Pam/ February 16, 2013/ Travel

The flights to Atlanta and then to San Jose were a piece of cake. We arrived in San Jose right on time. There were at least two planes arriving with tourists which filled the immigration lines. It took us about an hour to get through the line, and Bev’s passport was stamped for the first time.  A Gate 1Travel porter

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